Children's Books Ireland is the national charity & arts organisation that champions every child's right to develop a love of reading.
#EveryChildAReader
Our new reading guide is HERE! ☘️
Featuring 100 books (+ an extra 100 Read Also titles), Recommended Irish Reads is a celebration of the talent by Irish born and Irish-based authors and illustrators in 2024.
With books for ages 0–18, spanning fiction, non-fiction, poetry,
Today, we’re launching our pre-budget submission, calling on the government to keep funding for school libraries in Budget 2023.
Books have the power to change children’s lives.
#LetsKeepReading
.
Find out how you can get involved:
We're delighted to launch
#MindYourself
– the Mental Health & Wellbeing Reading Guide in partnership w/
@ISPCCChildline
&
@JigsawYMH
. The guide is a ‘first-aid kit’ for worries, sadness, anxiety & any number of feelings a young person may want to explore
The gift of a book in childhood can last a lifetime.
But right now, there are children in Ireland who don’t have a book of their own to read. Help us change that, by gifting the magic of reading this Christmas.
#GiftABook
for €12 today: 🎁
With the support of
@artscouncil_ie
&
@KPMG_Ireland
, Children's Books Ireland is gifting 6,000 books to children in direct provision centres, hospitals & homeless services nationwide this Xmas. 🎄
All books are by Irish authors, illustrators or publishers.
Children’s Books Ireland and KPMG are delighted to announce the launch of Free To Be Me: The Diversity, Representation and Inclusion project!
Let's make sure every child can see their story in a book.
👉 Find out more:
🎨
@whackochacko
#FreeToBeMe
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Sam McBratney, beloved author of Guess How Much I Love You. We are listening back and fondly remembering his conversation with the equally beloved late Robert Dunbar at
@mountainstosea
from 2015:
Reading has the power to change lives, but in 2008 the school library budget was cut entirely.
Children's Books Ireland is calling for the reinstatement of the school library grant, so that every child has the chance to discover and develop a love of reading.
#EveryChildAReader
Delighted to announce that in partnership with
@Postvox
we've launched the
#ImagineNation
campaign which brings together leading Irish children’s authors and illustrators to create a free 24-page
#ImagineNation
playbook available for children from all over Ireland to enjoy.
We are delighted to reveal the eight outstanding books for children and young people on this year's KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards shortlist.
#ReadingHeroes
🥁🥁🥁
👉
Children’s Books Ireland, in partnership with the
@artscouncil_ie
&
@CultureNight
, is delighted to launch
#BooksMakeThingsBetter
– a campaign to support the Irish children’s literature sector and create a sense of community through books.
We are excited to announce a rebrand and reveal our new logo. This little door represents so many things that are key to Children’s Books Ireland’s vision of an Ireland in which books are part of every child’s life. Learn more here:
We've been working with children's book expert & book doctor
@KimHarte
to produce themed reading lists, covering topics like overcoming fears & grief as well as recommending great sports books, hilarious funny books & fantastic adventure stories!
We are delighted this morning to announce Patricia Forde (
@PForde123
) as Ireland’s 7th
@LaureatenanOg
!
An award-winning children’s author from Galway, Forde will hold the title from now until 2026.
🔗
Image: Julien Behal
🌈 The Pride Guide 2023 is here, and it’s back with more rainbow stories than ever 🌈
Now containing 200 titles celebrating LBGTQ+ love, joy and identity, it’s time to
#ReadWithPride
– this June and always.
➡️
This guide is supported by
@Postvox
❤️
We're thrilled to be selected as a finalist in the
@NationalLottery
#GoodCausesAwards
in the Arts & Culture category. The awards celebrate the innovative work being carried out by the thousands of individuals & organisations who benefit from National Lottery Good Causes funding.
Brilliant news! We’ve been awarded €10,000 from the
@cocacolaie
#ThankYouFund
to bring libraries and Patrons of Reading to teenagers in Family Hubs with the Dublin Region Homeless Executive
@DubCityCouncil
We are delighted to announce
@KPMG_Ireland
as the new title sponsor of the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards for the next three years. It's hugely exciting - full details on our website:
In 2008, the school library budget was cut and has never been restored. That was almost fifteen years ago.
Join us in calling on the government to restore the fund in Budget 2022, so every child can realise their
#RightToBeAReader
.
📢TAKE ACTION :
We are so thrilled to have been selected as one of the charity partners for the first
#RTEToyShowAppeal
with
@CommunityFound
. ✨
Any funds raised will get us one step closer to making every child a reader, regardless of their circumstances.
We would like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who supported the
#LateLateToyShow
appeal with the
@CommunityFound
. Your generosity will help us bring the joy of reading to children all over Ireland. A virtual hug from all of us to all of you. 📚🎄❤️
#EveryChildAReader
It's our birthday!
This year, we're celebrating 25 years of changing children's lives through reading.
What has Children’s Books Ireland meant to you over the years? Tag us and share your story!
#EveryChildAReader
It is all over, folks! Thank you SO much to everyone who came and nerded out over children's books with us this weekend, we had simply the best time and hope you did too ❤️
#CBIConf22
#AllTheWayHome
A word from our CEO
@elainajryan
on how Children's Books Ireland will use the money raised through the
#RTEToyShowAppeal
to transform children's lives by giving them the chance to become a reader.
Sincere thanks to
@RTELateLateShow
,
@CommunityFound
and everyone who donated. 📚✨
1. For the centenary of women’s suffrage in Ireland in 2018, CBI’s
#BOLDGIRLS
project celebrates strong, confident, intelligent, brave women & girls in children’s books, giving them much-needed visibility alongside their male counterparts.
@KPMG_Ireland
Without further ado, here are the 10 titles shortlisted for this year’s
@KPMG_Ireland
Children’s Books Ireland Awards!
The volume and quality of this year’s submissions were nothing short of outstanding – a huge congratulations to all 🌟
#ReadingHeroes
And that is a WRAP on another year of the
@KPMG_Ireland
Children's Books Ireland Awards!
Thank you so much to everyone who came along today, we had the best time ever ❤️
#ReadingHeroes
And there we have it… the
@KPMG_Ireland
Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist 2022!
A huge congratulations to all of our shortlistees 🎉 Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the winners’ announcement on the 24th May!
#ReadingHeroes
There’s a fresh new face at Children’s Books Ireland!
Dan Conroy has joined us as our new Social Media Officer, and is responsible for all the lovely vids that have been gracing your timeline of late.
Everyone say hi, Dan 👋
And now for the big one…
We are delighted to announce the winner of the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Award 2024 is… 🥁
CATFISH ROLLING by
@ClaraKiyoko
!!!
🏆
And now, the final
#CBIBOYA
award of the day, the Book of the Year award. The winners are Deirdre Sullivan and Karen Vaughan for Tangleweed & Brine! Congratulations to
@propermiss
and
@karenmvaughan
!
#BOLDGIRLS
reveal day 4! Welcome on board
@SarahCrossan
multi-award-winning author. Sarah says 'My mum is my best friend – the one I call first with good news and the one I call in my grief. Behind every bold girl is an even bolder one.'
All 20 featured
#BOLDGIRLS
revealed soon!
Today, Children's Books Ireland launches its pre-budget submission, calling on the government to urgently fund school libraries in Budget 2024.
We strongly believe that every child has the
#RightToBeAReader
.
To join the campaign, visit:
Our annual reading guide is HERE!
#ReadingMatters
features 286 excellent books for young readers aged 0–18, with Irish titles marked with a little ☘️ throughout.
Cover artwork by the amazing
@roisinhahessy
.
📽️
@WeAreEPiKMedia
Discover the guide:
In 2020, the
@KidsBookIrel
Book of the Year Awards celebrates its 30th anniversary. To mark this, we want to expand the associated shadowing scheme, particularly targeting senior primary school students in 20 additional schools per year
#MovementforGood
Its Day 2 of our
#BOLDGIRLS
reveal, a drumroll please for
@urchinette
, author & journalist from Dublin! Anna says 'Fictional girls showed me what I could be – and in the case of others, what I didn’t want to be.'
Don't forget to watch this space to discover all 20
#BOLDGIRLS
We are overwhelmed and so grateful to everyone who supported the
#RTEToyShowAppeal
with
@CommunityFound
.
The funds raised will make such a difference to children all over Ireland – thank you for your generosity!
#BOLDGIRL
15 is
@oneilllo
! Louise says 'To all the young women out there, I say take up more space in the world, not less. March to the beat of your own drum. And above all else, be true to yourself. Here's to the
#BOLDGIRLS
. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.'
#BOLDGIRLS
won! Congratulations to our brilliant partners in KPMG and thanks to all the great volunteers who have taken part in the programme
#csrawards2019
We're saddened to hear of the passing of our friend and colleague Sue Miller, Education Librarian at
@DCU
.
Sue was a judge for our awards & an Inis reviewer, one whose passion for inspiring literature shone through. Our thoughts are with her family &
@DCULIB
staff at this time.
Great news! The
#ImagineNation
playbook, in partnership with
@Postvox
, will be published as a supplement in this Saturday’s
@IrishTimes
! The playbook brings together leading Irish children’s authors and illustrators and is jam-packed with activities for children to enjoy.
You're invited...
It’s hard to believe that this time next week we’ll have our 6 winners of the
@KPMG_Ireland
Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2022. We're so excited!
🗓 12pm, Tuesday 24th May 2022
📍
@ILFDublin
, Merrion Square
Tickets:
🎬
@tyronetv_irl
Our annual International Conference is BACK!
Yes, we’re returning to our home at
@LightHouseD7
from 24th-25th September for a weekend-long celebration of the very best in children's books.
Stay tuned for the full line-up and earlybird tickets in late May 🎟️
#CBIConf22
Launching today – Class Reads!
📚 Class novel lists for all school ages & stages, ROI & NI
📒Resource packs to support the use of brilliant books in the classroom
✏️Author & illustrator video workshops for primary & secondary students, & their teachers
Its the turn of
#BOLDGIRL
16 and today its author, publisher and inaugural
@LaureatenanOg
Siobhán Parkinson! Siobhán says 'I’ve always been a writer, really. Ever since I read Little Women & discovered that this was a thing you could do with adulthood.'
Welcome on board Siobhán!
🚨Inis News!🚨
As we bid farewell to Inis Reviews Editor Juliette Saumande & Irish Language Editor Siobhán McNamara, we welcome on board Kim Harte (0-9 Reviews Editor), Becky Long (10-YA Reviews Editor) and Muireann Ní Chíobháin (Irish Language Editor):
The
#CBIBOYA19
shortlist has just been announced at
@Young_at_Art
at
#BCF19
. It's a brilliant shortlist of excellent books – find out more about them all here:
Greetings from
@LightHouseD7
!
#CBIConf23
is about to begin, so make sure you're following this thread to keep up with the weekend's festivities. Feicfimid sibh go luath!
#RiskAndReward
The winners of the
@KPMG_Ireland
Children's Books Ireland Awards will be revealed on May 25th at 12pm!
Join us for the big announcement by
@rickoshea
as part of
@ILFDublin
& celebrate excellent Irish books for children & young people.
🎟️
#ReadingHeroes
We're delighted to launch the first of our Robert Dunbar Memorial Libraries today at St Raphaela's Stillorgan with
@RyanTubridyShow
and
@d_ruddenwrites
. This is the start of our school libraries campaign - fill out our school libraries survey please!
We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the support of
@toyotaireland
, a further 2,000 books will be gifted to children in direct provision centres, homeless services, the Travelling community and hospitals across Ireland this Christmas. 🎄
Happy
#IrelandReads
day from Children's Books Ireland! The team has pledged to read for a total of 430 minutes and here's a peek at what we're reading.
Have you pledged to
#SqueezeInARead
too? We'd love to see what you're reading today.
@LibrariesIre
Final award– the CBI Book of the Year Award goes to
@KMcCaughrain
’s Flying Tips for Flightless Birds! This is the first time in the 29 years of the awards that all three have been won by the same book and is an unprecedented hat trick for a debut author!
#CBIBOYA19
Deliver the joy of reading with a great Irish children’s book this Christmas 🎄
Our festive reading guide is packed with 144 reviews from 2021, helping you put the perfect book under the tree for your young reader.
Discover the guide:
#DeliverTheJoy
Today we launched the Children’s Books Ireland Collection at DCU, curated by
@LaurNiR
. The exhibition celebrates caretaking of the CBI archives by
@DCULIB
and showcases a selection of titles. It is available to view in the Cregan Library (St. Pats campus)
We are delighted to reveal the cover of issue 62 of our flagship publication Inis magazine! Our members can look forward to this cheeky monkey – from 'Maybe...' by
@chrishaughton
– arriving on their doorsteps over the coming days.
To join, visit:
*Drumroll*... Unveiling our annual run-down of the British and Irish book trade’s top movers, shakers and innovators—see this year's
#Bookseller150
list here:
Congratulations to the winners of the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2021! 🏆
'This eclectic mix of material will inspire and challenge readers for years to come.’ – Chair of the judging panel
@whypadraic
Read more:
#ReadingHeroes
And the winners of the
@KPMG_Ireland
Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2022 are… 🥁
Congratulations to all, and a round of applause for everyone on this year’s shortlist!
Read more:
#ReadingHeroes
A rare sighting of the (nearly) whole Children's Books Ireland team! 📸
A great day put down at CBI HQ, full of project planning, impact measurement and more cookies than you could shake a strategic plan at thanks to Star Baker
@writeranonymous
🌟
Congratulations to this year's
@KPMG_Ireland
Reading Hero: Dean Porter (age 11) from Donegal! 🏆
Dean was nominated by his teacher, Ms Walsh, who said he is 'one of the most avid readers I have ever had the privilege to teach in my more than 30 years experience.'
#ReadingHeroes
We are on the hunt 👀 for background books again this year. Not long before we spotted Henry is Stuck from one of our New Voices
@crossleyaileen
!!!!! (& a bonus Brains by John Devolle!)
#LateLateToyShow
At long last, we're only DELIGHTED to share the
#CBIConf22
theme!
Inspired by storytelling, fairytale & a nameless global event,
#AllTheWayHome
reflects on the many meanings of home & what the return signifies.
Earlybird ticket sale – tomorrow 8AM ⏰
Artwork:
@mrstevemccarthy