The Children's Bookshow

🎉 Happy #WorldBookDay!

Who’s joining us online today with Marta Altés & Kwame Alexander? 📚✨ @WorldBookDayUK
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🔥 The legendary Kwame Alexander joins us TOMORROW for an inspiring event!

He’ll share his poetry & the power of reading - perfect to get KS2 classes excited about reading, writing & #poetry this #WorldBookDay 📚

Don’t miss out, register here 👉 bit.ly/4axY0JM

👀 Look at all these brilliant books!

Every class that registers for our online performance with Marta Altés TOMORROW will be entered into a prize draw to win these fabulous books 📚✨

Celebrating with @WorldBookDayUK! 👉 bit.ly/40PYXaa

⏳ Just 2 days to go until our online performances with Kwame Alexander & Marta Altés! 🎉

There’s still time to register and join the fun - don’t miss out! bit.ly/4rmAMvF #WorldBookDay

📚 It’s almost #WorldBookDay!Reading is such an important way for children to explore the world, find solace & recognition, humour & surprise.
We are committed to helping all children find the joy of reading, and are pleased to be celebrating with @WorldBookDayUK again this year ✨

Our team member Katy Webster loves *Little Monkey* by Marta Altés 🌟

It shows that the world is big, wild & wonderful, and that being bold, fearless & curious lets you achieve anything - all beautifully illustrated! 📚✨

🎭 Did you join us at The Old Vic in 2024 for Kwame Alexander? What a show! We're thrilled to be celebrating with @WorldBookDayUK and hosting another event with Kwame, live online on Thurs 5 March. This one is FREE to attend. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4axY0JM
#poetry

Our co-director Kate Arafa has read The Crossover with her daughters and they have all loved it! She received this from one of her girls on Mother's Day - their favourite poem from the book.

📚✏️ Celebrate reading & drawing with your Year 1 & 2 children at our live digital performance with author & illustrator Marta Altés!

Sign up and your class could win a bundle of 10 brilliant picture books 🎁✨ bit.ly/4kicEIi #WorldBookDay

🐒🦊 What will Marta Altés draw in our FREE digital event for Years 1 & 2?
A little monkey? The foxes from Five More Minutes? 👀✏️

Sign up with your classes here 👉 bit.ly/4kicEIi and find out on #WorldBookDay - Thurs 5 March!

⭐ #GIVEAWAY! Win a class set of Kwame Alexander's book The Crossover ⭐
Every school that registers for our online event with Kwame Alexander on Thurs 5 March will be entered into a draw to win. Find out more: bit.ly/4axY0JM
#books #poetry #primaryschools #worldbookday

✏️📚 Come and draw along with picture book author & illustrator Marta Altés!
Join our FREE live digital author event - the perfect way to celebrate #WorldBookDay with Year 1 & 2 🎉 bit.ly/4kicEIi

📣 English hubs—please share with your schools! Celebrate #WorldBookDay with live online events for KS2 featuring bestselling author Kwame Alexander
🗓 Thurs 5 March
Stream the joy of reading, writing & poetry into your classroom 👉 bit.ly/4rmAMvF
#NationalYearOfReading

📚✨ Join the Children’s Bookshow online this #WorldBookDay!
We have two fantastic FREE events — book your place now and celebrate the love of reading and poetry with us 👉https://bit.ly/4rmAMvF
#NationalYearOfReading

The Children's Bookshow | Fundraising artwork auction is announced The Children's Bookshow is a charity that is dedicated to inspiring children with books by putting on performances and workshops with the best children's authors and illustrators from the UK and…

85% of surveyed teachers said our in-school workshops increase reading engagement. Next Friday at 12pm we're launching an #IllustrationAuction to help fund this programme of creative work in schools in 2026! Find out more 👉 bit.ly/43AOeTz #MakeYourBid #Illustration #kidlitart #BookSky #EduSkyUK

Have you been following #TheChildrensBookshow 2025 autumn tour? Visit our Instagram feed for highlights from this year's excellent events, including performances from @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @catherinerayner.bsky.social, Katherine Rundell and many more! www.instagram.com/childrensbkshow 📚

It's Friday 🥳 What are you reading this weekend? Otto the Top Dog by @catherinerayner.bsky.social is such a lovely picture book to share with young children. We can't wait to give out over 800 copies at our event in #Newcastle this autumn! bit.ly/442dMIw 📚 #kidsbooks #authorevent #booksky

Tickets are starting to sell out for our 2025 tour!
✨ World-class children's authors, illustrators & poets
📕 FREE book for every child
Join us with your class 👉 bit.ly/3ZwRAow

@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @catherinerayner.bsky.social @catwrote.bsky.social #EduSkyUK

On the Calendar for Schools: The Children's Bookshow Autumn Showcase | Heath Educational Books

"With performances organised across the country, schools can bring pupil groups to experience something that they may never have before." Thanks to Heath Educational Books for sharing more details of our autumn events: bit.ly/3Tk7M91 📚 #literacy #childrensbooks #booksky #eduskyuk #primaryteachersuk

How beautiful are the illustrations in #OttoTheTopDog?! We are so excited to give every child who attends our event with @catherinerayner.bsky.social‬ a copy of this wonderful #picturebook. Catherine will join us for a morning of #stories and #illustration at #Newcastle Theatre Royal in November 📚

It's less than 3 months to go until our autumn tour begins! Our first stop is with Katherine Rundell at @grandtheatrebpl.bsky.social‬ on 19th Sept, closely followed by Matt De La Peña & Christian Robinson at #Wolverhampton Grand on 29th. See the programme & book now 👉 bit.ly/3ZwRAow 📚 #EduSkyUK

CALLING ALL TEACHERS & SCHOOLS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE! I'm doing a big event with @childrensbkshow.bsky.social in Peterborough in November, with follow-up workshops in classrooms - book your places now!
thechildrensbookshow.com/performances...

Did you hear Kate Arafa, Director of #TheChildrensBookshow, and author @whatsfsaid.bsky.social‬ on BBC Radio Cambridge yesterday? Kate and SF spoke with ‪@louiseonair.bsky.social‬ about the importance of sparking children's curiosity about #books! Listen back 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (38:40)

When Owen Sheers and Helen Stephens are together, magic happens! Join us for a morning of #poetry, pirates and flying carpets at Hull New Theatre on Tuesday 14 October. Book now and inspire Year 2, 3 and 4 with the power of #stories and #illustration! bit.ly/45jTpJ7 #rfp #eduskyuk #booksky #Hull

Yasmeen Ismail is coming to Portsmouth autumn 2025 Find out about author and illustrator Yasmeen Ismail's autumn performance at the Portsmouth New Theatre Royal on Wednesday 5th November 2025!

We can't wait to bring marvellous illustrator and author, #YasmeenIsmail to #Portsmouth this Autumn! Join us for a morning of interactive #stories and #illustration that Years 1 and 2 will love. Every child gets a free book to take home and keep 📚 #picturebooks #edusky #booksky youtu.be/VXLyJxI_t64

Tickets are selling quickly for @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social‬'s live performance at @belgradetheatre.bsky.social‬ in #Coventry on 6th October. Don't miss your chance to join us for an exhilarating hour of #poetry in performance with Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 👉 bit.ly/3Ti9IPg Every child gets a free book! 📚

Welcome back from half-term! Did you read any good #books over the break? We are so excited about the excellent titles we have chosen to give away in this year's autumn tour - including Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures and the brand new book from @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social. #BookSky

We're so proud to have @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social on our programme again this year, and to continue to support schools in the crucial role they play in developing positive attitudes to #reading. Four of our 2025 events will inspire the youngest readers 👉 thechildrensbookshow.com/performances 📚

📣 Yasmeen Ismail is coming to The Children's Bookshow! Join us for a morning of interactive stories and illustration at the New Theatre Royal in #Portsmouth. Yasmeen will share secrets of her work and every child gets a free book 👉 tinyurl.com/mr3ffvx9 #teachers #primary

Did you know that our autumn programme also includes in-classroom workshops? #Schools that attend a theatre performance have the chance to receive one of 4 hands-on workshops, to inspire children to develop their imaginations & creative work 👉 thechildrensbookshow.com/performances #booksky #teaching