Veronica Price

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Chartered librarian, MCLIP. NHS Knowledge &Evidence Specialist. Former School Librarian. Posts about library matters and books. Blog:

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Veronica Price@vonprice· 29d

#KidsBooksFriday I adore Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street by #FelicitaSala a brilliantly inclusive concept, gorgeous artwork and fabulous recipes from around the world

A house with many windows and wafts of smoke or scents wafting from many of them. The front cover of a picture book Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Jul 13

That looks like an amazing selection Tanya. Of those, I have only read Escape to the River Sea, which I loved 😊 My #UkKidLit selection would be: Where the Tide Lines Lead 📘 Blood of Gods & Girls The Blue Book of Nebo Murder at Hotel Marvelo 🎧

3 teens in sea with sunset background book cover for Where the Tide Lines Lead

3 warrior females with mountain background and eagles in flight book cover for Blood of Gods & Girls

Small house in front of hill and sea, all in shades of blue, book cover for The Blue Book of Nebo.

Fantasy castle hotel building with 3 children out front, book cover for Murder at Hotel Marvelo.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Jan 17

I’ve received some super #BookPost this week 😍 Thank you @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social @dannieprice.bsky.social for a proof of #TheSummerAfterTheNightBefore And thank you @bsmallpublishing.bsky.social for a copy of #HowToSpeakAndBeHeard #UkKidLit

A proof copy of a paperback YA book The Summer After the Night Before by Lisa Williamson

A middle grade non-fiction book How to Speak and Be Heard by Sam Hutchinson and Vicky Barker

Veronica Price@vonprice· Jan 13

I’m always so grateful to the marvellous team at #SomersetLibraries who source multiple copies of our #BookClub titles for me. It makes the books accessible for all and helps our #GreenerNHS goals 😊📚

Multiple copies of Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult on a book trolley.

Multiple copies of Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang

Veronica Price@vonprice· Jan 12

Thank you so very much @readingrocks.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social & @bonnierbooks.bsky.social for this lovely #bookgiveaway #bookpost They will be out to good use in some #NationalYearOfReading activities in my library 📚 #UkKidLit

A children’s picture book: A Christmas Delivery by Andy Shepherd and Sarah Warburton.

a children’s poetry book Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth & Eirinn McGuinness.

Ultimate Football Heroes a paperback book by Matt Oldfield, Emily Stead, Seth Burkett & John Murray.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Jan 9

Thank you @littletigeruk.bsky.social for fantastic #BookPost. Happy publication day @evewersockimorris.bsky.social for the second #ClemFatale adventure. #UkKidLit

Front cover of middle grade paperback Clem Fatale has been Upstaged by Eve Wersocki Morris.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Jan 1

That looks very interesting! I’m currently reading The Experiment by Rebecca Stead, out today & just finished Escape from the Child Snatchers by @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social out at end of Jan. @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social’s debut is excellent as is @hollywebb.bsky.social’s spy adventure

Mg paperback The Experiment by Rebecca Stead

Mg paperback Escape from the Child Snatchers by Sufiya Ahmed

YA paperback A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once by Lucas Maxwell.

MG Paperback A Girl’s Guide to Spying by Holly Webb.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Nov 17

Thank you so much @andersenpress.bsky.social for this wonderful #BookPost! #EscapeFromTheChildSnatchers by @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social looks fabulous 😍 #UkKidLit

A middle grade paperback book, Escape from the Child Snatchers by Sufiya Ahmed shows two boys and a girl running along a dock with a large sailing ship in the background.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Nov 14

Great start to a Friday 😁🎉📚 #booksky #UkKidLit

Screenshot of the Hidden Books Game 2026 from National Book Tokens has an image of a girl sitting reading a book, in front of a bookcase in a lounge with a Christmas tree and a cat.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 25

Next week we will be celebrating #GreenLibrariesWeek 🌱 I’ve been potting up lots of spiderlings to giveaway at events my colleague is organising to launch our new #SeedLibrary

A box containing lots of spider plants in small pots.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 25

I’ve updated my Halloween book recommendations blogpost, adding in some recently published titles. Happy spooky season reading! #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/25/h...

A selection of children’s books for reading at Halloween on a purple background with a white moon and flying bats.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 23

And thank you @harper360.bsky.social for a beautiful hardback copy of #ScarletMorning by #NDStevenson #UkKidLit

Front cover of a hardback book Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson, has two boys against a stormy looking background in manga style graphics.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 23

Always so lovely to arrive home from work to find exciting #BookPost😍 Thank you @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social & @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social for #AMillionTinyMissilesAllAtOnce #UkKidLit

A paperback book which is mostly yellow with the title in large black letters taking up most of the space: A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once by Lucas Maxwell.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 23

Today I’m joining the cover reveal for Lianna and the Hombit by @ValinoraTroy.Bsky.social publishing on 29th January 2026. Info on pre-orders and/or ARCs: valinoratroy.com/lianna-and-t... #UkKidLit #IrishKidLit

Book cover of Lianna and the Hombit by Valinora Troy features a girl wearing a green cloak and white skirt, carrying a bird on a night-time background.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 17

I owe some big ‘thank yous’ for lovely #BookPost. Firstly, thank you to @faberchildrens.bsky.social for sending me an amazing package of goodies to celebrate publication of #DraculaAndDaughters by @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social #UkKidLit

A special bookmark for Dracula & Daughters by Emma Carroll, a vampire bath bomb, a black vanilla candle and two bat badges, arranged on a wooden table.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 8

It was so lovely to meet you too. Thank you so much for the invitation. I read 80 pages of #MurderAtChristmas on train home and absolutely loving the mystery 😊

Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock. A middle grade murder mystery set in Bath, photo taken in platform of Bath Spa train station, opposite platform visible in background.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Oct 8

Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social for delightful #BookPost which arrived just before I set off for #BookLaunch #MurderAtChristmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social & #IceDancer by @alexcotter.bsky.social 😍😍 #UkKidLit #KidLitUK

Middle grade paperback Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock has two children cycling past a snowy Georgian building.

Middle grade paperback Ice Dancer by Alex Cotter. Cover design features an ice dancer whose dress is designed with silver foil snowflakes.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Sep 3

Choose 20 books per day on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 8: another that’s lined up on my #BorrowBox account is #NushAndTheStolenEmerald by @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social published by @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

Front cover of the audio version of Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan shows an Indian princess on the front cover, standing in front of Buckingham Palace.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Sep 3

Choose 20 books per day on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 7: #NateYusBlastFromThePast by @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social published by #PiccadillyPress which I have on the #Borrowbox app

Cover of the audiobook version of Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan has a contemporary boy and a WWI soldier on the front cover and a Chinese dragon in the background.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Sep 3

Going to try to catch up with this thread. Choose 20 books per day on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No.6 #SunriseOnTheReaping by #SuzanneCollins published by @scholasticuk.bsky.social

Front cover of the hardback YA novel Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 24

Love your choices in today’s column. This one is still treasured in our house - probably bought it 18/19 years ago! #UkKidLit

A children’s picture book I am too absolutely small for school by Lauren Child. Mostly yellow cover, title in black, picture of brother and sister Charlie and Lola looking at each other.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 17

#SundayMorningBookChat Great question as always Tom. My two childhood favourites: #WinnieThePooh & #TheWindInTheWillows then was put off animal stories after reading #WatershipDown as a kid, until reading #Hoot by @carlhiaasen.com as a bedtime story, many years later! #AnimalStories

Front cover of Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne illustrations of the main characters by E Sheppard

Front cover of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame illustrations of main characters by E Sheppard

Front cover of Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, all blue, googly eyes and orange triangle looking like owl’s face, title in bright yellow lettering at the bottom.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 10

#UkKidLit #BookBloggers Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. Day 5. #TheWickedLiesOfHabrenFaire by #AnnaFiteni due for publication in October 2025 by @electricmonkeyhc.bsky.social

The cover of a proof copy of a #YA paperback The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni. It is mostly blue with a border of forest plants and the title in silver foil.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 9

#UkKidLit #BookBloggers Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. Day 4. #TheBrightestStar by #MegGrehan published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social with thanks to @antswilkinson.bsky.social

Front cover of a middle grade paperback verse novel The Brightest Star by Meg Grehan. The cover is in shades of purple and blue with two girls standing on a small globe, a boy falling through the sky towards them and some planets circling the title.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 8

#UkKidLit #BookBloggers Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. Day 3. #EverythingAmplified by #SarahLippett & #ZiggyHanaor with thanks to @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social

A young adult graphic novel with two teens sitting back to back on top of an amplifier. The title is Everything Amplified and authors are Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor. It is lying on grass with a themed bookmark and stickers.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 7

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. Day 2. (Because I forgot to post yesterday) #ABeautifulTerribleThing by #MirandaMoore

An uncorrected proof paperback book with a dark grey cover and the title written in large white lettering, A Beautiful Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 4

I’m in…as long as we only have to post one picture per day and not read a book per day 😂 #UkKidLit #TBRStack Day 1 #SinBinIsland due to be published by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social on 25/09/2025

Proof paperback of Sin Bin Island by Doug Naylor mainly navy blue with silver foil font for title.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 3

#TheBlockbusters! by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social It’s joyous! #UkKidLit

Hardback book cover shows two children running in opposite directions from a large purple octopus. The title “The Blockbusters! Is in large yellow print. author Frank Cottrell-Boyce in large white print.

Veronica Price@vonprice· Aug 2

Excellent! Hope you enjoyed it? I have that tote bag…& the peedie one too!

A small child sized canvas tote bag designed by an 11 year old competition winner for The Orkney Library. Has a simple line drawing of islands in the sea and the phrase “A book is a place you can get lost in”

Veronica Price@vonprice· Jul 20

Ooh I envy you opening #ThePoisonedKing for the first time (& the long summer break, which I no longer have 😂) My current read is a beautifully literary #YA novel #MyNameIsJodieJones by @emmashevah.bsky.social due for publication in Sept by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social