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Leading specialist supplier of books and furniture to schools and public libraries, celebrating our 90th birthday in 2025.
Birmingham, UK
Joined September 2009
We're excited to reveal the official 2025 shortlist of the Peters Children's Book of the Year award!. Find out the full shortlist here: Look out for our category close-ups throughout today 📚
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Ahead of World Book Day, we've got 2 fantastic fiction bundles worth £100 each to give away to 2 lucky schools! (1 primary, 1 secondary). To be in with a chance of winning, just RT & like this tweet and make sure you're following us by 4pm on Fri 4 March. #WorldBookDay #WBD22
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For #PayitForward, we are giving two schools (one primary, one secondary) the chance to win a set of books to refresh their library or classroom. To enter, simply follow us and retweet this post. Competition ends 12pm Wed 28th April. UK entrants only.
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This Sunday is #RoaldDahlDay, and we can't wait to celebrate! We're giving away a set of books and other goodies to one lucky school. To be in with a chance of winning, RT and let us know your favourite Roald Dahl character in the comments below by midnight on Friday 11th Sept.
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We can't wait for #RoaldDahlDay! To celebrate, we've got a fantastic selection of books and goodies to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, follow us & RT this post, then reply in the comments with the title of your favourite Roald Dahl book by 11pm on Friday 13th Sept.
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#WorldBookNight is all about sharing your favourite books! One of our favourites is the new #AlexRider #SecretWeapon we are giving away 3 copies to celebrate WBN! To enter, just like and retweet this post!. The competition closes at 11:59PM. Good luck! . #Competition #Win
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Happy #RoaldDahlDay! To celebrate, we've got two sets of the fabulous Roald Dahl Thesaurus to give away to two schools thanks to @OxfordChildrens. To enter, follow and RT this post and let us know your favourite Dahl character in the comments below! Closes 11.59pm on 14/09/21.
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We're excited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this modern classroom classic as part our class sets giveaway!🤩📚️. Like and re-share this post, and follow our account before Friday 10th November, 6pm.. Up to 40% off class sets: @KidsBloomsbury
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This fantastic set of wellbeing-themed books for primary schools is up for grabs for #LibrariesWeek. Suitable for KS1/KS2. Follow and RT by 14.10.18 to win.
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October's round of The Big Class Sets Giveaway kicks off with Black and British, an essential and important title for school collections. To win 30 copies for your school, follow our X account and reshare this post before Friday 6th October, 6pm. @MacmillanKidsUK
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📚 COMPETITION TIME 📚 To celebrate #WorldBookDay we are giving away 3 sets of WBD books! To be in with a chance to win, just follow these steps. 1. Follow @Petersbooks .2. Retweet this post. The competition closes at 11:59PM. Good luck!. #Competition #Win
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🌟WIN!🌟 We were lucky enough to celebrate the Sheffield Children's Book Award @SheffLibraries last week, & even more lucky to be gifted this set of shortlisted books *signed* by the authors! Simply follow & RT this post by 5pm 16.11.22 to be in with a chance of winning. 📚️
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The Big Class Sets Giveaway ends today with a tremendous, heart-wrenching bang! The final title up for grabs is. When The Sky Falls🦍❤️. To enter, reshare this post and follow us before Friday 1st December, 6pm. Up to 40% off class sets:
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📚 COMPETITION TIME 📚 To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay we are giving away great books on influential women! To be in with a chance to win, follow the steps below:. 1. Follow @Petersbooks .2. Retweet this post. The competition closes at 11:59PM. Good luck!. #Competition #Win
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Create a magical world of books for your pupils! We're giving away this fantastic set of handcrafted book signposts to brighten up your library or reading space. Simply RT and follow us by 12.10.18 to enter #loveyourlibrary #LibrariesWeek
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Every Wednesday this term will be THE BIG CLASS SETS GIVEAWAY! Win 30 copies of a featured title from our Autumn class sets offer for your school🤩📚️. To win this week's prize, follow our X account and re-share this post before 6pm on Friday 23rd September!. @bouncemarketing
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Calling all school librarians! We're giving away a set of environment-themed non-fiction titles courtesy of @HachetteSchools. Simply follow and RT by midnight on Friday 13 July to win!
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It's National Space Day! 🚀 . We have 3 copies of Ada and the Galaxies to give away to 3 lucky primary schools (thanks @WalkerBooksUK)! . To enter:.👍 RT and like this post .📚 Follow us @Petersbooks on Twitter and Instagram . Giveaway closes 4pm on Fri 13th May. UK entries only.
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'You only ever have two choices – to shut up, or to keep making art, to keep making ideas, to keep talking, to keep doing stuff and, so far, I’ve kept going.' We're celebrating the Art Matters paperback release today - thanks @neilhimself for chatting to our team!
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To mark the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth, we've got three copies of this fantastic new book Timelines from Black History to give away to schools courtesy of @dkbooks! To enter, simply make sure you're following both us and @dkbooks and RT by 12pm 05.10.20.
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❄️WIN A WINTER BOOK BUNDLE❄️. What is your favourite book to read in the winter months? Reply with your wintery pick, and one lucky person will win this bundle worth £100 for their school! Giveaway ends Friday 8th December, 4pm☃️
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Check out our new map search feature! Zoom in and select a country to find all books on or stories set in that country. Ideal for curriculum topic support or wider reading
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Halloween giveaway!👻 . We're giving away two sets of Halloween themed books to two primary schools. To enter make sure you are following us and retweet this post. Giveaway closes at 12pm on Monday 1st November. Good luck!
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We have five free copies of Blanksy the Street Cat! Written by comedy writer Gavin Puckett and illustrated by #WorldBookDay illustrator Allen Fatimaharan, it's perfect for reluctant readers, with a dyslexia-friendly font 🎨. To win a copy, follow us and retweet. @FaberChildrens
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Get ready - it's week two of THE BIG CLASS SETS GIVEAWAY!..To win 30 copies for your school, follow our X account and share this post before Friday 29th September, 6pm. Discover all the fantastic titles in our class sets offer: @HarperCollinsCh
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'Tis the season of giving, so this week we've got some fantastic collections of picture books worth between £250 and £500 RRP to give away to three lucky primary schools! To enter, simply follow and RT and tell us why you'd like to win for your school in the comments below.
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For National Space Day, we are giving away a selection of space books to one lucky school. To enter, simply follow us and retweet this post. Competition ends Fri 7th May 3pm. UK entrants only. Good luck!. #nationalspaceday #spaceday #spacebooklist #spacebooks
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To celebrate the launch of this fantastic new series from The Black Curriculum, we've got a set of all 3 books to give away to one lucky school!. Simply RT this post & follow @Petersbooks, @CurriculumBlack & @dkbooks by 12pm Friday 12.08.22 to enter. #blackcurriculum #edutwitter
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay! We're giving away this fantastic set of poetry books from @WalkerBooksUK, suitable for primary schools. To be in with a chance of winning, simply follow and RT by midnight tonight (03.10.19)
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As we gear up for Back to School, we're giving you the chance to win one of three copies of Be Resilient from the fantastic @nicolamorgan. A practical guide for teens, it's ideal for secondary school libraries! To enter, simply RT and follow by 12pm on Friday 3rd Sept 2021.
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Hook your secondary students into reading with this powerful fantasy😍. Follow our X account and reshare this post before Friday 13th, 6pm for your chance to win 30 copies for your school!. @Usborne
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We've got 3 copies of The Soup Movement, the hilarious new book from @bendavis_86 to give away, courtesy of @OUPChildrens! Winners will also receive a copy of Ben's previous book, What's That in Dog Years? To be in with a chance of winning, just follow and RT by Friday 14 August.
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Bring nature indoors this winter and WIN a pair of grass beanbags for your school!..To enter the prize draw, reply to this post telling us what your favourite NATURE-THEMED book is🌳📖 You have until Friday 17th November to enter, after which one winner will be chosen.
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This #LibrariesWeek, we've got a full set of Malory Towers 70th anniversary editions from @HachetteKids to give away to one lucky school. To enter, follow and RT and then add the name of your favourite Malory Towers character to the comments below by midnight tonight (10.10.19)
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We've given away EIGHT class sets so far to lucky schools! This week is one of your final chances to win a class set📚️..To win The Million Pieces of Neena Gill, share this post and make sure you are following our account before Friday 17th, 6pm.
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We've got 5 copies of Respect by @rachel_brian to give away! An accessible and fun new illustrated guide to being in charge of you. To be in with a chance of winning, RT and follow us along with @HachetteKids by 5pm on 17.01.20.
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Happy #WorldBookDay from the team at Peters! Hope you all have a great day – let us know how you're celebrating📚
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Got any Wimpy Kid fans in your classroom? We've got 3 signed copies of Wrecking Ball to give away to schools courtesy of @PuffinBooks! To enter, follow & RT then answer the following question in the comments before 12pm on 19.11.19: What's the name of Greg Heffley's best friend?
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To support teachers and parents in the event of school closures, we've compiled a list of 100 books your children could read at home, along with downloadable activity sheets for each book. View the book list and download free resources at: #schoolclosures
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'School libraries have never been more important, and yet 1 in 8 don’t have one at all.' As we head back for a new term, @richardgerver, president of the @uksla, reminds us why a great library should be at the heart of every school.
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'Children who enjoy reading are 3 times more likely to have good mental wellbeing, so librarians play an essential role in our schools.' Richard Gerver, President of the @uksla explains the transformative impact of building a library at his former school
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100 recommended reads for every year group in primary school, chosen by our in-house librarians and curriculum specialists. These handy guides come in PDF format to download and print in school:
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The Big Class Sets Giveaway is celebrating the start of Non-fiction November with a bestseller to add to your sixth form shelves!. To enter, share this post and follow our X account before Friday 3rd, 6pm. Up to 40% class sets👉️ @eandtbooks
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This month we're highlighting some of 2020's great new books that you may have missed during lockdown. To celebrate, we've got 6 sets of books to give to 6 lucky UK schools! To enter just follow, RT & tell us why your school should win in the comments below by 5pm 13.11.20
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To celebrate #DarwinDay, we've got 5 copies of the fantastic Darwin's Tree of Life by Michael Bright to give away to schools, courtesy of @Watts_Wayland. To be in with a chance of winning, simply RT and follow us along with @Watts_Wayland by midnight tonight. #CharlesDarwin
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Enter our prize draw to win a fantastic set of wellbeing-themed books for secondary schools this @librariesweek. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5. Follow and RT by 14.10.18 to win #LibrariesWeek
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🎄We're rockin' around to Day 11 of Peters and @walkerbooksUK festive giveaway!🎄. For a chance to win today's prize, follow us and retweet this post. 🎅Our 12 book bundle giveaway is closing tomorrow night! Don't miss out and enter here:
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Excited to announce the brand new Read for Empathy book collections for 2019, in conjunction with @EmpathyLabUK. Specially selected to build empathy for children and young people - find out more:
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Haven't got your FREE #LoveYourLibrary poster yet? Reply here or DM us your details and we'll send one straight out to you. @simonkids_UK
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We still have some Love Your Library posters available for any schools or libraries that would like one! Reply here or DM us your details and we'll get one sent out to you.
Thank you so much @Petersbooks for the #loveyourlibrary poster. Staff and customers are really enjoying spotting the characters and illustrators featured!
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🌟Day 10 of the Peters and @walkerbooksUK giveaway! Only three more books to win🌟. For a chance to win today's prize for your school, follow us and retweet this post. 🎁Three days left to enter our 12 book bundle giveaway! Enter here: @HibaNoorKhan1
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🎁Day 4 of Peters and @walkerbooks giveaway!🎁. Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win this free book for your school. 💫Don't miss out on entering our 12 book bundle giveaway - enter here: @tanya_landman
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Find books with characters from around the world 📚🌍 . Our easy-to-use map search helps you find books written by authors from or set in a chosen country – ideal for reading around a theme or as topic support for schools.
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Not only have we got some fantastic biographies on offer when you buy online this term, we've also been given free sets from some fab series to give away to six lucky schools! (Three primary and three secondary prizes.) Simply follow us and RT by 12pm on 04.12.20 to enter.
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We are delighted to have designed and donated 70 bookshelves to 70 schools in celebration of The Duchess's 70th birthday #DuchessBookshelves
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Only 20 sleeps until Christmas - and a week left of Peters and @walkerbooksUK festive giveaway!. Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win today's prize for your school. 🎁Less than week to enter our 12 book bundle giveaway: @davidjalmond
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'Libraries empower us to experiment. They let us try books we can’t afford; books we might hate. Walking into my public library or my school library I began to feel like an explorer.' Wonderful insights from @gilliancross on the magic of libraries at
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Up for grabs this week is the Carnegie short-listed, hard-hitting Long Way Down!. Reshare this post and follow our X account before 6pm on Friday for the chance to win 30 copies for your school🤩. Up to 40% off class sets this Autumn: @FaberChildrens
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Happy #NationalLibrarianDay to our amazing customers and all those working in school or public libraries!
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The team at Peters never miss a chance of getting their children dressed up as book characters!. Happy 40th birthday Spot! . @PuffinBooks #spot40 #earlyyears #storytime #childrensbooks
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Exciting new campaign to make school libraries statutory announced today at #SLGconf18 #GreatSchoolLibraries @CILIPSLG @uksla
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Perfect for storytime, don't miss this chance to win one of our small Elmer rugs for your school, nursery or library. Simply follow us and RT by Friday 12 October to enter the prize draw. #loveyourlibrary #LibrariesWeek
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How reading can teach children empathy - fantastic article from @MirandaMcK @sarahmears10 @EmpathyLabUK
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This #LibrariesWeek, we've got a set of the Yasmin series by @SaadiaFaruqi to give away for your classroom or library. To be in with a chance of winning, simply follow and RT by midnight tonight (09.10.19) @RaintreePub
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For #RefugeeWeek, we are giving away a bundle of beautiful books about refugees and migration to three lucky schools. To enter, retweet and follow us and @WalkerBooksUK!. Giveaway closes 11pm Wed 21st June 2023📚
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Happy #EmpathyDay! Today we're celebrating the impact that books can have on children and young people's empathy, by helping them walk a mile in other people's shoes. Browse the fantastic books in this year's primary and secondary empathy collections here:
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Calling all secondary schools! 📣 . We have six copies of the much-anticipated Family of Liars by @elockhart to give away!. To enter:.👍 RT and like this post .📚 Follow us @Petersbooks on Twitter and Instagram . Giveaway closes 4pm on Fri 13th April. UK entries only.
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Get set for Empathy Day this June! Order your #ReadforEmpathy book collection with 20% off and you'll also receive a free poster and bookmark set @EmpathyLabUK
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Keep the love of reading alive next week with our daily storytime in partnership with @WalkerBooksUK! From Monday, we’ll upload a new recording from a much-loved author or illustrator each day at 11am. See more on who's taking part at
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To mark the launch of @clpe1's new #BuildTogether teaching unit using @OliverJeffers' What We'll Build, we've got four fabulous standees to give away to accompany the book, courtesy of @HarperCollinsCh! Simply RT and follow by 12pm on Friday 4th Dec to enter.
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There are only two prizes left in The Big Class Sets Giveaway 😱. To be in with a chance to win for your school, share this post and make sure you are following our X account before Friday 24th November. Up to 40% off class sets: @hotkeybooks
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Very excited to announce our partnership with @simonkids_UK on the new #LoveYourLibrary campaign. The exhibition of 12 original artworks will launch @V_and_A this Libraries Week before coming to Peters' showroom and then touring libraries across the UK:
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At 11am today, @WalkerBooksUK will be releasing a video of Anthony Horowitz reading from Nightshade, the upcoming new book in the Alex Rider series! Follow this link to watch live at 11, or any time after that @AnthonyHorowitz
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🌟Day 2 of Peters and @walkerbooks Festive Giveaway!🌟. Another free book up for grabs - follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win today's prize for your school. 🎁Don't forget to enter our giveaway to win the 12-BOOK BUNDLE here:
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🎄It's DAY 1 of the Peters and @WalkerBooksUK festive giveaway!🎄 . Each day we'll be giving away a free book. Follow us and retweet this post for your chance to win today's prize for your school. 🌟Plus enter to win our 12-BOOK BUNDLE here: #EduTwitter
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To support teachers and parents in the event of school closures, we've compiled a list of books that your children could read at home, along with downloadable activity sheets for each book. View the book list and download free resources at: #schoolclosures
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Fancy winning a virtual school visit from @MichaelRosenYes? All you need to do is get your class to think about a time they’ve overcome a challenge, and write a poem about it by 18th Feb. Find out more and download resources to help them get started at
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If you're a secondary school librarian with students who like a reading challenge, try them on this list of 100 books to read before leaving secondary school, compiled by our team:
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We're halfway through our festive giveaway with @walkerbooksUK! 😲. For a chance to win today's prize for your school, follow us and retweet this post. 🎅We're also giving away a 12 BOOK BUNDLE to one lucky school! Enter the giveaway here: @jasinbath
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To support #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek our librarians have put together a booklist for secondary students:
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Congratulations to @AcevedoWrites and @JackieMorrisArt - winners of this year's @CILIPCKG Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals! #CKG19
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Hundreds of schools and libraries are already taking part in Empathy Day on 12 June - is yours? Find out more and register for your free toolkit: @EmpathyLabUK
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If you have any fans of the fantastic Oi! series in your house, you won't want to miss this! Kes Gray has put readings of all the stories onto Youtube:
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To celebrate the release of @gill__lewis's Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster today, we've got 3 copies of the book to give away to 3 lucky schools! Simply follow us and @OUPChildrens & RT this before midnight on Fri 6th March to be in with a chance of winning.
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New year, new display for our Reading Cafe! This term featuring The Squirrels who Squabbled from @_JimField and @Rachel_Bright2 @HachetteKids
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Today marks the start of the hugely important #GreatSchoolLibraries campaign from @CILIPinfo. @dawnafinch explains why all pupils deserve a real school library:
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Our primary schools’ poetry competition launches today! Inspired by @MichaelRosenYes Sticky McStickstick, we’re asking pupils to write a poem on a time they overcame a challenge or difficulty in their lives. @twinklresources @WalkerBooksUK
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This month we're giving 2 lucky schools (one primary, one secondary) the chance to win a set of 100 books to refresh their library or classroom. Click the link below and tell us why your school should win in no more than 100 words! Closes Fri 26th March.
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Very excited to announce that we are official sponsor of the #GreatSchoolLibraries campaign for the coming three years! Watch this space. @uksla @CILIPInfo @CILIPSLG
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Join us every day this half-term at 11am for daily storytime with @WalkerBooksUK. Each day we'll upload a new video of a much-loved author or illustrator reading from one of their books. Starts tomorrow with @SmritiPH & Rain Before Rainbows!
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We’re giving away £100 of Engage Literacy books from @RaintreePub to one lucky winning school ready for the new term. To enter, make sure you're following both @Petersbooks and @RaintreePub and RT by midnight on Friday 28th August.
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"What’s interesting about family history is that you only have to go back a few years and you start to find extraordinary things." . The Missing by @MichaelRosenYes is a powerful account of how the Holocaust affected his family. #HolocaustMemorialDay
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Are you on the naughty or the nice list? . Christmas has come early in the office today!. We can’t wait to get stuck into our proof copies of @TomFletcher’s The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch. @penguinrandom
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Have you spotted the #BookBenches dotted around B'ham? We have, and we love them! @The_Big_Read #Reading #Kids
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This Halloween, we've got 3 copies of spooky teen novel The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker to give away to 3 lucky schools. To enter, simply RT and make sure you're following both us and @WalkerBooksUK by 12pm on 1.11.20. We'll then choose the three winners at random!
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⛄️Day 9 of Peters and @walkerbooksUK festive giveaway!⛄️. Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win today's prize for your school. 🐑. ✨Only a few days left to enter our 12 book bundle giveaway. Find out more here: @julesvet
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Our team of librarians read and review every book that we take into stock, and we're always on the lookout for the best and most exciting new titles. Here are some of our July favourites so far!
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