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✨ CHILDREN'S BOOK GIVEAWAY! ✨ This week's Book of the Week is The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail, the first book in a fabulous new chapter book series for ages 6+. Written by debut author Love Ssega, with beautiful black and white illustrations by @ErikaDraws and published by @littletigeruk, it's a magical sea adventure perfect for fans of Moana. To enter to win a copy RT, FLW & Comment below telling us where you'd like to go on an adventure? #TheElementals

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The House with Chicken Legs Giveaway! Win a copy of this beautiful book by Sophie Anderson as we get ready for its stunning sequel coming in April 2026. To enter: 🌲FW 🌲RT 🌲Tag a book-loving friend Giveaway closes 8pm Friday 13th February 2026 UK only ⬇️⬇️

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Happy weekend everyone! 😊 I’m here to announce our 3 LUCKY winners of #TheLionsRun Congratulations to… @Edspire @TheMiniMalpi @BarbaraEvaV Please DM me your postal details, thanks xx

We have 3 gorgeous hardback copies of #TheLionsRun by Award-winning @sarapennypacker to #WIN! For an incredible story about WWII, village secrets and brave heroes… RT & Flw by Feb 6 to enter @hachettekids #WRDMagComp #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026

We have 3 pairs of the hilarious #BossOfTheUnderworld series by #TorFreeman to #win! For the chance to fall down a hole into the Underworld in this fun packed, laugh out loud graphic novel series RT/Flw by Jan 23 #WRDMagComp @HachetteKids #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026

The National Year of Reading has officially launched - and we’re going all in for 2026 to marvel at the magic of a good book. Follow our socials or sign up to our newsletter for all the latest on the next edition of Lincoln Book Festival this October. #nationalyearofreading2026

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✨ BOOK GIVEAWAY ✨ We’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder with a gorgeous bundle of four books for you to win for your school! Our young readers love Katherine's books. They’re packed with brave heroes, breathtaking adventures and that spark of magic that keeps children reading long past bedtime. The perfect Christmas gift or holiday read. To enter our giveaway to win this book bundle LIKE, RT and COMMENT below telling us which school you'd give them to 1 bundle available. UK only. Ends midnight 30/11 #kidsbooks #bookgiveaway #edutwitter @kidsbloomsbury

#Competition time! 🚨 We're giving away a 2026 February Half Term break, and a foam finger signed by some of our 2025 masked celebs! 🎭 To enter, share your favourite holiday memory or photo in the replies! 👇 T&Cs apply, visit bit.ly/4lMUQEj #ReadyToButlins

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✨ PICTURE BOOK GIVEAWAY ✨ Today we’re sharing five gorgeous picture books by Patricia Hegarty and @BTeckentrup, filled with lyrical rhymes, beautiful nature-filled illustrations and magical peek-through pages! Each book explores a different theme, from family bonds to ocean life, and they’re perfect for sharing with readers young and old. To enter our giveaway to win them all: LIKE, RT and COMMENT below telling us your favourite place to read together at home. 1 bundle available. UK only. Ends midnight 23/11 #kidsbooks #bookgiveaway #picturebooks #edutwitter @littletigeruk

This is advertised on your website but then states it’s unavailable from any store or for delivery: argos.co.uk/product/795326… Is it available or is it meant to say it is out of stock?

Are you ready for an exhilarating forest adventure this festive season? 🏹Robin Hood: 2nd Dec - 4th Jan Book now: bit.ly/NTRROBINHOOD25 #HaveYouGotYourTicketsYet #NTRRobinHood2025 #WeSupportNTR

Why do politicians think that the way to improve education is to have a dig at parents? Who are they trying to impress when they say things like ‘parents have responsibilities too?’, as if parents did not know this? You won’t improve education or school attendance by shaming and blaming parents. It’s likely to have the opposite effect. Are they really so out of touch that they can’t see this? 

There is hardly any fraud in the disability benefits system. In response to my parliamentary questions, the DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud. Today I called for an end to the scapegoating of disabled people on benefits.

It’s Friday. The day where the most ‘persistent absentees’ miss school, according to media reports. This is often said to be because Friday is a day when many parents work from home, so they just ‘don’t bother’ getting the children to school that day. That’s not what I hear. I hear about Friday being the hardest day, because children are exhausted after a full week of school. I hear that when children can’t sleep each night because they are worrying about school, by Friday they are in a state of complete exhaustion. I hear that the weekend provides some time to rest and reset, but that by Friday, that’s gone. I hear that for young children, each school day requires a lot. They are with other people all day, they are expected to follow adult instruction and do what they are told. They’re told to sit on their bottoms, listen to the teacher, and control their emotions. There is no adult who has time to pay them much attention. There are too many other children for that. They erupt after school, but they hold it in during the day. Their parents see the distress, but the school thinks they're fine. They beg to stay at home in the mornings, but once they're dropped off, they give up. Schools tell parents it's manipulation. Only if what you mean by manipulation is 'they would like you to listen to how they feel'. I hear about it getting harder each day of the week to persuade a reluctant child into school, and by Friday it comes to a head. And I hear about attendance policies which means that there is no flexibility. No space to say that maybe they just need a bit more time to mature before they can manage five days a week. No space to acknowledge that young children learn at home too, and that life being sustainable is more important than 100% attendance. It's Friday. Lots of children won’t be at school. Before we leap to blame them and their parents, maybe we should take a hard look at what we are expecting of our small children. Maybe we would then ask ourselves whether they are simply telling us they’ve had enough, in the only way that they can. The real question is, are we listening?

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Have you been to see Snow White @NTRLincoln yet? theminimalpi.co.uk/seasons-celebr… #WeSupportNTR