Kate Thompson / KR Thompson

🕵️‍♂️New book alert!🕵️‍♂️Do YOU have a little detective in your life? The Werelock & Scratch Detective Agency needs their help to crack the case! Perfect for readers 7+, with puzzles, clues & riddles galore! Out 25/09. Pre-order to join the crime-busting fun! geni.us/xlkwlt

So lovely to catch up with @jslwilliamson this morning for a VERY exciting meeting. I always have to pinch myself that I get to work with such brilliant publishing teams. More details soon, but there’s the teeniest of clues in one of the photos for any detectives out there!

Absolutely over the moon to see #TheWoodWhereMagicGrows in @guardian 's best new children's books round up! HUGE thanks to Imogen Russell Williams for this wonderful review. Read more: theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

Good luck to all the year 6 students and teachers doing SATs this week. Will be escorting my 10yo to his pre-exam breakfast club this morning. Remember you’re more than a score! #sats #year6 #teachers

What a FURtastic virtual visit to @thongsleyfields today! We talked about my inspiration for writing Yetis Don’t Exist, stamped & stomped along with the yetis’ story, learned yetis moves & drew our own furry @Loretta_Schauer-style yetis. Thank you for inviting me! #worldbookday

Huge congratulations @KaelTudor and Scott Wilson! I’m gonna get home later to a copy of I’m Gonna Eat A Monster!

Hooray! Tune into @milkshake_tv5 at 9am on World Book Day for a yeti-tastic storytime!

What an honour to discover that @Booktrust has chosen Yetis Don’t Exist by me and @Loretta_Schauer as their #BookOfTheDay! Thank you! There’s always magic to be found if we choose to believe! @templarbooks

So excited to reveal the cover for I’M GONNA EAT A MONSTER! Written by me, illustrated by Scott Wilson, and publishing with @PuffinBooks. We’re super excited for you to meet Little Rabbit and Grey Wolf and follow them on their adventure on March 6th! Pre-order link in my bio!

Conversations with my 10yo are never dull. Today's random musing on the way to school: How long do you think it would take the world to notice if suddenly no one could sneeze?

I am beyond excited for Oxford Blood! Huge congratulations @RachDavisAuthor!

Just a little reminder that the cover of Yetis Don’t Exist is in this brilliant book cover competition final! Always wonderful to have competitions celebrating the work of illustrators and designers - so please do follow the link and vote!

The amazing cover of Yetis Don’t Exist by @Loretta_Schauer and the team at @templarbooks is in the final of @Enchantedbooks book cover competition! If you’d like to vote for it (or any of the other books) follow the link below!!

Heads up we have eight winning book covers in the FIinal! Get ready! @prleathley @Sally_writes @SarahHarrisons @AlexandraDawe24 @antonia_books @writes_kate @kevtmoran @scahill

I can’t wait for this book 🥰

Children's books build empathy, compassion, and understanding. They can transport readers to whole new worlds and back again, all without leaving your sofa. They can comfort, they can delight. They are magical.

I am un-scientifically excited to share my next picture book: 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 illustrated by #RhianWright and published by @publishinguclan on March 6th! But please, do NOT say certain words...or we'll all be doomed... 💩

The best way to spend a morning has to be watching @writes_kate and @Loretta_Schauer talk about #YetisDontExist with @_Reading_Rocks_ 📚 I've also FINALLY drawn my very own Yeti, with the perfect name... if I do say so myself ❄️

What a fantastic event - thank you to all the classes who joined @Loretta_Schauer, Iggy and me! We were hugely impressed by your spotting skills, yeti moves and yeti drawings! And such insightful questions, too!