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03/07/2025

Happy Publication Day to I Really, Really Don’t Like Parties!

Too loud, too crowded, too busy – Dora doesn’t enjoy parties at all, until one day she finds how to like being at a party, and also finds a friend with the same idea.

Congratulations to 🌟

01/07/2025

It’s Plastic Free July ♻️

A perfect time to explore how we can make less waste and take better care of our planet.

Start with this month with the wonderful “Rubbish? Don’t Throw It Away”, by & 🌍

This lively and engaging picture book demonstrates how upcycling can be both fun and imaginative!

It’s a fantastic resource for inspiring your little one to creatively reuse items around them instead of discarding them.

30/06/2025

WIN A CHILDREN’S BOOK & REWILDING PACK ! 🌱

Three lucky winners will receive a copy of Unity Street School Saves the Planet AND a magical rewilding pack! 🐝🌼

📚 Unity Street School Saves the Planet by - An inspiring, feel-good story about how small actions can lead to big change! Follow the children of Unity Street as they turn their school into a wild haven full of bees, wildflowers, and hope for our planet 🌍

🌿 The Rewilding Pack includes:
- A gorgeous colouring in booklet by Sheena Davies
- A mix of wildflower seeds
- Your very own beans – watch your garden grow this summer!

How to enter:
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2. Like this post & share it to your story 🌟
3. Tag your friends in the comments – each tag = 1 entry!

GOOD LUCK 🌱

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The competition will run until midnight 14 July. Winner will be shared the following day. This competition is only open to UK residents. Winners will be chosen at random and contacted by - This promotion is not sponsored by anyone but Otter-Barry Books.

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20/06/2025

Great day at the celebrating shortlisted title with and editor and the books team. Congrats to Matt and to all the winners and shortlisted authors and illustrators. A great day for children’s books.

20/06/2025

🌍 Today is World Refugee Day!

It’s a time to show kindness, care, and understanding for others. Share these wonderful books with your children on this important day:

1. A Child Like You by and - Inspired by real-life young activists, this powerful book follows four brave children who face injustice and stand up for a better world — from protecting the planet to fighting for refugee rights, equality, and freedom.

2. Saving Hanno by and - The moving story inspired by the real events of the Kindertransport and the refugee children who came to Britain just before war was declared before 1939.

19/06/2025

Happy Publication Day to The Boy Lost in the Maze! 🌀

Already gaining the status of a modern classic, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024, the story of two boys on quests for their unknown fathers.

Now available in paperback 📚

Congrats to Coelho & Kate Milner 🤩

16/06/2025

It’s Refugee Week! 🌍

A special time to remember that everyone deserves to feel safe, welcome, and at home.

Let’s celebrate kindness, courage, and looking out for one another – always.

Start by reading this wonderful guest blog by author of ‘Hello! A Counting Book of Kindness’ & ‘Counting Kindnes - Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children’ ❤️

‘Ask Children about the Power of Community Kindness’, read full blog on on https://holliskurman.com 🤩

16/06/2025

Yesterday was Father’s Day!

Celebrate together with these wonderful books:

1. My Daddy is a Silly Monkey by and Thompson: A cheerful story about growing up with dad as a single parent.

2. On My Papa’s Shoulders by : A sweet ode to fatherhood and the special
relationships children share with each member of their family.

3. The Dictionary of Dads by Justin Coe and Steve Wells ; A brilliant and funny debut collection of poems about more than fifty dads.

❤️🫶✨

12/06/2025

Happy Publication Day to The Summer Puppy!🐶

From a little furry bundle, Rosie the puppy grows, learns, and explores her world - rose petals, spiders and butterflies in the garden, the jungle of long summer grass, the fields where a fox calls, the beach where she chases waves and digs deep in the sand.

Congratulations to & 🌞✨

08/06/2025

🌊 It’s World Ocean Day! 🌍

Our oceans cover over 70% of the Earth — today, we celebrate their beauty and reflect on how to protect them!

💙 Sea Change – Save The Ocean, a global art project featuring original postcards and messages from 50 amazing illustrators, all united to protect our precious seas.
📚 Edited by Toby Hickey, with contributions from Axel Scheffler, PJ Lynch, Jackie Morris, Yuval Zommer, and more!

🐋 The Star Whale by & .horacek_ — 40 poems and illustrations celebrating our wondrous planet.

🌟 Aqua Boy by , an empowering tale about caring for the ocean and its creatures.

🌀 I Love You, Blue by , a touching love story with an important message about ocean pollution through plastics.

05/06/2025

Happy Publication Day to Unity Street School Saves the Planet! 🤩

When the Green Team come to Unity Street School to talk about climate change, the children have a great idea. They will make a wild area at their school!

This delightful and inspiring story shows conservation and rewilding in action, as a group of children show the way to help our planet 💚

Congratulate to ✨📚

05/06/2025

Happy Publication Day to The Best Jollof Rice Ever! 🤩

“This story is fun, vibrant and absolutely BURSTING with flavour! A brilliant debut from a bright and shining talent in the kidlit world, Onyinye has all the ingredients to tell a good story, and you’re going to totally love what she’s cooked up with this one.” Dapo Adeola

Congratulations to 📚✨

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