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Mar

13

2019

Parakeet travels

Parakeet travels

By Judy Skidmore

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Treat your little ones to a book from a micro publ

Treat your little ones to a book from a micro publisher.
You'll find fresh talent, new ideas and joy within!

These are our recommendations ❤️❤️

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We just booked our tickets to a dance performance

We just booked our tickets to a dance performance at the Shoestring Theatre.

@beejadance, who we LOVE, and Croydon council are putting on a wonderful dance festival through September.

Many tickets are free so have a look!

#contemporarydance #moderndance #indiandance #fusiondance #art #croydon #croydonculture #southlondon #londonforfree #londonfreeevents

Something wonderful happened. I got to meet up wit

Something wonderful happened. I got to meet up with Victoria Blain, the author of Crooked Witch Soup (@multiculturalstorytellers).

It was brilliant for so many reasons, Victoria lives in upstate New York and was only in London for 1 day; our children met and played beautifully together; we got on straight away, Victoria is hilarious. And Victoria has created the greatest kids book.

Crooked Witch Soup is about a strange, generous, forgetful witch who can't find her spell book. Her cheeky animal friends lead her all over the place looking for it while they steal her soup. The beauty in this book is in the rhythm of the lines and the other-worldly sketches mixed with splashes of vivid collage. I love this book so much. You can get your copy at Parakeetbooks.com ❤️

Thrilled that our books will be alongside these ab

Thrilled that our books will be alongside these absolute gems at Balham Makers Market
11-5pm, 12 August
Balham Library Hall
16 Ramsden Road, SW12 8QY

Posted @withregram • @kirstin_writes Super excited to join forces with @formy_books @brighteyedbooks @parakeetbooks @dinosaurbooksco @strengthinstory to bring the BEST inclusive independently published children’s books to @marketdaze_ in #balham THIS SATURDAY!

I know you guys love to #shoplocal and #shopsmall so if you’re in the area come along to @balham.library hall as there are lots of brilliant makers there too.

We will have a collection of children’s books from 0-12 years old, so your bound to find something.

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@bestofwandsworthldn
@nappyvalleynet @balhamnewsie

We launched Paper Boats on a rainy summer's day. D

We launched Paper Boats on a rainy summer's day. Devjani read beautifully while standing atop a barge brimming with books. What could be more gorgeous?
Well there was also live music. We made boats and collaged. My 6 year old ran around Granary Square with Sonya and Ebony from @dinosaurbooksco and @formy_books giving people fliers. And we bumped into Anusha Subramanyam from @beejadance (awesome dance company). Awesome self-publisher @kirstin_writes came too.
It was a special day made all the more so by Paddy and all the lovely staff at @word.on.the.water Thank you for having us!

And we're proud to say that Word on the Water stocks our books!

And get Paper Boats at Parakeetbooks.com ❤️

There are so many things I should be posting about

There are so many things I should be posting about: I met our gorgeous author Victoria Blain, we LAUNCHED Paper Boats on a BOAT, we have a new stockist.

But I have to tell you this first. I'm eating apricot cake from fruit I picked off my friend's tree with blackberries I picked from the local park. It's free food! I'm feeling very pleased with myself!

I did fall in a bramble bush though. While wearing shorts.

TODAY! 27 July, 4-6pm At @word.on.the.water W

TODAY!

27 July, 4-6pm

At @word.on.the.water
Word on the Water book barge, just off granary square in King's Cross.

Devjani Bodepudi will read her gorgeous new book, Paper Boats. And there will be live music, paper crafts and an abundance of books!

We are also launching the excellent middle grade book, Last Girl In from @dinosaurbooksco and the heartwarming My Brother is the Prettiest Queen in the World from @formy_books

Join us! It will not rain, I promise! ❤️

We have have collaborated with some other small bu

We have have collaborated with some other small but perfectly formed publishers @dinosaurbooksco and @formy_books to bring out a bundle of fab, beautiful and totally stonking kids books.

Please join us on thursday at the gorgeous book barge, Word on the Water.
@word.on.the.water

There will be live music, live authors, paper crafts, wine and a bunch of kids!

27 July 4-6pm
Word on the Water, Regent's Canal Towpath, London N1C 4LW
It's just off Granary Square in King's Cross

Calling all the people of #gateshead and #newcastl

Calling all the people of #gateshead and #newcastle!

We're thrilled to be part of a mini book festival hosted by @bok_bok_books! It's happening TODAY 23 July. There will be readings from Paper Boats by our very own beloved @devjanibodepudi and more from other wonderful authors AND workshops by Rumana from Bok Bok. Rumana's creative workshops are epic.

So please pop down to Bensham Grove Community Centre, Gateshead, NE8 2XD
Time: 11am to 3pm
It's a FREE EVENT – Just drop in!

The book festival is part of a larger Masala Festival run by @gemartsuk over the summer. There's amazing music, food and more. Please check it out!

We went to the Offbeat Sari exhibition at the Desi

We went to the Offbeat Sari exhibition at the Design Museum! Before we went I watched a tutorial at the sariseries.com (I attempted the Palamu Mahuadanr drape).

Sheju and I brought the Aunties along (Sheju's mum and her best friend). We learned about radical sari-wearing activists, bumped into extraordinary sari maker @ashdeenl and took in a bit of @aiww

It was a very good day!

Arti Jain with her trademark big bindi, in a sari,

Arti Jain with her trademark big bindi, in a sari, next to a beautiful church and a classic English bus stop. And wearing a Parakeet Books tote! #iconic

@arti.a.jain wrote Don't Climb on the Bullock Cart. It's illustrated by @tanmayillustrated and published by us, Parakeet Books!

You can buy it at Parakeetbooks.com ❤️

A happy customer with a bumper bundle! We're Par

A happy customer with a bumper bundle!

We're Parakeet Books, an indie kids publishing company making joyful, unique, inclusive books!

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Parakeet Books are supporting Twang Music Academy

Parakeet Books are supporting Twang Music Academy for Jam in the Park!

16 July 2023, 3pm - 7pm
Homestead Cafe in Beckenham Place Park, BR3 1SY

Jam in the Park is an event in aid of Twang Music Foundation for local musicians of any age to quite literally Jam in the Park!

We will have a selection of our books available to buy and a pound from each sale goes to the Twang Foundation.

SO COME ALONG, to play, sing, or watch some fab musicians do their thing this sunday, 16 July 2023

More info:
Twang has formed a musical charitable foundation in the Borough of Bromley which aims to make music tuition accessible to economically disadvantaged children in local schools.

The Twang Foundation will provide music workshops, tuition, and instruments to schools and students who need it most.

Our publishing besties @formy_books have brought o

Our publishing besties @formy_books have brought out an absolute cracker.

My Brother is the Prettiest Queen in the World. Written by Ashley Baptiste
Illustrated by Kandice Johnson.

It's a beautiful gentle story about a kid looking up to his older brother who is tall, kind and glamorous.

My 8 year old read it and said it's really good because it shows boys they're allowed to like pink and glitter.

I loved it for the softness of the story. It's like a hug. And the swirly beautiful illustrations give it a dreamy quality.

We loved it! Head over to @formy_books to order a copy!

New book!!! Don't Climb on the Bullock Cart by Ar

New book!!!

Don't Climb on the Bullock Cart by Arti Jain and Tanmay Acharya

@arti.a.jain @tanmayillustrated

It is gorgeous available at Parakeetbooks.com ❤️❤️❤️

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