Bookbuzz is a fantastic initiative from @BookTrust to get Year 7&8s reading for pleasure. Having choice in what they read is proven to have big educational and wellbeing benefits. I'm chuffed to be part of it.

Find out more and sign up for Bookbuzz here: booktrust.org.uk/bookbuzz

Schools in England... we want to hear your thoughts! 💭

From our new Primary Hub to #LetterboxClub , we want to hear what you think of BookTrust and how we can best support you.

Take our new Partner Survey and you could win prizes, too! 👇

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Another perfect book by Nathanael Lessore, King of Nothing is a work of double bubble genius, all i want to do is start it all over again… wow wow wow

Wonderful book launch for wonderful David Almond’s stunner of a new book, Puppet… Beautifully illustrated by Lizzy Stewart, can’t wait to read ❤️📚 David Almond OBE Julia Green Emily Drabble

Thank you Walker Books and David Almond OBE for a beautiful launch of the utterly sublime Puppet. As always David was profound, funny, hopeful and a true inspiration! So many lovely chats and even vegan cupcakes! ❤️

At BookTrust, we're wishing Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 a very happy birthday. Here are just some of the reasons why he's our hero 🧵

Yomi and the Fury of the Ninki Nanka is one of the books in BookTrust Letterbox Club parcels for children who are experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage. Learn more here: booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/pro…

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Mayday, mayday🚨🚨 It's new-Island-of-Brilliant day! We've got that legendary cove Rob Biddulph floating into our coves, with yarns galore about his amazing, world-record-breaking career, keeping Nadia Shireen and Frank Cottrell-Boyce positively agog. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Frank and Nadia are mightily pleased with the snacks, and the books Rob leaves behind to add to their reading pile, while Emily Drabble of BookTrust offers the best new books from the May bookshelves, including...

Calling all teachers, do you know about BookTrust Letterbox Club? Providing book bundles for disadvantaged children? Sam Sedgman & I are super happy to be supporting this wonderful scheme. Please share. Find out more here: booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/pro…

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . ‘One Day WE are going to clean up the ocean for good.’ Heightened colour and relaxed brushwork in a beach scene from Ken Wilson-Max’s just-published picture book Aqua Boy, a follow-up to Astro Girl and Eco Girl. Ken Wilson-Max Otter-Barry Books

Emily Drabble BookTrust Quarto Kids Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 Robert Starling petr horacek Ruth Hearson Michelle Robinson Karl Newson 📚 nila aye 𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚡 Otter-Barry Books Walker Books Curious Fox MY desk after the BookTrust Storytime Prize announcement!
The goodies we SO nice, I took out the good ware!
So wonderful to celebrate books and stories for the very young. 💚💚💚

Emily Drabble BookTrust Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho is laureating! Libs and Museums is just the BEST place to work and visit. I'm so glad you both had an amazing day, THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming and to @Haslamparkpri St Marys Deane Horwich Parish CE Primary School for taking part. ❤️

Thank you Anne Burns from myself and @booktrust for hosting an amazing day with our wonderful @uklaureate Joseph Coelho is laureating! at the incredible Bolton Central Library. The kids were fabulous and we all loved it so much! I still can’t believe you have an aquarium in the library!!!

What an honour to be a judge for the Branford Boase Award - it was so difficult to choose just 6 from such an amazing long list! I love our shortlist deeply, congratulations to everyone!

Huge thanks to our wonderful judges Lucas Maxwell Christine Marina Pillainayagam Amy McKay Emily Drabble - a difficult task to choose a shortlist for this year's #BranfordBoaseAward from so many great books on the longlist, but they did it! Thanks @CLPE1 for hosting branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2024/

What a fantastic shortlist! Congratulations to all the nominees 👏

Our Head of Children's Books Promotion and Prizes Emily Drabble was delighted to be a part of the judging panel this year!

Emily Drabble BookTrust Quarto Kids Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 Robert Starling petr horacek Ruth Hearson Michelle Robinson Karl Newson 📚 nila aye 𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚡 Otter-Barry Books Walker Books Curious Fox It was fantastic & I’m not just being brave, Guilherme was absolutely the winner - a gift to storytimes - I just wish I had it when I did baby & toddler groups for SureStart- I absolutely love it

25 novels by 25 outstanding debut authors for children - remind yourself of the #BranfordBoaseAward longlist via Bookshop.org or on our website before the annoucement of the shortlist, **Thursday 25 April**
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2024-longlist/

Huge congratulations to Guilherme on winning this brilliant award! I loved Michelle Robinson's reading of it (and speech proceeding)! A fantastic day for picture book fans! Thank you Emily Drabble 💛📚