Lovely news and an author with wide appeal across the age ranges, congratulations Lauren x.com/Booktrust/stat…

Fantastic competition here from National Book Tokens | Win £5,000 for your school library! nationalbooktokens.com/schools#.WRW9x…

Any unwanted bottles, toiletries, gifts, toys or games? We are collecting donations of all kind at school office for #Dobcross Summer Fete

#Dobcross Wonderland Fete coming up fast. Whoop whoop EXCITED Come and join us on 24th June at 1pm Dobcross School

Manchester announces bid for UNESCO City of Literature status socsi.in/A48GR Manchester Literature Festival | ON BLUESKY Manchester Metropolitan Uni The University of Manchester Manchester Libraries

For a chance to #win the #AntiBoredomBook by Andy Seed, tell us your favourite SEASON & why! #GreatOutdoorsMonth 🌾☀️🍂❄️

A week tomorrow (June 24): Manchester Children's Book Festival family fun day Manchester Metropolitan Uni mcbf.org.uk/whats-on/event…

Our school band performing at Oldham Music Festival this morning! 😁Oldham Music Service

If you're at home this morning, the fantastic Shirley Hughes is guest editor of BBC Radio 4 woman's hour bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08…

'Please look after this bear.' So sad to hear of the passing of Michael Bond, creator of Paddington. Marmalade on toast tonight, we think.

Thanks for the reminder! All pretty stones were called bontings when our children were little because of this by Shirley Hughes x.com/ShirleyHughes_…

Congratulations all, hope you had fun at the Oldham Spelling Bee (nervously checks tweet for mistakes...) x.com/delph_info/sta…

Loving Waterstones cat photos today. ❤️❤️❤️ to Slinky Malinki, Mr Pusskins, Mog, Six Dinners Sid, Adolphus Tips, Scarface Claw + many more x.com/Waterstones/st…

Follow up to the wonderful London Eye Mystery, The Guggenheim Mystery from Robin Stevens Updates + Siobhan Down. Out now + a must-read x.com/ImogenRW/statu…

Loving Dragonslayer series from Jasper Fforde - very funny and although aimed at YA, 11 and 9-year-old are fighting over first dibs on them

A real favourite with our younger readers, congratulations Debi Gliori x.com/KidsBloomsbury…

If you do get to the beach, make sure you hunt for Bontings (as in Shirley Hughes Alfie stories) x.com/Booktrust/stat…

Tues 19 September is Talk Like a Pirate Day - we'll be reading @chaestrathie Captain Firebeard's School for Pirates. More recommendations?

Michael Rosen live Guardian webchat from 11.30am BST on Wednesday 13 September. Post your questions NOW. theguardian.com/books/live/201…

Looking forward to seeing photos from our local primary schools this week (some celebrating Roald Dahl Day on Friday) x.com/roald_dahl/sta…