Author of environmental fiction and adventure novels for young people. Rep'd by @sallyanne_s. New book LOST ON GIBBON ISLAND with @hachettekids
Gloucestershire, UK
Joined December 2014
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📚Get to know the InspiRead 2024 nominees📚
@JessBAuthor's Lost on Gibbon Island has been shortlisted in the Longer Novels Category. 🤩
Listen to Jess talk about her nominated book 👉 inspireculture.org.uk/servic…
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BOOKLIST of the WEEK
⛰️🌋 Mighty Mountains🌋⛰️
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👀 Look out for snow-capped adventures, mountain-side flora & fauna, volcanic escapes & elevated animal rescues in our hand-picked selection of the best children’s books about mountains and volcanoes…
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Teachers in Oxfordshire! If you are shadowing the #OxfordshireBookAwards - feel free to use these bookmarks for the Junior Fiction category - great way to keep students engaged!
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Jess Butterworth retweeted
Year 5 are very excited to start the
@hull_libraries @Hull_SLS Children's Book awards.
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@JessBAuthor
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I wonder which will be our favourite?
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@JessBAuthor is just kicking off #RotherhamLovesReading latest virtual author visit!!
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Our wonderful @UKLaureate
@JosephACoelho
has completed his #LibraryMarathon with the final and 213th library, the iconic
@britishlibrary. Here's Joseph cycling through the finish line on his homemade bamboo bicycle - what an epic journey it's been #LibrariesWeek
@Booktrust
Jess Butterworth retweeted
The books in Rockingham Professional Development Centre have been renewed. I was asked for History and Nature. Tis all about the books! @ljlittleson @DanSmithAuthor @JessBAuthor @nicolapenfold @LawrencePatrice @scattyscribbler @tompalmerauthor @RoSIS_1 #RotherhamLovesReading
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The wait is over! Game4Reading 2023 is here. We can finally reveal the 6 specially chosen titles that teams will be reading. 📚🤩🏆 @Zohra3Nabi Tom Clohosy Cole @JessBAuthor @RobBiddulph @philearle @EllieRobinsonGB @jameslancett @LindsayGalvin @authorontheedge @archistrator
Jess Butterworth retweeted
@JessBAuthor Where the Wilderness Lives. So many stories cleverly woven together- boat living, parent separation, cyber bullying, new school, mystery, foster care, hearing dog…. Wales!! Loved it. Especially Gwyon’s tale running alongside before the two intertwined. So clever
Jess Butterworth retweeted
It’s finished! Our school reading spine on display in the library. Has taken me and me my wonderful TA 5 months to finish -chipping away before school, lunchtime and school hols! @vashti_hardy @sbutlerbooks @JennyMcLachlan1 @Alex_Bell86 @OnjaliRauf @JessBAuthor @RossAuthor
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What a way to capture the reader!! So looking forward to the latest @JessBAuthor #RotherhamLovesReading
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Calling all @JessBAuthor fans!
Did you know that we have activity sheets for Jess's latest book, Lost on Gibbon Island? They are perfect for getting children excited about summer while teaching them the importance of conservation. 🐒
More here: fal.cn/3zwKC
Jess Butterworth retweeted
Any day with @JessBAuthor and @mikebmann celebrating their amazing Middle Grade books is a great day! 📚✨ #IsleOfWightStoryFestival @HachetteKids
Had a fab time traveling to the Isle of Wight with @sarah_ernestine and meeting @mikebmann, @jamieillustrate and @PaulLyalls.
Thank you for having me @iwstoryfestival! @HachetteKids #LostonGibbonIsland #IsleofWightstoryfestival
Jess Butterworth retweeted
⛰️🌋BOOKLIST of the WEEK🌋⛰️
Mighty Mountains:
➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists…
Look out for snow-capped adventures, mountain-side flora & fauna, volcanic escapes & elevated animal rescues in our hand-picked selection of the best children’s books about mountains and volcanoes…
Jess Butterworth retweeted
Apart from finding other people, shelter, water, food, making a distress signal and a fire and staying positive, an interesting tip is to go scavenging – I was amazed at the things that washed up on the beach, including lots of plastic! #SCBWIchat
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One of the only items Lark has with her is her notebook. She finds a washed up pen and begins writing a letter to send out for help - she thinks someone was trying to kill her. #SCBWIchat
Jess Butterworth retweeted
It’s illustrated beautifully by @RobBiddulph and has this gorgeous map in it! @HachetteKids #SCBWIchat #LostOnGibbonIsland
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#LostonGibbonIsland follows 12-year-old Lark who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island with just a baby gibbon for company. They form an unbreakable bond and learn from each other in order to make the impossible journey home. #SCBWIchat @HachetteKids
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A sense of place and setting usually come first before I develop my characters. I love to do research then I get everything down in a very messy short draft. Then I take time to work out the story, flesh it out, edit. #SCBWIchat