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 Heidi @heifi.bsky.social · 1d
My youngest got Chaotic history Stone Age Runs wild and didn’t put it down .
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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carrieprimary.bsky.social Carrie @carrieprimary.bsky.social · 1d
I got my class the new Donut Squad and (probably) myself Mayowa and the third Greenwild. Eldest got Little Women. Youngest is coming 13 and I found it very hard to get ones for her this year.
January 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
gntread24.bsky.social
And not forgetting this which I recently treated myself to, recommended by multiple #bookbloggers. Thank you ❤️📚#KidsBooksFriday
Golden bird. Boy with shining object. Blue & gold colours. Fiery light.
January 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Orange background. Rainforest. Girl with magical object. Leopard. Green and pink flora. Dark blue and icy blue. Boy in centre surrounded by mythical shapes Two figures silhouetted in black in tunnel mouth. Dark & light blues. Stag with passengers. Green, pink and black and white.
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
gntread24.bsky.social
A fantastical start with books I’ve wanted to read for ages. Love myths & atmospheric fantasy. Currently reading The World Between the Rain 🌧 #KidsBooksFriday #bookbloggers #librarians #middlegradefantasy #mystery 🇮🇳
Blue background. Border of flowers. Oval & silhouette of running girl in centre within text extract. Dragon flying against moon. Two children on lit cobbled street. Blue and gold accents. 2 books. Gold and black. Shape of golden monkey. 🐒Snakestone 🐍book to be read first. Dark blue. Silhouetted children swimming up through waves 🌊 below surface of sea. Also sequel.
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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snarhooked.bsky.social Snarhooked @snarhooked.bsky.social · 1d
I am very much looking forward to reading @alastairc.com's WE ARE DRAGON in 2026. Along with Jennifer Killick's The Monster in the Mines, Sam Sedgman's The Galileo Heist and @mglnrd.bsky.social's The Impossible Gladiator.
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Front cover of WE ARE DRAGON by Alastair Chisholm. Title is in yellow in front of a black dragon with yellow highlights. It is rearing up in front of a plain green background. Front cover of Serial Chillers: The Monster in the Mines by Jennifer Killick. Four teenagers are trying to escape from clinging vines with an eldritch horror behind them at the top. Front cover of The Galileo Heist by Sam Sedgman. A boy in glasses drives a moped as his female pillion passenger looks behind her at a car chasing them down a street. Front cover of The Impossible Gladiator by M. G. Leonard. Two children are passengers in a Roman Chariot in front of an ampitheatre. They are in tones of red and gold, with music notes coming from the horse's chest and ppossibly flames from the back of the chariot. It seems to be coming through a portal,
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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ravenbooks.bsky.social Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 1d
The books being raved about by the 10yr old at our Christmas table were Paul Howard's Aldrin Adams cheese adventures, "They're SOOOO funny!!"
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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sarahbartwrites.bsky.social Sarah Barthelemy @sarahbartwrites.bsky.social · 1d
My son received more of the brilliant Alex Rider!
January 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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These are the ones I've gained over the last couple of weeks. @garypanton.co.uk sent me these lovely signed copies after #Creatives4Sudan, I had @neillcameron.bsky.social pre-ordered 🤩, bought @pierstorday.bsky.social finally and was gifted Tiffney Aching by my brother (my request) #KidsBooksFriday
5 books lying on a beige carpet. From top left to right: 'the notwitches prison break' & and 'the notwitches' by Gary Panton and illustrated by Dotty Sutton, 'Tiffney Aching's guide to being a witch' by Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent, illustrated by Paul Kirby. Bottom left to right: 'Donut squad: Make a mess' by Neill Cameron, 'Midnight Treasure' by Piers Today, cover by Alla Khatkevich.
January 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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jacquisydney.bsky.social Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve been spoiled again: Big Baby gave me Time Tub Travellers and the Silk Thief by Claire Linney & What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore while Little Baby gave me a book token which paid for The Night I Borrowed Time by Iqbal Hussain, which I just picked up in my local indie.
Time Tub Travellers by Claire Linney on the left, the cover of which shows 2 Black children in moser dress in front of a row of Tudor houses, and What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore on the right, the cover of which shows a Black teenage boy wearing gaming headphones in front of 2 computer screens. The Night I Borrowed Time, the cover of which shows a silhouetted figure in the middle of an explosion of light and colour.
January 2, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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January 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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richardruddick.bsky.social Richard Ruddick @richardruddick.bsky.social · 1d
Actually just had these delivered today. Really hopeful that Dream On s a winner as it sounds perfect.
January 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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Happy New Year! Got this for my b-day the month before but read it over Xmas. The Lord of the Flies adaptation by Aimée de Jongh. So immersive. Will make a post/reel about it. #KidsBooksFriday
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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January 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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January 2, 2026 at 9:54 AM
stephenjdilley.bsky.social
Very excited about all of these! #KidsBooksFriday
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January 2, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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Read my 4 year old granddaughter Jim and the Beanstalk wondering what she’d make of it, particularly the ‘giants wanting to eat children’ aspect. First thing she said when we finished it was ‘Again!’ & she learned the word ‘oculist’ (bound to be useful 😄) #KidsBooksFriday by
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs. Cover shows small boy in pyjamas measuring the head of a giant.
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
louiestowell.bsky.social
Loved Hari Kumar by @rashmiwriting.bsky.social Very excited for Donut Squad 2 and Boss of the underworld 2 by @neillcameron.bsky.social and Tor Freeman (who I don't think is on here). Plus the Ministry of Manners by David Solomons, always here for antifa for kids #KidsBooksFriday #UKKidlit
January 2, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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gabliotecaria.bsky.social Gabby @gabliotecaria.bsky.social · 1d
Well, I'm so stoked to read my copies of The Dad Trap and Donut Squad 2 when they land on my doorstep/library!

Kid got the remaining @redbreastedbird.bsky.social Murder Most Unladylike books to complete their collection, and I got the massive Book of Dust conclusion, so we're both good for a bit!
January 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
mariannedoherty.bsky.social
I think a gentle start to a new year of #KidsBooksFriday is in order. Did anyone (or the kids in your lives) get any good books over Christmas or is there anything you’re particularly looking forward to reading in 2026? My suggestions in the photos / captions.
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Book cover for Go-Man: Champion of Earth by Hamish Steele which I got for my son in Neill Cameron’s recommendation but we’re also reading in the #LetsTalkGraphicNovels book group as our first read of the new year. Book cover for Hari Kumar: Ultimate Superstar by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Mamta Singh which I’m really looking forward to reading when it comes out later in the year. Book cover for The Dad Trap by Ian Eagleton which I managed to pick up on my Boxing Day bookshop trip and was my last read of 2025. It deals so sensitively and authentically with a number of issues, including divorce, neurodivergence, homophobia, friendship and mental health struggles whilst still managing to be hilarious and super-readable. Great stuff. Book cover for Donut Squad: Make a Mess by Neill Cameron. My pre-order for this arrived the other day but was immediately stolen by my youngest. I very much look forward reading it when I can steal it back!
January 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
mariannedoherty.bsky.social
It’s been really lovely doing #KidsBooksFriday and chatting on here about kids books. My ME/CFS makes it difficult for me to get out and about and meet the kid lit community in the real world, so it’s lovely to have folk chatting about kids books here, however tiny a difference that makes.
December 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
gntread24.bsky.social
What’s on your Christmas book wish list? Here are a few of mine #bookbloggers #librarians #KidsBooksFriday Nature #birding #mindfulness & Middle grade adventure
Purple background, girl, dragon, magical gold flashes Green grasses. Singing bird with emerald, white and brown plumage. Blue background. Empty writing desk with ink well and high backed chair. Figures silhouetted in open doorway. White background. Four species of birds featured.
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · 15d
You posted so many of mine, but here's a few more funny books!
The Cheat Book Volume 1 by RAMZEE Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow illustrated by Sheena Dempsey My Dad is Definitely Not a Crime Lord by Ben Davis
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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sflayzell.bsky.social SF Layzell @sflayzell.bsky.social · 15d
Sleepover Takeover by Simon James Green!
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
gntread24.bsky.social
Rib ticklers #funnybooks #bookbloggers #KidsBooksFriday #UKKidLit Hilarious reads 🤣📚
Yellow background. Grandad with deer stalker hat, llama, floating cash, boy and poodle. Hilarious. Red background. Large alien shadow. Boy with dog in space helmet. Lime Green background. Boy in silly super hero costume with an iguana 🦎 & a pizza 🍕 Sky blue background. Falling boy in school uniform with wings.
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM