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

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!! 💛

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

YES - Malteasers are actually essentials in high stress periods - here’s my empty packet from last night! 😂 I did not even share!

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

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

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!

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 💛📚

I think Frank should meet Bernard the bun - an irresistible pair!

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 📚