So, as you may have seen today, an advert for a reboot of a children's book branded a disability as 'disgusting'. Plenty of discourse already about why this is awful, so rather than add more here's a thread of some books with excellent representation that you could enjoy instead.

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy: more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. theguardian.com/education/2024…

A book to fuel interest in insects #TheSecretLifeofBugs Moira Butterfield illust. vivian mineker Quarto Kids #HappyYak is #RedReadingHub ’s information #nonfiction book of the week 🐝🐞🦟🦋 🦟 reviewed now on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-c4c

I spy the wonderful Dance Like a Flamingo on Irish TV! Moira Butterfield

Our Elaina is on Ireland AM this morning with a great selection of reads that you will definitely want to get your hands on this #WorldBookDay .

Tune in for a great selection of interactive books that are sure to engage any beginner bookworms!

The whole Secret Life of... series by Moira Butterfield is brilliant - bought and loved by children and parents all over the world. Quarto Kids

Happy publication day, Moira Butterfield! The Secret Life of Bugs dives into the incredible world of minibeasts, from tiny featherwing beetles to giant stick insects. Quarto Kids

Want to get kids interested in lots of lovely bugs? Buy today's new book for your 5 to 8 year-old friends! The Secret Life of Bugs is out and about, along with the spring ladybirds vivian mineker Quarto Kids Anne Clark #kidsbooks #booklovers #kidsfactbook

GIVEAWAY FOR SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES- you can win an entire set of the Podkin series, 10 interactive poster maps, 30 bookmarks and a Podkin standee!!
Just like and share this post and follow my account- a winner will be picked at random on World Book Day!

St David's Day
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

Artist: H Woolley (1954)

Moira Butterfield guides us through the details and the benefits of foreign rights for authors and illustrators in children's publishing.
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Save 'Our Flag Means Death' - Sign the Petition! chng.it/vDpzZkpQ via Change.org UK

Illustrator Garry Parsons dips into the culture of CUTE!
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After an awful week and a head full of pointless regrets and self-doubts, my daughter pointed me to this song by Tim Minchin. And oh my God, I needed to hear this today. Here's to those of us who have trouble 'playing it safe'. 😊

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‘Browsing’
Ladybird book character Jane, choosing herself a new Ladybird book (1965)
Artist: Harry Wingfield,
‘Read and Write’

I've been visiting several schools in more affluent parts of the country recently so here's a book #Giveaway for primaries more familiar with disadvantage.
5 free fun factual reads on offer: follow, RT and make a case to go into the hat.

Fantastic as always. (But this podcast also makes me angry at how sloppily - how lazily - poetry was 'taught' at my schools and university.) Off to buy this poetry collection.

Hugely recommend this series on recent history. #UShistory #greatlisten

The Creators' Rights Alliance alliance have published the new Freelance Day Rate Guide, which helps UK freelancers work out how much they should charge based on comparable employed staff salaries.

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I wrote a piece for The Bookseller about my experience as an author when a small publisher, Sandstone, went into liquidation. I'm more than ready to draw a line under 2023, but I think there are things that authors and agents can learn from this episode. thebookseller.com/comment/damage…