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💘 Happy Valentine's Day! 💘 Our FREE activity pack features love-themed crafts, recipes and colouring sheets - and is great for February half term too! Download here: https://bit.ly/3X17A0H #valentinesday #activitiesforkids #childrensbooks

Did you know that 90% of empathy is learned? EmpathyLab have announced their #ReadForEmpathy collection 2025 and we’re so proud to publish FOUR of the brilliant books selected: 💛 Me and My Hair by Kimberley K. 💛 The Fights That Make Us by Sarah Hagger-Holt 💛 The Girl Who Couldn't Lie by Radhika Sanghani 💛 You Could Be So Pretty by Holly Bourne Find out more and see the full book selections for children aged 3-11 and young people aged 12-16+ here: www.empathylab.uk/RFE 

Congratulations to Holly Bourne whose novel for young adults YOU COULD BE SO PRETTY has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2025! 👏 Described by The Times as "The Handmaid's Tale for the Insta generation”, we are thrilled that this important book has been recognised by the librarians - and the students who shadow them - who select the longlist. Find out more about the book and download free teachers’ notes here: https://bit.ly/40Nd0NK #Carnegies2025 #fiction #YA CILIP, the library and information association

🚨 JOB KLAXON: vacancy for an entry-level writer, based in the Midlands! 🚨 We are looking for an aspiring writer/editor to join Usborne’s friendly and talented team of writer/editors in our Wolverhampton office, creating a wide variety of brilliant books for curious kids including sticker, puzzle, and activity books, sound books, spotter’s guides, and jigsaws. 📍 Wolverhampton, West Midlands - hybrid working 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home 💷 £32,016 per year 📅 Closing date: Sunday 23rd February 2025 Full details and a link to apply via Applied here: https://bit.ly/3Q4XfwW FAQs about careers at Usborne here: https://bit.ly/3wKmLkV ...including 'Do you offer remote working opportunities?' which is answered here https://bit.ly/3Q9e49P #newjob #hiring #jobsinbooks #publishingjobs #marketing Society of Young Publishers Independent Publishers Guild

Calling all secondary school #teachers! Do you want to celebrate books and reading for pleasure with your students? We've got loads of inspiration for #WorldBookDay this March, including: 💕 Speed Book Dating 💪 Reading Challenges with a Twist ✍ Creative Writing Competitions ☕ Reading Cafés 🚪 Literary Escape Rooms 🎬 Book-to-Film Debate Read our Sixteen Brilliant Ideas for Celebrating World Book Day in Secondary Schools here: https://bit.ly/413gJIo #teachersoflinkedin #wbd25 #books #english #literacy #literature #readingforpleasure #books #childrensbooks

We now know that it’s as important to look after our mental health as our physical health, and we’ve created a range of books for children which explain this. To celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week we’ve taken 10% off some brilliant books that will help start valuable conversations with your kids. Shop here: https://bit.ly/4gsx7XF #childrensmentalhealthweek #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters

A very warm Usborne welcome to three new colleagues who joined us in January! 💛 Heidi Downing who started a new role as Digital Marketing Assistant in Sophie Pratt McNeill's team 💛 Meghan Curtis who joined as Global Trade Marketing Assistant, working with Anna Howorth 💛 Georgia Allen who joined Fritha Lindqvist's as Publicity Executive Find out more about careers at Usborne here: https://bit.ly/48K982g #newjob #welcome #newstarter #jobsinbooks

It's the first NEW BOOKS THURSDAY of 2025 and we have got some great picks for the kids in your life: 🎧 Usborne Facts of Life: Growing Up by Sam Baer, illustrated by Julia Dürr is a clear and simple guide to growing up, and the changes you can expect during puberty. 💰 100 Things to Know About Money answers questions including 'Why does rain make chocolate more expensive?' 'How does music make people spend more?' 'Where does gold grow on trees?' and 'Who tried to sell the Eiffel tower?'. Written by Alice James, Lan Cook, Micaela Tapsell and Victoria Williams, with illlustrations by Federico Mariani, Anton Hallmann, Juliana Eigner and Tiffany Beucher 😟 Why Do I (Sometimes) Worry? by Katie Daynes, illustrated by Amy Willcox, is a gentle and reassuring flap book providing plenty to talk about, as well as some top tips on how to deal with our worries. We're also getting ready for Spring with: 💞 Mummies Love Hugs by Lara Bryan, illustrated by Asa Gilland, which makes an adorable gift for Mother's Day 🥚 Sticker Dolly Dressing Easter Egg Hunt by Fiona Watt, illustrated by Daniela Dogliani is the perfect alternative to chocolate! See these and more on our website: https://bit.ly/3W7cQMS #newbooks #childrensbooks #illustration #easter #mothersday #spring

Very proud to be shortlisted, alongside Zekra from the brilliant Colour PR agency, for the Best YA Campaign at the 2024 PPC Annual Awards for Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s haunting and compulsive Dark Academia mystery Where Sleeping Girls Lie. Congrats to all the shortlisted and thank you PPC. See The Bookseller for the full list. Where Sleeping Girls is a novel full of light and dark with an incredibly important theme of survival and hope. Faridah was so generous with her time and openess and so much fun to work with. "Dark academia fans, this novel is for you." Cosmopolitan "The slow-burn mystery, imbued with a terrible sense of menace, is worth every page." The Observer "With a shock slow-burning reveal at its core, it's also an uplifting story of survival and hope." Stylist

🏆 We're delighted to announce that Usborne Publishing has earned the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award for our dedication to customer excellence throughout 2024. This achievement wouldn't be possible without our amazing customers who took the time to share their experiences on Feefo, and our remarkable team who consistently go above and beyond. #Kudos to Sophie Pratt McNeill and the Global Digital Team, and Michelle McWhinnie MBA and the Customer Relations Team at Usborne Community Partnershipsclap 👏👏👏 Read customer reviews and shop at usborne.com. #FeefoTrusted