The brilliant Michael Rosen joins us this year. Prepare to be captivated by Michael Rosen & his most loved poems from The Big Book Of Bad Things. Diving into Michael’s mind is a complete joy that invites children to view the world from a different point of view. Caboodle Classroom

DETENTION JUST GOT DANGEROUS! We're delighted to share the cover for SIN BIN ISLAND, A thrilling magical adventure from DOUG NAYLOR the co-creator of RED DWARF. Coming September 11th!

On behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, we are thrilled to bring you the: ⚡️2025 Shortlist for the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction⚡️ Congratulations to all of the shortlistees! #LittleRebelsAward

The end result of running a truly outstanding school…

Out now, When The Storm Comes is the brilliant new book by Polly Ho-Yen that will have you engrossed & wondering what you'd do in the same situation. Knights Of ed public relations I can't wait to share this at school! kandobonkersaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/when-s…

A thought for the holidays. If you want your kids to get ahead - let them READ FOR PLEASURE! Let them discover the joy of reading for the sheer fun of it, with no strings attached, choosing for themselves, losing themselves in imagination. Everything else will follow! #literacy

Loved taking our children to the library every summer for the reading challenge when they were young

Keir Starmer urged to honour pledge to embed speaking skills in England’s schools theguardian.com/education/2025…

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New education theory: How about, instead of trying to find the next commercial or power-grab buzz phrase or concept, we relook at what makes a good educational experience for a child at each stage of development. This is what the Curriculum and Assessment review should be doing.

I have just uploaded my interview with Darren Chetty and Karen Sands O'Connor about the issues underpinning their brilliant collection of essays, Beyond the Secret Garden. It is every bit as illuminating as you would expect. A must-view/read for teachers, librarians, publishers

A huge congratulations to Arlena, Matei, Sienna-Mai and Willow from Wells Primary School for a wonderful performance at the National Theatre in front of ~1000 audience members at #CLiPPA25 🎉

There’s just one week left to send us your #poemsforchildren ! The theme is Surprise and we’re looking forward to being awed, astounded and amazed by your poems! Details here: tygertyger.net/submissions/ #kidlit #poemsforkids #poetry #poetrycommunity #readingforpleasure #ks2

I'm looking forward to this so much - talking to Red Dwarf creator Doug Naylor about his first children's book, SIN BIN ISLAND, coming from David Fickling Books in September! waterstones.com/events/doug-na…

When you spend 9 years writing a book, as I did with Tyger, there's nothing nicer than visiting brilliant bookshops & being asked to sign your book! I had a wonderful time Salts Mill signing Tygers. If you're anywhere near Saltaire, do go & visit them - it's an amazing place!

The books we love when we're young change our lives forever - and so do the people who help us find those books. So here's an everlasting THANK YOU to all the amazing teachers, librarians, booksellers & everyone else out there who's helping kids find books they love! #literacy

Hugely exciting news! Red Dwarf creator Doug Naylor is publishing his first children's book - SIN BIN ISLAND, coming from David Fickling Books in September. I'm delighted to be in conversation with him Waterstones Piccadilly, London on Sept 16 - come and join us! waterstones.com/events/doug-na…

SF Said Last week, I re-read 'Jennie' by Paul Gallico. My primary school teacher read that to us - a very, very long time ago. 🙂 "When in doubt, wash." I forget her name now, but not the impact of that teacher! THANK YOU!

If you'd like to read some thoughts on Tolkien, Le Guin, Pullman, Blackman, Blake & more - I very much enjoyed talking about them all in this interview about Tyger with The Daily Bulldog! dailybulldog.com/arts/an-interv…