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Veronica Price
@vonprice.bsky.social
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Chartered librarian, MCLIP. NHS Knowledge &Evidence Specialist. Former School Librarian. Posts about library matters and books.
Blog: https://vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/
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Thank you so much @andersenpress.bsky.social for this wonderful #BookPost!
#EscapeFromTheChildSnatchers by @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social looks fabulous 😍
#UkKidLit
A middle grade paperback book, Escape from the Child Snatchers by Sufiya Ahmed shows two boys and a girl running along a dock with a large sailing ship in the background.
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Great start to a Friday 😁🎉📚
#booksky #UkKidLit
Screenshot of the Hidden Books Game 2026 from National Book Tokens has an image of a girl sitting reading a book, in front of a bookcase in a lounge with a Christmas tree and a cat.
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Next week we will be celebrating #GreenLibrariesWeek 🌱
I’ve been potting up lots of spiderlings to giveaway at events my colleague is organising to launch our new #SeedLibrary
A box containing lots of spider plants in small pots.
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I’ve updated my Halloween book recommendations blogpost, adding in some recently published titles.
Happy spooky season reading!
#UkKidLit

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A selection of children’s books for reading at Halloween on a purple background with a white moon and flying bats.
October 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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And thank you @harper360.bsky.social for a beautiful hardback copy of #ScarletMorning by #NDStevenson
#UkKidLit
Front cover of a hardback book Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson, has two boys against a stormy looking background in manga style graphics.
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Always so lovely to arrive home from work to find exciting #BookPost😍
Thank you @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social & @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social for #AMillionTinyMissilesAllAtOnce
#UkKidLit
A paperback book which is mostly yellow with the title in large black letters taking up most of the space: A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once by Lucas Maxwell.
October 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Today I’m joining the cover reveal for Lianna and the Hombit by @ValinoraTroy.Bsky.social publishing on 29th January 2026.
Info on pre-orders and/or ARCs: valinoratroy.com/lianna-and-t...
#UkKidLit #IrishKidLit
Book cover of Lianna and the Hombit by Valinora Troy features a girl wearing a green cloak and white skirt, carrying a bird on a night-time background.
October 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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I owe some big ‘thank yous’ for lovely #BookPost.
Firstly, thank you to @faberchildrens.bsky.social for sending me an amazing package of goodies to celebrate publication of #DraculaAndDaughters by @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social
#UkKidLit
A special bookmark for Dracula & Daughters by Emma Carroll, a vampire bath bomb, a black vanilla candle and two bat badges, arranged on a wooden table.
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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It was so lovely to meet you too. Thank you so much for the invitation. I read 80 pages of #MurderAtChristmas on train home and absolutely loving the mystery 😊
Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock. A middle grade murder mystery set in Bath, photo taken in platform of Bath Spa train station, opposite platform visible in background.
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social for delightful #BookPost which arrived just before I set off for #BookLaunch
#MurderAtChristmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social & #IceDancer by @alexcotter.bsky.social
😍😍
#UkKidLit
#KidLitUK
Middle grade paperback Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock has two children cycling past a snowy Georgian building. Middle grade paperback Ice Dancer by Alex Cotter. Cover design features an ice dancer whose dress is designed with silver foil snowflakes.
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Choose 20 books per day on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 8: another that’s lined up on my #BorrowBox account is #NushAndTheStolenEmerald by @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social published by @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Front cover of the audio version of Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan shows an Indian princess on the front cover, standing in front of Buckingham Palace.
September 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Choose 20 books per day on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 7: #NateYusBlastFromThePast by @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social published by #PiccadillyPress which I have on the #Borrowbox app
Cover of the audiobook version of Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan has a contemporary boy and a WWI soldier on the front cover and a Chinese dragon in the background.
September 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Going to try to catch up with this thread. Choose 20 books per day on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No.6 #SunriseOnTheReaping by #SuzanneCollins published by @scholasticuk.bsky.social
Front cover of the hardback YA novel Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
September 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Love your choices in today’s column. This one is still treasured in our house - probably bought it 18/19 years ago!
#UkKidLit
A children’s picture book I am too absolutely small for school by Lauren Child. Mostly yellow cover, title in black, picture of brother and sister Charlie and Lola looking at each other.
August 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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#SundayMorningBookChat
Great question as always Tom. My two childhood favourites: #WinnieThePooh & #TheWindInTheWillows then was put off animal stories after reading #WatershipDown as a kid, until reading #Hoot by @carlhiaasen.com as a bedtime story, many years later! #AnimalStories
Front cover of Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne illustrations of the main characters by E Sheppard Front cover of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame illustrations of main characters by E Sheppard Front cover of Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, all blue, googly eyes and orange triangle looking like owl’s face, title in bright yellow lettering at the bottom.
August 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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#UkKidLit #BookBloggers

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
Day 5. #TheWickedLiesOfHabrenFaire by #AnnaFiteni due for publication in October 2025 by @electricmonkeyhc.bsky.social
The cover of a proof copy of a #YA paperback The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni. It is mostly blue with a border of forest plants and the title in silver foil.
August 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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#UkKidLit #BookBloggers

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
Day 4. #TheBrightestStar by #MegGrehan published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social with thanks to @antswilkinson.bsky.social
Front cover of a middle grade paperback verse novel The Brightest Star by Meg Grehan. The cover is in shades of purple and blue with two girls standing on a small globe, a boy falling through the sky towards them and some planets circling the title.
August 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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#UkKidLit #BookBloggers

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
Day 3. #EverythingAmplified by #SarahLippett & #ZiggyHanaor with thanks to @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social
A young adult graphic novel with two teens sitting back to back on top of an amplifier. The title is Everything Amplified and authors are Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor. It is lying on grass with a themed bookmark and stickers.
August 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
Day 2. (Because I forgot to post yesterday)
#ABeautifulTerribleThing by #MirandaMoore
An uncorrected proof paperback book with a dark grey cover and the title written in large white lettering, A Beautiful Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore.
August 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I’m in…as long as we only have to post one picture per day and not read a book per day 😂
#UkKidLit #TBRStack
Day 1
#SinBinIsland due to be published by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social on 25/09/2025
Proof paperback of Sin Bin Island by Doug Naylor mainly navy blue with silver foil font for title.
August 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#TheBlockbusters! by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social It’s joyous!
#UkKidLit
Hardback book cover shows two children running in opposite directions from a large purple octopus. The title “The Blockbusters! Is in large yellow print. author Frank Cottrell-Boyce in large white print.
August 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Excellent! Hope you enjoyed it? I have that tote bag…& the peedie one too!
A canvas tote bag with the Orkney Library & Archive logo A small child sized canvas tote bag designed by an 11 year old competition winner for The Orkney Library. Has a simple line drawing of islands in the sea and the phrase “A book is a place you can get lost in”
August 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Ooh I envy you opening #ThePoisonedKing for the first time (& the long summer break, which I no longer have 😂)
My current read is a beautifully literary #YA novel #MyNameIsJodieJones by @emmashevah.bsky.social due for publication in Sept by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
A vibrantly coloured book cover. The title My name is Jodie Jones is dominant with each letter coloured in a repeating pattern of bright colours. The author’s name Emma Sheva is at the top.
July 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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And some very enjoyable series by American authors
The #GallagherGirls and #EmbassyRow books by @allycarter.bsky.social
And
#TheMysteriousBenedictSociety books by @trentonleestewart.bsky.social
#UkKidLit #KidLitUk
Red paperback book cover with close up of teenage girl’s face with All Fall Down written on one cheek, written by Ally Carter Book cover, back view of a girl in school uniform, large print author name Ally Carter, title in smaller font: I’d tell you I love you but then I’d have to kill you. Paperback book cover features an old building with backlit windows and silhouette figures: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
July 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Additionally, for younger readers, the #MickeyAndTheAnimalSpies series by #AnneMiller is fabulous and never got the attention I think it deserved.
#UkKidLit #KidLitUk
Front cover of Mickey and the Trouble with Moles by Anne Miller, gold foil text, cute moles and a girl holding a torch.
July 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM