Tell Tales Books
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I sell children’s books from my beautiful little shop, just outside Warrington, Cheshire. A tiny bookshop with a big, warm welcome! [email protected]
Padgate, Warrington WA2 0PZ
Joined October 2018
I had the BEST time. I actually felt well enough to enjoy it which is a once in a blue moon kind-of-thing. Feeling very emotional 🥺 Wish all my fellow #pwME could also have experienced it and met Tinsel and Vixen 💙
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…who came, such a fantastic bunch, who have become lovely friends - yes, you’re stuck with me now!😂❤️📚📚 I’ll be over at Tell Tales around 10.30am until 6pm tomorrow (Friday November 14th) Sleep well. Sending love, Les xx
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Good evening, Just crawled into bed after a lengthy, twelve hour day 🥱 Thanks to everyone who called over today. As always, it was lovely to spend time with you. Thank you for your support. We finished off the day with our awesome TT book club ❤️📚 Thanks so much to everyone…
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more than welcome. 📚Next month we would like to read a book that has been a film or TV adaptation. We’ll put everyone’s suggestion in the hat &randomly pick next months read from there! Wishing you a Thursday filled with sunny smiles & warm conversations. Sending love, Les xx
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Morning, I will be at TT around 10.30am today (Thursday November 13th) I’ll be there until late as it’s our book club for grown ups at 7pm. We read Weyward this month, but if you haven’t read it don’t let that put you off - we are happy to talk about any books! You’d be…
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If you’re starting to look for Xmas gifts, you can still get a FREE 😮 signed paperback of any book in my Toby Bean trilogy 🙍🏻♂️young carer 🛌 mum with ME 🧙♀️witch in the attic 🏢mysterious organisation 🌠secret city in the sky 🦇fluttermouse & flying dog Link in next post!
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…Tell Tales today - love them both very much. I hope you get to choose kindness today. I hope kindness blankets your day like the autumn leaves blanket the ground. 🍂 Sending love, Les xx
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Morning, Here at TT until around 6pm today (November 11th) because we have a visit from Chapter & Charm Co. this afternoon! Nurture by Natalie has her drop in this afternoon 12.30pm until 2.30pm 🤰 🤱 Can’t wait to welcome both of these small, women led businesses into…
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And THIS is why diverse representation in books (and other media) is so important 🥹
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Happy publication day to @emmydee73 !! I loved Milton the Mighty and The House Trap so I know this one will be brilliant too! Three children wake up on Christmas Day to find their parents have disappeared 👀 Inspired by The Day of the Triffids😮 @chickenhsebooks
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Exciting things are happening in our part of Greater Manchester. Great to kick off the Blackrod Storytelling Project today. Author-school-library links working perfectly @boltoncouncil #CreativeBolton
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Ace to return to Saint John Vianney Catholic Primary in Saint Helens today. And my smile was so wide to see the Author of the Month board in the KS2 library. Next level author achievement unlocked 📚 🔐
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Last post about this, I promise! Final official figures. So I think the free ebook offer worked?!! Eek! 😮😮😮 Plus 89 sales of the next two books 🥳 Thank you SO much to everyone who commented & shared. As a housebound indie author, I literally couldn’t do this without you
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I'm late to the party on this but my gosh I'm having so much fun reading this! It feels like @XanderArmstrong has taken his favourite snippets from a whole host of things and created something wonderfully original. A belter.👍 @FarshoreBooks
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Please check out this wonderful ten minute Halloween storytime!! I got goosebumps hearing @MEFoggyDog read a couple of short excerpts from my own book 🥺 I’ve never heard them spoken aloud before! Gentle spookiness perfect for age 8/9+ and #pwME too 🧙🏻♀️🦇 Link in next post 👇
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…me an email or private message and I’ll do my best to help! ❤️📚 See you soon, Les xx https://t.co/ncorQG04ls
uk.bookshop.org
Hello, I'm Les and I am the owner of Tell Tales. Welcome to my world! My small, but perfectly formed, children's bookshop is my happy place! I love seeing books go to their new homes to be read and...
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…trees, birds, space, young adult books, myths/legends & more! So, although my little shop is closed today, you can still order from #BookshopDotOrg and by nominating Tell Tales as the bookshop you want to support I get a percentage of that sale. Of course, you could drop…
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…side Emma Carroll, Owen Davey, @MrEagletonIan , @sophieinspace , @alastair_ch , Patrice Lawrence and @tompalmerauthor .I’ve also added a small selection from @publishing_cat ( my current obsession!) There are lists of gift ideas, art, women’s football, real life stories…
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Tell Tales is closed today (Monday November 3rd) as is usual on a Monday. I had to be in TT yesterday, so that focused my mind a bit & I did a few bits of tidying up on my Bookshop dot org page. I’ve added an another author collection- @frankcottrell_b who now sits along…
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