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It's the fantastic Children's Dorchester Literary Festival at The Thomas Hardye School this week, brilliantly organised by Jenny Stevens, librarian at the school, with books proudly supplied by your favourite independent bookshop, Teasel and Skylark!

Jenny has ensured that there is something for everyone, inviting a fantastic array of authors for all ages, from 5 to 15, including Ele Fountain with her book Fake, Stew Foster today with book Can You Feel The Noise, and tomorrow Jim Beckett with his Buzz Sausage Wolf series, to name just a few.

Check out the full list here @thsbookworm

The perfect festival to encourage children to not only read, but to be inspired to maybe create their own labour of love.

Find your next great read with THS's literary festival, and with Teasel and Skylark.

#dorchlitfest #thomashardyeschool #booksbooksbooks #teaselandskylark #wessexmat

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🌈 📚 Book Rainbow 📚 🌈

Having a bit of a grey day, so built a little book rainbow from my TBR pile, to brighten my day, and yours 📚 🌈

#Bookstagram #BookStack #ReadMore

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✨HERE IS A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE VERY WELL - LOVED BOOKS IN MY CLASSROOM✨

Some of these are looking a little worse for wear now - they have been read A LOT. I’ll have to do another post with picture books / non-fiction / poetry but these are just a small selection of some of the novels that seem to be constantly in the hands of my class. I’m not too precious about my books; we are always a class of bookmark users that’s for sure but front covers and spines get tattered or broken because of lots of use and love and I’m okay with that✨

Would any of your pupils pick any of these choices? Let me know in the comments!📚

#teacher #teachers #reading #books #booksbooksbooks

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✨BOOK COLLECTING✨

We are at that point of year where I’ve been rooting around charity shops finding books for my class for end of year pressies. These are some of my wonderful options so far! I’ve got some really difficult girls to get for in particular - they’ve inhaled SO many books this year. If, for whatever reason, you have some duplicates/spare books you don’t want/need anymore and would like them to go to a good home, please send them my way (I’ll pay postage!)

#reading #read #books #teaching #teacher

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🏳️‍🌈 Are you looking for a YA to read during this Pride month? 🏳️‍🌈
Here’s 12 books I particularly love and would recommend:
📖 Wranglestone @darrencharltonauthor
📖 All That’s Left in the World @erikjb
📖 Lose You To Find Me
📖 Let’s Split Up @billwoodauthor
📖 Ditching Saskia @_neetols_ @dontpanicjohn
📖 Play @lukethepalmer
📖 Heartstopper @aliceoseman
📖 The Other Ones
📖 The King is Dead @notagainben
📖 The Big Ask @simonjamesgreen
📖 The Boy I Love @whusseyauthor
📖 Pieces of Us @stewfosterauthor

#pride #ya #bookstagram #lgbtq #yabookstagram

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New Books Alert
The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll -
Maisie Vs Antarctica by Jack Jackman
Can You Feel the Noise? By Stewart Foster
TrooFriend by Kirsty Applebaum
Martin’s Mice by Dick King-Smith

NEW Books Alert - 5 books your kids won’t be able to put down - added to our catalogue! Sunken villages, Antarctic adventures, Robot best friends, a deaf musician rediscovering her rhythm, and a cat who’d rather cuddle mice than catch them — this list has something for every young reader.
#theoldlibrarydubai #kidsbooks #lovereadingbooks❤️📚

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Happy Publication Day to PIECES OF US by @stewfosterauthor 🎉📚

Two secrets, an unbreakable bond. The powerful YA debut from award-winner Stewart Foster charts the friendship of a lifetime.

I wish you were here, because maybe this isn’t a story, or a diary. Perhaps it’s just the longest thank you letter a friend could ever write.

As the summer before college begins, Jonas is hiding a secret. He suffers with Bulimia but no-one knows. Not even he knows how bad it really is. Until he meets Louis, a confident dreamer who believes in a better future for Jonas. But when tragedy strikes, Jonas must decide if he can face things alone.

Warning: contains some themes that readers may find upsetting, including disordered eating.

#PublicationDay

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The paperback of Pieces of Us is out Thursday & this YA is an essential read if you missed it last year. Fiercely compelling, heartbreaking & beautiful, we’d all love a friendship like Jonas and Louis’. Covering themes such as bulimia, grief, toxic relationships & sexuality, you won’t be able to put Pieces of Us down! Thanks @simonkidsuk @simonyabooks @ellenabernethy @stewfosterauthor 📖 Sharing my thoughts again: https://checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/pieces-of-us-stewart-foster/
#ya #youngadult #bookstagram #books

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Playing tag with the #BigTravellingBook via @fleur.hitchcock & @juliesykesbooks - thanks to all the Bath children's authors who signed at the weekend, sharing their ❤ of #reading

#yearofreading #kidslit #festivaloflibraries

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📚8 Brilliant Books📚

For Music and Storytelling

It’s been lovely exploring this topic. There has been a few new music themed books stories recently but I don’t realise there were so many music themed books. I also love the range from magic to time travel to mystery/historical/adventures.

📚Timekeys Adventure: The Legend of Viking Thunder by @mglnrd
📚Once Upon A Tune by @mrjamesmayhew
📚Can You Feel The Noise? By @stewfosterauthor
📚The Thief Who Sang Storms by @sophieandersonauthor
📚 Little People, Big Dreams: Prince by @mariaisabelsanchezvegara
📚 Naeli and the Secret Song by @jasbinderbilan
📚 The Bear and the Piano by @david_c_litchfield
📚 K-Pop Academy: The Stage of Shadows by Mina Finch

Have you read any of these?

#8brilliantbooks #8brilliantbooks2026 #nationalstorytellingweek2026 #nationalstorytellingweek

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A great #8BrilliantBooks theme from @mrsbrownsbookbox this week to celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek so here’s my 8. The bottom 3 are more for secondary school readers but I wanted a mixture of ages to present music 🎶
#bookrecommendations #reading #readingforpleasure

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Just finished listening to the brilliant audio of Pieces of Us by @stewartfosterauthor. Lots of tears but so much joy and hope and relatable memories too. Can't wait to talk about this book at our next Book Chat at work. Be prepared, Hants SLS!

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