Sunday 22 June just cannot (CAN. NOT) come fast enough folks because we'll be hanging out with Abi Elphinstone right here at the UK's biggest kids' books party! Book fast barneskidslitfest.org

I am SO excited to share my latest interview with the queen of adventures, Abi Elphinstone in which we discuss #EmberSparkAndTheUnicornsSecret Simon & Schuster Children's Books samjdthomas.home.blog/2025/05/05/emb…

Beyond grateful for the swashbuckling support from my fab fellow authors for Pirate 🏴‍☠️ Academy. Huge thanks to Abi Elphinstone Mel Taylor-Bessent and Chris Smith for such generous feedback. We set sail with Book 3: Sword ⚔️ Echoes on May 29th.

A morning in the sun reading, a horse ride in the shade this afternoon and home to book post. Heaven! Abi Elphinstone Piers Torday Jacob North

EMBER SPARK AND THE UNICORN'S SECRET 🖋️ Abi Elphinstone 🎨 Kristina Kister The third title in this magical series filled with adventure, wonder and edge-of-your-seat excitement, set in a world of daring dragons and magical maladies. The indie sprayed-edge edition is

🎉The long weekend is almost very nearly here gang so why not spend your Friday afternoon buying some tickets for the UK's biggest kids' books party on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 June? BOOK IT barneskidslitfest.org MC Grammar Abi Elphinstone Adam Kay M. G. Leonard Serena Patel

Next on my reading agenda... 🐉Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons Abi Elphinstone 🟠The Tomorrow Project Heather Critchlow 💋A Cornish Winter's Kiss Jo Bartlett Writer 🤰🏼The Girls Who Grew Big Leila Mottley Simon & Schuster Children's Books Canelo Boldwood Books Fig Tree

Looking for the perfect book for readers aged 8+ this half term? Check out my review of Abi Elphinstone's #EmberSparkAndTheUnicornsSecret Simon & Schuster Children's Books for some inspiration... samjdthomas.home.blog/2025/05/27/emb…

There's nothing like a cheeky Bert’s Books order 😊 📚The Two Lives of Louis & Louise 📚The Strangeworlds Travel Agency 📚Ember Sparks 2 📚Ember Sparks 3 Abi Elphinstone 📚Blood & Sugar 📚Daughters of Night Laura Shepherd-Robinson

The #vendingmachine has been restocked with more fabulous titles. Thank you, A, for your help! What would you choose? 📚🥰 Abi Elphinstone, all 3 of your books were the first to fly out of the machine this week! #reading #readingforpleasure

Loved DRACULA & DAUGHTERS by Emma Carroll: brilliant world-building, a trio of girls to make your heart soar and a belter of a plot. You can pre-order from Waterstones Kids Faber Children's

I’m speaking and signing books at BarnesKidsLitFest in Barnes this Sunday 22nd June! I’ll be chatting about my Ember Spark series and showing kids how easy it is to conjure up stories of their own ❤️ Tickets: eventbrite.com/checkout-exter…

For all the teachers out there, this from Anne Fine’s ‘Flour Babies’ ❤️

I’m a bookseller for the day at glorious Night Owl Books! Happy Independent Bookshop Week to all the fantastic booksellers out there 🥳

I’M SPEAKING AT Edinburgh International Book Festival THIS SUMMER! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 4pm Monday 11th August. Tickets: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w… (the photo of me introducing my daughter to a sheep has nothing to do with anything - just needed a photo to make the spacing work over on instagram)

Here is my 8th creation for alternative reads to David Walliams, this time focusing on The Beast of Buckingham Palace. These are ones I’ve particularly enjoyed but what else would you add? Lee Newbery

The graphic novel adaptation of WHEN THE SKY FALLS is out today, brought to life by the genius of Mr Fred Fordham. 11 and 50 year old me is turning cartwheels. Am feeling very lucky.

At 8yo I had very few teeth, zero dress sense &no time4hairbrushes but I did know a vital truth: that reading, for 10mins a day, is life-changing. It boosts confidence, elevates literacy levels, improves mental health & creates more empathetic humans National Literacy Trust #Take10ToRead

I am a writer because I was a reader first. But reading for pleasure is at an all time low. So let's get behind National Literacy Trust’s #Take10ToRead campaign, aiming to get the nation reading for 10mins a day. ‘Read books as you would breathe air: to fill up & live.’ - Annie Dillard

So thrilled to be nominated here - amongst such a stellar line up of authors! Thank you Lancashire School Library Service