Booklover 🌟 Mum of 2 boys 🌟FCBG Exec Committee Member🌟Proud Farmer's daughter and wife🌟 Rural Charted Surveyor🌟 Views are my own!

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Favourite weekend of the year coming up! Another wonderful line up again co-ordinated by @Joyisreading We are heading for Monmouth and Conference has a distinct Welsh flavour!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#FCBG25
8 Apr 2025
We can't wait to see all of our conference delegates, speakers, publishers and our wider children's book family this coming weekend! We hope you are looking forward to it too! #FCBG25 #Childrensbooks
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5 Apr 2025
We have a lovely giveaway this week courtesy of @QuartoKids celebrating the publication of the Non Fiction book 'Easter' by Nancy Dickmann & Emma Randall. A copy of the book & easter bundle to 1 lucky winner. UK only. Like & share a easter GIF by 12 Noon Saturday 12th April!
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Easter X competition! Win a set of three signed and award-winning children’s books set in the beautiful Lake District. Please share to enter. Deadline April 7. Thank you. tompalmer.co.uk/historical-f… #Competition #Giveaway
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3 Mar 2025
We are delighted to announce the Top 10 for the FCBG Children's Book Award 2025! The Top 10 have been shortlisted by children from our FCBG local testing groups. Congratulations to all of our Top 10 Authors and Illustrators. #FCBGCBA25
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Tom so generously offers this year after year ♥️ Please do get on touch with him if you have a child to nominate.
Every year, I ask teachers, TAs and librarians if they'd like to nominate a child who would really benefit from the gift of a signed book for Christmas. Children who've had a tough year. Or if a book would make a big difference. For more info, please visit tompalmer.co.uk/christmas-bo…
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26 Oct 2024
Need some #NNFN2024 inspiration? Why don’t you take a look at our idea’s booklet which can be downloaded from the FCBG website and use it to help plan a book group, library session- or to use at home! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ National Non-fiction November Ideas Booklet 2024
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A true British icon. Thank you for everything, Dame Maggie Smith.
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Thank you @CharlotteHorsm4 @NosyCrow fab Nosy Crow delivery today makes a very happy 10 year old! This series by @farmgirlwriter is fantastic! Great for Famous Five fans amongst others. A lovely farm based series 😊
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17 Aug 2024
The lovely folks at @FarshoreBooks have kindly offered a copy of New #YA novel Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood to 3 lucky winners! Please like & RT for a chance to win, by Noon Tuesday 14th August! UK only. Winners picked at random.
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This is a fabulous series! It is going down very well in our house at the moment! I am always on the look out for great farm based books for our farm kids #Farmbooks @farmgirlwriter
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Oh my... I am so here for #MalloryVayle @NosyCrow !! It sounds ghoulishly wonderful @MJHowardWrites @PeteCWilliamson 👻💀
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Yay! Congratulations @thomasflintham @NosyCrow 🎉🎉🎉
8 Jun 2024
#FCBGCBA24 Books for Younger Readers Category Winner is Thomas Flintham with Press Start, Game on, Super Rabbit Boy! @thomasflintham @NosyCrow
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What a wonderful day at the ⁦@FCBGNews⁩ Children’s Book Awards. Congratulations to the lovely ⁦@thomasflintham⁩ for taking this year’s trophy for overall winner. ⁦@NosyCrow#pressstart #fcbgcba24
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Wow, what a day! Delighted to have spent the day at the #FCBGCBA24 and very pleased to have had the company of overall winner @thomasflintham too! Congratulations Thomas!! @NosyCrow
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Current view. Awaiting the train for Birmingham ready for the #FCBGCBA24 Awards ceremony! Exciting day ahead!#childrensbookaward
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This is a brilliant article @LucieEbrey We have an avid @BeanoOfficial reading 6 year old and a @phoenixcomicuk loving 10 year old in our house! #Graphicnovels and #Comics for the win!
5 Jun 2024
Graphic novels are becoming increasingly popular and today’s blog is a celebration of comics and graphic novels from the perspective of Lucie Ebrey, a fantastic creator. @LucieEbrey @piccadillypress #Graphicnovel #Comics #Cowgirlsanddinosaurs fcbg.org.uk/?p=20660
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Very excited to be attending the Children's Book Award Ceremony on Saturday! Can't wait to see who is crowned the winner for 2024! Follow along on the live stream on the FCBG You Tube Channel (details to follow) or follow @FCBGNews who will be sharing all the news! #FCBGCBA24
5 Jun 2024
On Saturday we will be finding out who our FCBG Children's Book Award winners will be! If you are not attending the ceremony - Good News! We are live streaming again this year via our YouTube channel & a recording will be made 🥳🎉 #FCBGCBA24
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We love this book in our house! Perfect Foodie Feast for #NSSM24 #Afeastofstories
28 May 2024
What will stop Otters and Badgers from fighting?  Francie has some ideas to save the day and they are delicious! Check out Anya’s blog today about her book! @OxfordChildrens #NSSM24 @anya_glazer Otters vs Badgers by Anya Glazer fcbg.org.uk/?p=20588
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Favourite book of the year and absolutely resonated with my Pokemon loving 10 year old!
29 Apr 2024
What do Pokemon, Astronomy and Poetry have in common? Jennifer Bell will explain in her guest blog for us today! @jenrosebell @WalkerBooksUK #Magicalia @DavidWyattArt Magicalia by Jennifer Bell fcbg.org.uk/?p=20449
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