The art of writing picture books for very young readers is explored in my new blog, featuring an interview with Caryl Hart. Caryl Hart, Children’s Author jackiemorris Nicola Davies Tamsin Rosewell Jo Tregenza President Elect UKLA SFHEA FCCT Teach Primary @WritingEM@thebookseller Early Learning HQ
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay is The Mochi Makers by Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson from Simon & Schuster Children's Books Simon & Schuster
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ACHUKA's 15 Mar #BookofhteDay author, Piu DasGupta 🐍💎, is in the UK all this week...
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for 29 Apr is
The 26-Storey Treehouse: Colour Edition by Andy Griffiths ill. Terry Denton Andy Griffiths Terry from Macmillan Children's Books
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Some early draft sketches for The Last Zookeeper. It was an entirely different book! All part of the process of finding out what the story needed to be.

This has chicken fat in it - don’t buy if you’re a non-meat-eating pescatarian (like us) - we don’t usually eat ready-made meals but fancied something easy tonight - had to take it straight back after reading smallprint on the rear

ACHUKA Books of the Day 2024, week #16
• The Doorman’s Repose Books at NYRB
• Girl On The Fly David Fickling Books
• Shakespeare’s First Folio Shakespeare's Pants
• Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn Shannon Hale ABRAMS Kids
• Storm-Cat Magenta Fox
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REPEAT AFTER US! Tickets for the UK's biggest kids' books party on Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 June go on sale at 8.00am TOMORROW Saturday 27 April barneskidslitfest.org/whats-on/

ACHUKA #BookoftheDay 29 Feb
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The year's outstanding debut novels for children/young people - it's the shortlist for the #BranfordBoaseAward 2024. Congratulations to these talented new authors and to the editors who have supported and nurtured them. branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2024/

The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Fri 26 Apr is
Storm-Cat by Magenta Fox Magenta Fox from Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Thur 25 Apr is
Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn: A Picture Book - Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale ill. LeUyen Pham Shannon Hale #LeUyenPham from ABRAMS Kids
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Wed 24 Apr is
Shakespeare's First Folio: All The Plays: A Children's Edition - William Shakespeare, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, ill. Emily Sutton from Walker Books
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Tue 23 Apr is
Girl on the Fly by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl from David Fickling Books
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Mon 22 Apr is
The Doorman’s Repose by Chris Raschka from Books at NYRB
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A throwback post to the time I visited the physical Big Green Bookshop Big Green Bookshop - now an online presence based in Hastings
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ACHUKA Books of the Day 2024 week #15
• Oi Frog! 10th anniversary edition Jim Field
• I’m Fine, Thanks! jono ganz
• One Sweet Song #soniasanchez
• Black Hole Cinema Club Christopher Edge
• I Love Yellow JaneFosterDesigns
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Duly noted