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Mrs Dowden

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The news is out! We are SO excited to welcome the incredible @WelshDragonParr to the Barrington Stoke list with #TheLastHouseInTheRow - an uplifting story of intergenerational friendship publishing in April 2025 for ages 9+ (1/4)

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🚨GIVEAWAY🚨 @simonkids_UK have a set of the Ember Spark series to giveaway to 1 lucky reader. 📖 To enter, follow @abielphinstone then like & share this post. Tag a friend for an extra entry. UK only. Closes 31/10/24 at 7pm. Good luck 🤞

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I’m thrilled to share the glorious cover of my new adventure series set in the Land of Roar: DRAGON RIDERS OF ROAR ❤️ Thank you to illustrator @BenMMantle for gifting Rose and Arthur another stunning cover and to Olivia Adams for the design. Coming Feb 2025…


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If you know children who love Halloween but shy away from the v. spooky/shivery stories then our Accidental Witch series might be the perfect seasonal read. Squished full of ghosts & bats and witches & frogs but tbh, more funny and sweet than properly scary! #Halloween 🎃#kidlit

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⭐️NEWS!⭐️ A real dream come true, this. I love @BarringtonStoke and to join their list feels like something special. The Last House in the Row, beautifully illustrated by Richard Johnson, publishes April 10th 2025.

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.@WelshDragonParr is making her @BarringtonStoke debut with The Last House in the Row, out in April bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

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Would you like to win a copy of Earthlings? 'An account of human life on earth, written by aliens!' Thanks to @BigPicturePress we have two copies to giveaway! Like & Share by 12 Noon Friday 25th October! UK only. Winners chosen at random!

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Huge congrats to shortlisted Scholastic authors & illustrators! One Goose, Two Moose by @KaelTudor & @nicolaslater North and the Only One by @vashti_hardy The Double Life of Ted Amos by @simonjamesgreen

In association with @hull_libraries and @Hull_SLS we are delighted to reveal the longlists for the #JamesReckitt #HullChildrensBookAward 2025...

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Seven books in five years for lovely @Usborne and here they all are! I’m so grateful to everyone who’s buying, borrowing and promoting my books. 🥰

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#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Chris Mould from his graphic novel retelling of H G Wells’s War of the Worlds. Lots of period detail in a wonderful, characterful black ink drawing with a colour wash. Out from Faber Children’s on 10 Oct. ⁦@FaberChildrens⁩ ⁦@chrismouldink

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It's #SundaySweetener time! Throughout October, we'll be giving away titles from @LiteracyPippa's October #LitReview. This week we have: "A Dragon Called Spark"🐉 For your chance to win: 💥Follow 💥Like 💥Repost + tag a mate for extra entry. 🏆Winner announced Monday!

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Well, this is turtlely lovely! Huge thanks to everyone who made this possible. Book number 4 & I feel so grateful to all my amazing, supportive readers who continue this adventure with me. 💚💚💚

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Happy National Poetry Day📚 This year, we’re celebrating with a list of our amazing poetry books✨ From I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright and, most recently, A Whale of a Time, take a look at our amazing collection here: ow.ly/7OOJ50Txcf6

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Try our #OURfP Reading Surveys for KS1! ✨ Why not use our class surveys to better understand your pupils' attitudes and perspectives towards RfP? 📚🍎💙 👉ourfp.org/2023/01/26/pup… #readingforpleasure #literacy #RfP #reading

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Competition alert! Your chance to win a bundle of 10 books, including both books in the Hercules series by @tvaughan88 & @davidoconnell ⭐ For your chance to win, make sure you're following us, retweet & tell us what your secret super skill would be! Last entries 9th October.

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Carrying on spotlighting each age category of our 2025 UKLA Book Awards, here's the wonderful 7-10+ nominees!

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And, in one of the @clpe1 classrooms, we are just kicking off with poet @lauramucha’s @PoetryDayUK Guinness World Record Attempt for the Largest Poetry Lesson (Multi Venue)! Laura has just gone live with all the schools - hope you are joining in! She is a force for poetry good!

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Interesting points for reflection in this article. I’d also add a question about how much time children have to engage in meaningful dialogue and sustained shared thinking in Early Years, particularly in Reception, whether this has changed over the last 5 years or so and why…

Did the pandemic really trigger a crisis in pupils’ speech and language? Or did lockdown merely shine a light on existing issues? Tes explores a complex picture of causation and solutions tes.com/magazine/teach…



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DID YOU KNOW …. That tinted paper helps to reduce visual stress and glare for dyslexic readers? #DAW24 Learn more about our dyslexia-friendly design features here: bit.ly/dyslexia-suppo…

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Important research from our partners at @Booktrust, showing why it’s so important that children are read to and with and exposed to whole, high quality texts throughout Early Years and Primary. This is the backbone of @clpe1’s Power of Reading and encourages independent reading.

📢 NEW: Today we're publishing our research exploring how children's enjoyment of reading declines during primary school. And Waterstones @UKLaureate @frankcottrell_b says the findings concern him "greatly". Find out more 👇 booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…



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Hooray! 🦕 ✨ 💕

✍️🌟 Well done to the outstanding Dinosaur at the Bus Stop – Poems to Have Fun With! by @WakelingKate for winning Children’s Book of the Year: Poetry. Published by @OtterBarryBooks, this is a playful collection that encourages kids to have fun with words. #TWJBookAwards #Poetry

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