Hilary Hawkes

Enjoying walks in "our" woods along the lane. One of my favourite places, especially at bluebell time #bluebells #walking #nature #englishwoods #oxfordshire

Hope your weekend goes well #weekend #break #family #reading #amwriting

Fun and nurturing stories: the Millie series. The little mouse with a big heart! English, Welsh and Croatian editions #picturebooks #picturebook#artists #illustrators #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitart #Welshlanguage #literacy #scbwi #Eastergifts #spring

We grow some every year. So beautiful and cheerful :)

Thank you, that would be great!

#Robin #UKbirds #nature #winter #gardening
Meet my little gardening companion!

#bookquotes #quotes #Authors #BooksandWriting #reading

#swans #UKbirds #nature #winter #Oxfordshire #Thames

A joy to see these along the side of a nearby road #snowdrops #nature #gardening

Wishing you Christmas peace and happiness in 2024 #Christmaswishes #Christmas #seasonsgreetings #NewYear #2024

One of my favourite book quotes #Authors #Writing and Books 💙📚 #quotes #writing

They're beautiful aren't they? Mine (in hanging baskets) just seem to keep going year after year :)

Autumnal gold and blue sky for my birthday walk! #nature #walking #gardening #walkswithfamily

Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho on why author visits to schools matter www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea... #reading #literacy 💙📚 #Authors #Writing and Books #Childrensbooks #kidlit

Why author visits to schools matter

Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho's speech, Read on the 24th November 2022 At The Arboretum for The BookTrust Represents Report Launch

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Beautiful :)

A rainbow to cheer your day #nature #rainbows #positivity #authors #gardening

💙📚 The power of reading to children #literacy #reading literacytrust.org.uk/blog/reading...

Reading to children is so powerful, so simple and yet so misunderstood | National Literacy Trust

Alison David, consumer insight director at Egmont UK, discusses some of the challenges with encouraging parents to read to infants

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Taken a couple of weeks ago. Bee enjoying some autumn sun and flowers #bees #nature #autumn
#gardening

Love the colour :)

"Books that make us readers in the first place" "The UK media needs to do much better in highlighting our brilliant children’s books" S F Said www.thebookseller.com/comment/plea... #childrensbooks #authors #reading #publishing #writing and books

Please, cover kids' books

The UK media needs to do much better in highlighting our brilliant children's books.

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Definitely a peace lily. Ours has long stemmed white flowers from time to time. Fairly easy to look after :)

Loving the #autumn #fall colours, though I think they are emerging a bit later this year #nature #gardens

Hello! I write picture books and middle grade. Traditionally published and self-published too. I have a site here with some free resources for home or school use :) www.hilaryhawkes.co.uk

Many congrats :)

Thank you!

I'm new to BlueSky today! Any other authors and book-loving people here?