Book Island

14/06/2025

12/06/2025

Join Hare Street Community Primary School students as they perform and interview Owen Gent Illustration, the author and illustrator of 'That's Nice, Love'

What an amazing work! 😍

the whole school looked at this wonderful book by Owen Gent, each class producing amazing pieces of art and wonderful works of literacy. We also thought we w...

15/05/2025

We’ve missed this beautiful story! ❤️

“The Lion and the Bird” by Marianne Dubuc
is coming back! We’re so excited to announce a reprint and welcome this heartwarming friendship back to our list.

Who else has been longing for this book?

12/05/2025

Huge congratulations to the talented Davide Calì on winning the prestigious 2025 Premio Andersen for Best Children's Author! 🎉

🤩 We're absolutely delighted to have his wonderful book, 'Good Morning, Neighbour,' joining our list this autumn.


Text: Davide Cali
Illustrations: Maria Dek

05/05/2025

“Sensitively paced, and drawn from Perkin’s own experience, if you don’t know how to approach talking to a child about parental loss this is a refreshingly honest yet kind place to start. Perkin’s use of bright colours and sense of movement in her drawings should also appeal to more resistant readers.”
- Cariad Lloyd

The comedian, podcaster and author on the reads which have helped her navigate loss

27/04/2025

It was a joy reading .review. Thanks for creating such a beautiful and inspiring magazine for picturebook lovers 😍

23/04/2025

Happy World Book Day from Book Island! 🥳📖 We’re celebrating the joy of reading with beautiful books from around the world.

What’s your favourite Book Island read? Share your recommendations in the comments!

12/04/2025

The joy of unpacking all these beautiful books from the Bologna Book Fair 😍📚✈️

03/04/2025

🤩 What an incredible experience at ! Connecting with publishers, authors, illustrators, translators and good friends from all over the world has been truly inspiring.

Plus, we’re buzzing with excitement about our new titles for next year! 🥳📚

30/03/2025

We’re ready for 📚✈️

26/03/2025

Bangkok! 🇹🇭 We’re making our Thai International Book Fair debut! 🎉

Find us (and our lovely sister publisher, .books ) at Hall 5 B26, Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre from March 27 - April 7. See you there! ✨📚📚📚

26/02/2025

How many birds are in this picture?