Today would have been the late Brian Jacques' birthday. I adored the Redwall books growing up – they're thrilling and charming, with just enough danger and darkness.
#redwall #brianjacques #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #books #childrensbooks
Dorothy L. Sayers – one of the great detective novelists – was born on this day in 1893.
#books #crimefiction #detective #dorothylsayers #dorothylsayers #classicnovels #authors #crimenovels
"The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries."
Jorge Luis Borges, one of the greatest, strangest, and most original writers of all, died on this day in 1986.
#books #borges #jorgeluisborges #literature #fantasy
Thank you to LoveReading4Kids for including The Feathered Book in their list of 50 Cosy Crime Novels for Children and YA Readers.
“A debut of the highest order."
www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/get-sle...
@everywithwords.bsky.social
#middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #books #childrensbooks
Charlie Nutbrown
Help Aliens Stole My Grandad @missdeplume.bsky.social
@waterstones.bsky.social @lib4sch.bsky.social @emmapullar.bsky.social
A whimsical tale about space pirates and moon flowing with rivers of cheese!
Then this. Oof!
"The leaden circles dissolved in the air."
Happy Dalloway Day!
The one I read, the one I got because I loved the cover.
Charlie Nutbrown
Charlie Nutbrown
Charlie Nutbrown
Happy birthday to Robert Munsch, born on this day in 1945!
One of Canada's most beloved authors, he has written over 50 children's books. He has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and two schools are named for him.
His most famous acclaimed book is Love You Forever.
📸 CBC
Charlie Nutbrown
I’ve been sorting book data for work this week and it’s sad to see some great books are now out of print or hard to come by.
For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what brilliant forgotten gems should we be looking out for in libraries and second hand bookshops?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Mikka editor Everything with Words Books
There are so many brilliant forgotten gems, unfortunately – and many wonderful gems that never got the recognition they deserved in the first place – but here are some of my favourites
#KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
