Swapna Haddow

“Reading Is Fun!”

The great Maurice Sendak’s poster for 1979’s International Year Of The Child.

This is awesome to hear! Chuffed to bits he enjoyed the books 🤩

Staff at Shrewsbury School dressed as a flock of Dave Pigeons

I did a World Book Day event today with a school in Bangkok and every single teacher was dressed as Dave Pigeon 😭❤️

A mum reads a picture book to her smiling toddler. Dark blue text reads thanks to our amazing supporters, last year we were able to reach over 1.4 million children through our programmes!

We're so grateful to our incredible supporters!

Your donations helped us to reach over 1.4 million children last year, including 90% of newborn babies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with our Bookstart Baby programme.

Find out more in our Supporter Impact Report 👇

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Thank you so much, @jillshanti.bsky.social 🤩

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Thank you 🤩

#KidsBooksFriday

Noooo! Authors always the last the see their book 😭
Can’t wait to see the book xx

Happy, happy day to you! 🎉🎉🎉

Read it forward poster by Bookshop.org, books flying on a purple background.

📣 READ IT FORWARD! 📣

10% of ALL children’s book sales through Bookshop.org UK go to reading charities @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social in February 2026, and EVERY sale supports independent bookshops 📚https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-it-forward-with-bookshop-org

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Pile of physical books read in January.

Covers of books read on my Kindle in January: Silverborn by Jessica Townsend, Artezans: The Last Spellbreaker by L D Lapinski and A Degree of Murder by Maz Evans.

January has seen a cracking start to 2026’s reading. The month’s most read review is for brilliantly funny graphic novel The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out by Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton - find the link below:

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ME: whenever i make fried eggs the yolks break but when i make scrambled eggs they don’t

ALANIS MORISSETTE: i’m sorry but the lyrics are already done

Same. It was like writing a horror story 😭

Swapna Haddow holding a copy of The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out. She’s a bit chuffed about that.

Starred review of The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out from ALA’s Booklist ⭐️

The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is OUT NOW! And we’ve started with a starred review in the Booklist ⭐️
#pukapuka

Publishing for Minnesota Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

The Publishing for Minnesota auction launches this week to support groups providing legal aid, emergency assistance, food, and community resources to those in urgent need.
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Reading for pleasure is just that, reading for fun. Fiction, poetry, facts, prose, comics, whatever you enjoy, you're a reader ❤️

An illustration of a smiling and waving dinosaur and an alien with books balanced on its head between two eyes on stalks. Plus a banner reading "Book missions to try in 2026" and the words: "January: Read a book that makes you laugh!"

We all need a bit of a giggle in January!

So for our first book mission of 2026, we're suggesting you find a book that makes you laugh.

What will you read?

Find our suggestions of funny books here 👉 https://bit.ly/4qxr0ab
Explore our book missions calendar for 2026 here 👉 https://bit.ly/4qn98yF

Essential listening.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2026 is the National Year of Reading and that’s why I’m introducing my ONE MINUTE INTERVIEW series.

I thought about how I might encourage reading and engage readers and how to make the process more fun. More below: 1/

Get ready... The Terrible Trio are back for more hilarious mayhem! 🦁

The Day the Mac 'n' Cheese Ran Out is available now!

British cover of The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out illustrated by Minky Stapleton

The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is landing in bookshops around the world over the next few weeks starting with the UK TODAY!!
If you spot a copy in the wild, let me know!
Happy reading, everyone 🦓🐧🦝🦁
#kidlitUK #GNkidlit

@scholasticuk.bsky.social

Chuffed to bits to see The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is Book of the Day! Thank you 🎉🎉🎉

It’s on the way!!! 🎉

Thank you so much for this awesome review 🥰

Join award-winning children's author, Swapna Haddow for an engaging reading and multi-faceted illustrator and designer, Minky Stapleton for a step-by-step draw-along in this fun-filled event.

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Love @beckamoor.bsky.social’s illustrations! The fourth Reggie Rabbit book is out now 🐰🔍

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Becka Moor. Elegant and appealing caricature for Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice, part graphic novel, part chapter book by Swapna Reddy. Young detective Reggie Rabbit investigates underground. Oxford Children’s 1 Jan. @beckamoor.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

a pigeon is walking on a gray surface . ALT: a pigeon is walking on a gray surface .

Thank you, @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social ❤️