Smriti Halls
@smritihallsauthor.bsky.social
Reader, writer, dreamer; hopist; mum;
#1 Bestselling, award-winning children’s author; Books in 40+ languages. Agent: Jodie Hodges
www.smriti.co.uk
I’M STICKING WITH YOU series, RAIN BEFORE RAINBOWS, THE LITTLE ISLAND & lots more…
#1 Bestselling, award-winning children’s author; Books in 40+ languages. Agent: Jodie Hodges
www.smriti.co.uk
I’M STICKING WITH YOU series, RAIN BEFORE RAINBOWS, THE LITTLE ISLAND & lots more…
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Hello bluesky, I’m Smriti, a children’s book author looking forward to flying a kite up here, where the air is clear… sharing fab books, exciting news, top recs and rediscovering a community of readers, writers and book lovers. Please say hi & give me a follow 👋🏽 #introduction #KidLitUK #UKKidLit 📚
So glad #TinyTiger is Book of the Week… thank you Peters Books for this geogeous review!!
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So glad you enjoyed the “unexpected, hilarious twist at the end” as well 🧡
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So glad you enjoyed the “unexpected, hilarious twist at the end” as well 🧡
Our Book of the Week is a ROAR-some picture book from the winning duo Smriti Halls and Steve Small!
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August 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So glad #TinyTiger is Book of the Week… thank you Peters Books for this geogeous review!!
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So glad you enjoyed the “unexpected, hilarious twist at the end” as well 🧡
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So glad you enjoyed the “unexpected, hilarious twist at the end” as well 🧡
Grateful to @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for sharing the poignant final page from PEACE ON EARTH written by me and illustrated by @dc-litchfield.bsky.social ❤️ EVERY child has the right to live their lives in peace. They are the peacemakers of tomorrow. Please let’s be the peacemakers of today 🕊️🤍💙
May 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Grateful to @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for sharing the poignant final page from PEACE ON EARTH written by me and illustrated by @dc-litchfield.bsky.social ❤️ EVERY child has the right to live their lives in peace. They are the peacemakers of tomorrow. Please let’s be the peacemakers of today 🕊️🤍💙
Reading with children from birth changes lives - so let's work together to make it a reality for EVERY child. 💪🏽💪🏽❤️📚
Discover the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk and Frank Cottrell-Boyce and join us in getting involved: booktrust.org.uk/readingrights
Discover the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk and Frank Cottrell-Boyce and join us in getting involved: booktrust.org.uk/readingrights
May 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Reading with children from birth changes lives - so let's work together to make it a reality for EVERY child. 💪🏽💪🏽❤️📚
Discover the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk and Frank Cottrell-Boyce and join us in getting involved: booktrust.org.uk/readingrights
Discover the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk and Frank Cottrell-Boyce and join us in getting involved: booktrust.org.uk/readingrights
Delighted to introduce to you… TINY TIGER… A brand new creation from Steve Small & ME… one little tiger with big, BIG feelings! Irrepressible… and utterly IRRESISTIBLE - Out in July… can’t wait to share more soon. 💛 For now… enjoy THIS delight!! @simonandschuster.bsky.social #TinyTiger #kidlitUK
April 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Delighted to introduce to you… TINY TIGER… A brand new creation from Steve Small & ME… one little tiger with big, BIG feelings! Irrepressible… and utterly IRRESISTIBLE - Out in July… can’t wait to share more soon. 💛 For now… enjoy THIS delight!! @simonandschuster.bsky.social #TinyTiger #kidlitUK
Back from Bologna with EXCITING NEW BOOK news on the way… cover reveal tomorrow… watch this space!! 💛
April 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Back from Bologna with EXCITING NEW BOOK news on the way… cover reveal tomorrow… watch this space!! 💛
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An in honour of #InternationalWomensDay and to celebrate World Book Day week please take a look at these new shinies for 2025 -
fantastic books by fantastic women…
@sophyhenn.bsky.social
@chloeillustrates.bsky.social
@smritihallsauthor.bsky.social
@mglnrd.bsky.social
#kidlit
#newbooks
fantastic books by fantastic women…
@sophyhenn.bsky.social
@chloeillustrates.bsky.social
@smritihallsauthor.bsky.social
@mglnrd.bsky.social
#kidlit
#newbooks
March 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
An in honour of #InternationalWomensDay and to celebrate World Book Day week please take a look at these new shinies for 2025 -
fantastic books by fantastic women…
@sophyhenn.bsky.social
@chloeillustrates.bsky.social
@smritihallsauthor.bsky.social
@mglnrd.bsky.social
#kidlit
#newbooks
fantastic books by fantastic women…
@sophyhenn.bsky.social
@chloeillustrates.bsky.social
@smritihallsauthor.bsky.social
@mglnrd.bsky.social
#kidlit
#newbooks
A VERY busy and
rewarding week visiting wonderful schools throughout
Wandsworth with #LearnToLoveToRead and getting to meet children, parents, staff and volunteers 💛📚 SO inspiring to see the work of this brilliant reading charity. @taracoffin.bsky.social
rewarding week visiting wonderful schools throughout
Wandsworth with #LearnToLoveToRead and getting to meet children, parents, staff and volunteers 💛📚 SO inspiring to see the work of this brilliant reading charity. @taracoffin.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A VERY busy and
rewarding week visiting wonderful schools throughout
Wandsworth with #LearnToLoveToRead and getting to meet children, parents, staff and volunteers 💛📚 SO inspiring to see the work of this brilliant reading charity. @taracoffin.bsky.social
rewarding week visiting wonderful schools throughout
Wandsworth with #LearnToLoveToRead and getting to meet children, parents, staff and volunteers 💛📚 SO inspiring to see the work of this brilliant reading charity. @taracoffin.bsky.social
Reposted by Smriti Halls
Our Authors of the Week this week are…
✨ @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social & Chris Smith!!!! ✨
Hear them talk about (and read from) their books ‘Peace on Earth’ and ‘The New Famous Five’ at authorfy.com/author-of-th... & download extracts too! 🎬📖
✨ @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social & Chris Smith!!!! ✨
Hear them talk about (and read from) their books ‘Peace on Earth’ and ‘The New Famous Five’ at authorfy.com/author-of-th... & download extracts too! 🎬📖
February 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our Authors of the Week this week are…
✨ @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social & Chris Smith!!!! ✨
Hear them talk about (and read from) their books ‘Peace on Earth’ and ‘The New Famous Five’ at authorfy.com/author-of-th... & download extracts too! 🎬📖
✨ @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social & Chris Smith!!!! ✨
Hear them talk about (and read from) their books ‘Peace on Earth’ and ‘The New Famous Five’ at authorfy.com/author-of-th... & download extracts too! 🎬📖
A huge week ahead in my personal life as we begin a new adventure… am full of excitement and emotion. Will be popping here intermittently for good vibes and energy in a busy busy busy week!! 😁
January 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A huge week ahead in my personal life as we begin a new adventure… am full of excitement and emotion. Will be popping here intermittently for good vibes and energy in a busy busy busy week!! 😁
Fab review for ONE IN A MILLION in the Daily Mail last week - thank you Sally Morris for sharing children’s book recommendations far and wide. #OneInAMillionBook #NilaAye
January 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Fab review for ONE IN A MILLION in the Daily Mail last week - thank you Sally Morris for sharing children’s book recommendations far and wide. #OneInAMillionBook #NilaAye
A very fun afternoon recording #BunOnTheRun with Welsh Booktrust ahead of World Book Day 2025!! 🥰 #worldbookday
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A very fun afternoon recording #BunOnTheRun with Welsh Booktrust ahead of World Book Day 2025!! 🥰 #worldbookday
Now We Are Six (nearly!) A new fab ADVENTUREMICE book to look forward to from @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social & @philipreeve.bsky.social 🥳
Cover reveal! 🥳 Here’s the SIXTH book in our highly-illustrated series, launching next March,
‘Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!’
Co-authored by Philip Reeve and me, designer: Katie Bennett at Kreative Cupboard, publisher: @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social 🐭
@philipreeve.bsky.social
#Adventuremice
‘Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!’
Co-authored by Philip Reeve and me, designer: Katie Bennett at Kreative Cupboard, publisher: @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social 🐭
@philipreeve.bsky.social
#Adventuremice
January 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Now We Are Six (nearly!) A new fab ADVENTUREMICE book to look forward to from @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social & @philipreeve.bsky.social 🥳
Delighted that #OneInAMillion is one of the Waterstones best new children’s books!! Debra the Zebra is clip-clopping with glee 💗 Thank you so much @waterstoneskids.bsky.social (added bonus - we get to hang out with Supertato! @suehendra.bsky.social)
January 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Delighted that #OneInAMillion is one of the Waterstones best new children’s books!! Debra the Zebra is clip-clopping with glee 💗 Thank you so much @waterstoneskids.bsky.social (added bonus - we get to hang out with Supertato! @suehendra.bsky.social)
Yay!! ONE IN A MILLION is officially out in the world - a book full of big numbers and big, BIG love. It’s the perfect book to cuddle up with.
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Words by me and theeee most adorable illustrations by Nila Aye.…Hope you’ll love meeting gorgeous Debra the Zebra!! @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Words by me and theeee most adorable illustrations by Nila Aye.…Hope you’ll love meeting gorgeous Debra the Zebra!! @harpercollins.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Yay!! ONE IN A MILLION is officially out in the world - a book full of big numbers and big, BIG love. It’s the perfect book to cuddle up with.
💗
Words by me and theeee most adorable illustrations by Nila Aye.…Hope you’ll love meeting gorgeous Debra the Zebra!! @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Words by me and theeee most adorable illustrations by Nila Aye.…Hope you’ll love meeting gorgeous Debra the Zebra!! @harpercollins.bsky.social
Just been sent these photos of the Christmas window at Hatchards, Piccadilly!!! 🥰 Astonished and overjoyed to see #PeaceOnEarth here, surrounded by these treasures!! @dc-litchfield.bsky.social 💙🕊️
December 4, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Just been sent these photos of the Christmas window at Hatchards, Piccadilly!!! 🥰 Astonished and overjoyed to see #PeaceOnEarth here, surrounded by these treasures!! @dc-litchfield.bsky.social 💙🕊️
DELIGHTED to share this delicious news… in Wales, ALL children in Reception class will be receiving a copy of #BunOnTheRun written by me and illustrated by marvellous #ChrisJevons, thanks to #BookTrustCymru!! ❤️ Bernard the Bun is overjoyed!
November 27, 2024 at 11:42 AM
DELIGHTED to share this delicious news… in Wales, ALL children in Reception class will be receiving a copy of #BunOnTheRun written by me and illustrated by marvellous #ChrisJevons, thanks to #BookTrustCymru!! ❤️ Bernard the Bun is overjoyed!
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This #PictureBook from @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social & Nila Aye is super cute. Debra the zebra has learnt how to count!...Join Debra and her mama on a heart-warming adventure across the African savannah to discover numbers big and small and find the number that counts most of all. #KidLitUK
November 26, 2024 at 9:10 PM
This #PictureBook from @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social & Nila Aye is super cute. Debra the zebra has learnt how to count!...Join Debra and her mama on a heart-warming adventure across the African savannah to discover numbers big and small and find the number that counts most of all. #KidLitUK
Happy #WorldChildrensDay! And what a way to start… talking to 4,000+ kids in a fab Mr Dilly event with all these brill picture book creators! A joy to read from #BeeYou And thank you to the wonderful @whycraigwhy.bsky.social for this pic 💛📚
November 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Happy #WorldChildrensDay! And what a way to start… talking to 4,000+ kids in a fab Mr Dilly event with all these brill picture book creators! A joy to read from #BeeYou And thank you to the wonderful @whycraigwhy.bsky.social for this pic 💛📚
How GORGEOUS - I’m honoured indeed!! Please check out @writeblendbookshop.bsky.social - a magical indie bookshop just outside Liverpool 💕 📚
First #Authorcheerleaders of the week celebrates @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social. We love Smriti's delightful books, especially Bear and Squirrel (and Chicken!) If you want to know what a warm hug from a book feels like, give them a go!
November 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM
How GORGEOUS - I’m honoured indeed!! Please check out @writeblendbookshop.bsky.social - a magical indie bookshop just outside Liverpool 💕 📚
Can't believe it’s almost time for this JOY!! Hurrah and thank you to National Book Tokens &
@harrywoodgate.bsky.social for this yearly bookish delight 📚
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
@harrywoodgate.bsky.social for this yearly bookish delight 📚
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
How well do you know your books?
Play the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens
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November 13, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Can't believe it’s almost time for this JOY!! Hurrah and thank you to National Book Tokens &
@harrywoodgate.bsky.social for this yearly bookish delight 📚
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
@harrywoodgate.bsky.social for this yearly bookish delight 📚
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
Hello bluesky, I’m Smriti, a children’s book author looking forward to flying a kite up here, where the air is clear… sharing fab books, exciting news, top recs and rediscovering a community of readers, writers and book lovers. Please say hi & give me a follow 👋🏽 #introduction #KidLitUK #UKKidLit 📚
November 13, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Hello bluesky, I’m Smriti, a children’s book author looking forward to flying a kite up here, where the air is clear… sharing fab books, exciting news, top recs and rediscovering a community of readers, writers and book lovers. Please say hi & give me a follow 👋🏽 #introduction #KidLitUK #UKKidLit 📚