Book Island

As the founder, I’ll remain a strong supporter of both Jan and Book Island and I look forward to seeing their exciting new releases in the year ahead. Jan and I truly appreciate your ongoing support. Stay in touch by signing up to our newsletter on bookisland.co.uk. Thanks

I’d like to take this moment to express my gratitude to everyone who has read and shared our books, as well as to the many other professionals I’ve had the pleasure of working with.

Having worked with us as a distributor for some time, Jan is already well-acquainted with our picture books and shares our passion for creating meaningful and beautiful stories. I’m confident she will continue to honour and nurture our mission.

We have some exciting news to share with you, which you may have already heard. After twelve hugely rewarding years leading Book Island, I’ve recently passed the torch to the new owner, publisher Jan Urupongsa.

@WestSussexSLS @scholasticuk @hughshampoo @Ze_ShanAkhter @LineyNell @JackieMorrisArt @BIGPictureBooks @TineMortier What a beautiful list! Thanks for including #MaiaandWhatMatters.🥰

📚Hire full time librarians in every school 📚Make reading aloud a priority 📚Give children choices 📚Talk about books 📚Invest in school and public libraries 📚Support parents to read at home 📚Oh and… hire full time librarians in every school (preferably on a decent wage)

@CurrCon Very happy to here that it is available in a local library 📚

@BookIslandBooks This is an intriguing read. I found it in our local library and it really caught me. Another great @BookIslandBooks publication.

We never have enough of looking and reading #Thebirdwithinme

@BookIslandBooks Look at what I found in a bookshop in Ireland ❤️❤️❤️💟

@MrsKirstBarrett Thank you for sharing this! ❤️

Dear EYFS teachers, what would be a good EYFS conference for children's publishers to attend? Does every country have its own conference? #EYFS

Can you help our friends at @theemmapress rebuild their Instagram account of 10K followers? It has been deleted overnight, without advance warning, and little hope of recovering it. You can follow them here: instagram.com/the_emma_press/.

@CurrCon @ImogenM16 @jonnybid @ClaireRidsdale Thanks, Alex!

@ImogenM16 @jonnybid @BookIslandBooks Absolutely agree! I’m loving the new addition to my bookshelf ‘Witchfairy’ @ClaireRidsdale I’ve also recently bought ‘Azizi & the Little Blue Bird’ by Laila Koubaa, another great title from @BookIslandBooks

Book Island are an amazing independent publisher. Have recently created resources for their book Witchfairy (author Brigitte Minne, illustrator Carll Cneut, translator Laura Watkinson), a highly entertaining story which challenges stereotypes. Link here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/rea…

@jonnybid Thanks, Jon. I'm sure lots of teachers will love using your teacher resources for Witchfairy.

Received my delightful copy of ‘Witchfairy’ by Brigitte Minne from @BookIslandBooks. Very happy to open & read it! Then open X & first thing I see is @jonnybid has created free teacher notes for it! bookisland.co.uk/pages/teacher-… Can’t wait to do some more with this story! #edutwitter

Introduced a 'Read With A Friend' graphic novel display this morning. By the end of the afternoon, quite a few of them had already been borrowed. Thank you @ImogenM16, another one of your fantastic #ReadingForPleasure ideas is up and running. #Edutwitter

What a fabulous resource - just love it when a great book comes with a support like this. Makes it easier for teachers to use it as a resource