ChildrensBookAward

A message of congratulations from our wonderful Patron OBE @4JennyAgutter. To all the authors, illustrators, children, teachers, libraries, publishers, reading ambassador Esme Thomas, and @ChristiGabbitas for the 2024 #clfbookawards. #childrensbookaward @ChildrensLFests

Today, I'm travelling across the Pennines for the 8th Blackburn & Darwen Literature Festival working with the #library service team! 📚✨ I’m excited to have an amazing team of authors, illustrators, and poets joining us, ready to inspire children and young people while helping…

Early start for my three sessions tomorrow! One in a school sandwiched by two in Blackburn & Darwin Library for pupils from two local Primary schools. Can't wait to meet the kids and the other authors appearing at the 8th Blackburn & Darwen Literature Festival @ChristiGabbitas

I just wrapped up the most amazing five days working alongside talented authors, illustrators, and poets! 🎉 A huge thank you to the incredible team at Blackburn with Darwen libraries and @blackburndarwen for all their help and support! 🙌 Their dedication to promoting literacy…

Today we engaged with hundreds of children in schools and libraries for the Blackburn with Darwen @ChildrensLFests @blackburndarwen Huge thanks @UrsulaHurstArt @HilsRobinson illustrator Chris Mould & poet Dommy B. #carshare

More about our upcoming #Blackburn with #Darwen literature festival. Huge thanks to our partners @blackburndarwen @BwDLibraries @CommunityCVS @DarwenCouncil Darwen Rotary, Rekindle, Llloyds Trust Darwen, @4JennyAgutter @ChristiGabbitas theshuttle.org.uk/blackburn-with…

🎉📚 New Books Alert! Huge Thanks to @ChristiGabbitas! @BwDLibraries 📚🎉 st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-06-0…

We have over 30 schools and 5 #libraries participating in this year's #clfbookawards! 📚 Children handwrite their thoughts on books and score them from 1-10. We can’t wait to see their insights! ✍️✨ #clfbookawards #childrensbookaward More read aloud videos coming soon!

I’m always grateful to our wonderful patron of @ChildrensLFests @4JennyAgutter I’ve known Jenny for over twenty years, and she has always been a tremendous support and a genuine inspiration. She selflessly dedicates her time to many charitable organisations. We at…

A weekend of reading! @ChildrensLFests @BwDLibraries

We are really happy to say we now have more books to distribute for the Children’s Literature Festival Book Awards! We have sent further details out to the schools so new children can sign up too! #clfbookawards

We have been a little quiet on the @ChildrensLFests but our members haven't! We've had so many books + reviews back this week. We will be sending more books out for those who have returned theirs to read tomorrow!

It is great to hear we have a few extra weeks to read and write reviews for the @ChildrensLFests. Remember to keep sending them in! @BwDLibraries

Just a few more weeks for us to collect the book reviews in for the @ChildrensLFests! We have had so many so far, we are sure we can get lots more! @BwDLibraries

Here’s the final lineup for our 8th Blackburn with Darwen Literature Festival! @ChildrensLFests Since launching the first festival in Blackburn in 2018, we’ve helped to engage with over 25,000 children and families and gifted more than 12,000 books. Throughout this journey, i’ve…

Today we marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day here at Lemington Riverside. #VEDay80 🇬🇧💙

Congratulations to @LRPSnewcastle who are one of our participating schools in the @CLFBookAwards 🌟🤩 Go girls!⚽️⚽️

Here’s our full lineup for the 8th #Blackburn with #Darwen festival. We will share more soon about our initiatives and community days. @BwDLibraries @ChristiGabbitas

I’m excited to announce that I’ve received a global recognition award for Youth Initiative of the Year for my work on @ChildrensLFests - This recognition is for the dedication and effort put into providing children with access to free literature and fostering a love for reading.…

We are always happy to get a new book to review! @ChildrensLFests @BwDLibraries

The reviews just keep coming in for the @ChildrensLFests Book Awards! We have had over 100 in the last 2 weeks! @BwDLibraries