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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 04, 2026

"It was a snowflake; the most beautiful he had ever seen, for it was magnified into an exquisite and intricate pattern: a star glistening like crystal in the soft light. And then the most extraordinary thing happened. The star began to move.... It gradually assumed the shape of a tiny silver spider. Had the wind heard [Gwyn] after after? Was he a magician then?"

  • Jenny Nimmo, "The Snow Spider"

#BookWormSat #Mythology #Folklore #Fiction #ChildrensFiction #FantasyFiction #Literature #ChildrensLiterature #FantasyLiterature #JennyNimmo

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IndieAuthors.Social News @indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Apr 30, 2026
Two U.K. Awards Seek to Encourage Reading for Pleasure in Children and Adults The Booker Prize Foundation launches The Children's Booker Prize. The Jhalak Prize celebrates its 10th anniversary and announces shortlists for the three award categories.  The post Two U.K. Awards Seek to Encourage Reading for Pleasure in Children and Adults appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/two-u-k-awards-seek-to-encourage-reading-for-pleasure-in-children-and-adults/ #Awards #BookerPrize #ChildrensBookerPrize #Childrensliterature #Ireland
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Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Jan 11, 2026
Boosted by Philip C James @PhilipCJames@mas.to
Orcadian author Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914–1943) was born #OTD, 11 January. Lesley Findlay, her daughter, talks about Ann’s life in Orkney, her writing, & her children’s stories – recently republished by Scotland Street Press 1/7 https://www.scotlandstreetpress.com/journal/who-was-ann-scott-moncrieff #Scottish #literature #20thCentury #Orkney #WomenWriters #ChildrensLiterature #kidlit
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