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🌈Defending Freedom: LGBTQ+Lives and Children’s/YA Literature

Come see twice #LittleRebelsAward Winner @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social at the @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference!

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#FreedomToRead
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ibbyuk.bsky.social IBBY UK @ibbyuk.bsky.social · 6d
Our next conference highlight - the Middle Grade and Picture Book panel 📚

Join Fen Coles from @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social and Kristina Rahim, Jodie Lancet-Grant, Sarah Hagger-Holt and Carol Tompson in this unmissable panel ✨️

📅 Saturday 7 Nov
🎟 www.tickettailor.com/events/ibbyu...
October 29, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Huge congratulations to Natalie Denny and @heychante.bsky.social as Keisha Jones is Force of Nature has been longlisted for the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward for Radical Children's Fiction 🐝🌳

#KeishaJones #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025
letterboxlibrary.bsky.social Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · May 12
📣We’re so proud to run the #LittleRebelsAward for Radical Children’s Fiction alongside @housmansbookshop.bsky.social

And we’ve just announced the ⭐️2025 Longlist⭐️

13 books for readers aged 0-12 which centre social justice with empathy, urgency and-very often-joy!
🩵🩷🧡

#LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
childs-play.co.uk
Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! is a story of love and learning, journey and joy!

Woven from three languages, celebrating multilingual speakers and the resilience of refugees.

Free downloadable resources: www.childs-play.com/products/978... #LittleRebelsAward Shortlist #ILD25
Book cover with Lolie and dad pushing her in a wheelbarrow both smiling with joy, sunny background of blue sky, greenery, tree and chickens.
September 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
childs-play.co.uk
⭐KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social shortlisted #LittleRebelsAward 2025⭐

"beautifully illustrated story captures experience of displaced family journeying to a new home"
More via bio @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
childs-play.co.uk
Find out more about KENDE! KENDE! KENDE!

+ free audio read-alouds in Arabic English French Kinyarwanda Lingala Portuguese Swahili
QRs: www.childs-play.com/products/978... @imyourneighbor.bsky.social @rahanabanana.bsky.social

#WorldRefugeeWeek #WorldRefugeeDay #Bookswithusallin #LittleRebelsAward
Illustration showing people pushing the truck, and another of a new baby born on 'four wheels'. Joyful book cover of Kende! Kende! Kende! showing Lolie's dad pushing her in a wheelbarrow, with blue sky, greenery, chickens
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
childs-play.co.uk
...with the help of their community every step along the way. #CommunityasaSuperpower

More about KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! in thread and via our bio!

#WorldRefugeeWeek #WorldRefugeeDay #Bookswithusallin #Healthforall #Solidaritywithrefugees #LittleRebelsAward #kidlit #kidlitUK
People help the family push the car as Mama drives and gets it going in the snow. The family in a hospital as a nurse takes Mama in a wheelchair to have her baby
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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...to finding safety and building a new life...
#CommunityasaSuperpower

Follow thread for more KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! ⬇️ + via our bio
#WorldRefugeeWeek #WorldRefugeeDay #Bookswithusallin #Healthforall #Solidaritywithrefugees #LittleRebelsAward #kidlit #kidlitUK
The UNHCR bus takes the family to their new home and they wave goodbye. In the new country the family use buses and cars and computers, facing challenges and getting help from their new community.
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
childs-play.co.uk
Witness their path from conflict and a refugee camp...

Follow thread for more KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! ⬇️ + via bio
#WorldRefugeeWeek #Bookswithusallin #CommunityasaSuperpower #Healthforall #Solidaritywithrefugees #LittleRebelsAward #kidlit #kidlitUK
On the road a bicycle with another family, Papa holding Lolie safely. Refugee camp where the family waits to go to a new home. UNHCR water truck and tents in the background.
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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This #WorldRefugeeDay we recognise the strength and courage of those in displaced communities...

Follow thread for more KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! ⬇️ + via bio
#WorldRefugeeWeek #Bookswithusallin #Communityasasuperpower #Healthforall #Solidaritywithrefugees #LittleRebelsAward #kidlit #kidlitUK
Lolie fixes her wheelbarrow. On the right page, Mama says we have to go as they all look out backs turned to us. A truck of people help pregnant Mama on board to safety. Papa gives another family their wheelbarrow to help.
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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This hopeful story follows a brave girl and her family’s journey as they immigrate from the DRC to North America. #WorldRefugeeDay

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah @rahanabanana.bsky.social

Follow thread for more ⬇️
#WorldRefugeeWeek #LittleRebelsAward
Lots of illustrations and book cover of Kende! Kende! Kende!
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
childs-play.co.uk
Been all go in the best way this week! Look at this great news!

⭐ KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social made the #LittleRebelsAward 2025 longlist!

More via bio #littlerebelsaward @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social ⭐
Book cover illustration shows father and daughter laughing as he pushes her in wheelbarrow, chickens and tree also in the picture, scene set in DRC
May 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Congratulations to Kirsten Cappy & Yaya Gentille, illustrator Rahana Dariah & @childsplayusa.bsky.social ! KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! is among the 6 books to speak to a generation of young activists and critical thinkers chosen for the #LittleRebelsAward 2025 #shortlist! littlerebels.org/2025/07/17/t...
The Little Rebels Award 2025 Shortlist
On behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, we are delighted to announce the Little Rebels Award shortlist for 2025 Six books to speak to a generation of young activists and critical t…
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July 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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"Kende! stands out for the reliance, dignity and humanity accorded to Lolie and her family" KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! is published by @childsplayusa.bsky.social 2025 #LittleRebelsAward longlist! littlerebels.org/2025/05/12/t...
The Little Rebels Award 2025 Longlist
The longlist is here! From the big publishing houses to the smallest presses, a record number of publishers submitted to the award this year, and while the genre-spanning submissions touched…
littlerebels.org
May 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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We’re thrilled to see #KeishaJonesIsAForceOfNature, written by Natalie Denny and brilliantly illustrated by @heychante.bsky.social included in the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward longlist!

#KeishaJones #BookSky #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025
May 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Shortlisted titles for the 2025 @littlerebsprize.bsky.social
have been revealed!

Read more on our website here: www.ibby.org.uk/little-rebel...

#LGBT #childrensbooks #radicalbooks #refugee #Neurodiversity #publishing #childrenspublishing #LittleRebelsAward
Promotional graphic for the Little Rebels Award 2025 shortlist. Text reads: 'Celebrating Radical Fiction for Children!' and '#LittleRebelsAward'. Six shortlisted children's book covers are displayed: 1) 'Kende! Kende! Kende!' by Kirsten Cappy & Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah — shows a joyful child in a wheelbarrow pushed by an adult, with chickens nearby. 2) 'The Fights That Make Us' by Sarah Hagger-Holt — features children holding protest signs with a rainbow backdrop. 3) 'Cottonopolis' by SF Said and Layzell — depicts two children from different backgrounds smiling against a dark, starry backdrop. 4) 'Keedie' by Elle McNicoll — shows a girl with headphones in a vibrant, stylized design. 5) 'Mayowa and the Sea of Words' by Chibundu Onuzo — a girl reading while colorful words swirl around her. 6) 'Zac and Jac' by Cathy Jenkins — two boys smiling and playing together in sports gear. Logos for the Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust and the Little Rebels Award, as well as the hashtag #LittleRebelsAward are also included.
July 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Happy #LittleRebelsAward Birthday 🎂And thank you for your forever-support 🙂
#KidLitUK
July 23, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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1/2In the very best of #KidLitUK news,this week saw the appointment of @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social as the new #ChildrensLaureate
@booktrust.org.uk

Patrice is such a treasured member of our #LittleRebelsAward community - a long term supporter, former judge &, later, shortlistee & winner.
#BookSky
booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · Jul 7
Congratulations to Patrice Lawrence, just announced as the new Waterstones Children's Laureate. She pledges to ‘champion the power of books to make us feel like we belong and stories as a tool for bringing people together.’ #KidLitUK #BookSky @booktrust.org.uk

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A photograph of author Patrice Lawrence, just announced as the new Waterstones Children's Laureate.
July 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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And our 2025 #LittleRebelsAward shortlistee Kende! Kende! Kende! @childs-play.co.uk stars on another booklist!

A selection of #RefugeeBooks over at @worldkidlit.bsky.social with (hurrah!) links to @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social worldkidlit.org/2026/06/15/p...
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Picture Books on Refugee Experiences
by Jackie Friedman Mighdoll World Refugee Day is celebrated globally on June 20th. It’s an opportunity to recognize the courage and resilience of the millions of people who have been forced t…
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June 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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The latest #BeyondTheSecretGarden column by @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social highlights 1 of last year’s #LittleRebelsAward shortlistees

⭐️Kende! Kende! Kende⭐️

@childs-play.co.uk and its multilingual riches!
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...
Beyond the Secret Garden: Multilingual Children’s Literature – Books For Keeps
booksforkeeps.co.uk
June 23, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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1/3 We were so lucky to get seats at the final London @unicorntheatre.bsky.social showing of Planet Omar!

Check out this #LittleRebelsAward trajectory:

🚀Zanib Mian won the #LittleRebelsAward in 2018 with ‘The Muslims’ published by…her!

🚀Zanib went on to secure a contract with…
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#BookSky
Cover image from Insta reel. Top reads “Theatre Trip” in yellow & orange font against blue background. Beneath in yellow rectangle is “GUESS WHO WE SAW?” in white font. Beneath this is the cover of theatre programme -shows young Muslim boy, hands on hips, blue/black striped top looking away to his left & upwards. Production details. Beneath this is yellow rectangle. All against a backdrop of oranges and yellow and blues in lines & triangular shapes.
June 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Author @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social has won the #LittleRebelsAward not once, but twice!

Head over to award organiser’s @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social ‘s Insta account to see a reel on what makes Sarah’s Middle Grade titles so special.

#lgbtq+
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#KidLitUK
Orange background Light blue rectangle insert. Inside is black and white photo of author. White woman with short grey hair and glasses. Smiling. Holds a framed picture of 3 children protesting. One holds a placard which says “Take Action” Text, in white, at top, reads: “AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT sarah hagger-holt Rainbow brushstroke effect on top left and bottom right corner of insert.
June 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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2/2 Still rabble-rousing! Alexis Deacon won the #LittleRebelsAward with @vivschwarz.bsky.social in 2016 with their philosophical book for children, I Am Henry Finch.
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#KidLitUK
June 2, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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Top children’s books about friendship by former #LittleRebelsAward Judge & shortlister @darrenchetty.bsky.social -for @booktrust.org.uk blog.

Includes 2 #LittleRebelsAward titles 😊

♥️The Boy Who Loved Everyone
🌻Sunflower Sisters

#KidLitUK
#BookSky

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8 favourite picture books about friendship
Author Darren Chetty recommends eight fantastic stories about friendship.
www.booktrust.org.uk
May 26, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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In the US: a reignited surge in activism in YA literature including titles addressing union activism, environmental justice&community organising.

A surge close to our #LittleRebelsAward hearts 💜💜

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

#KidLit
Reality Check: New YA Books Spark Awareness, Activism, and Empathy
This year, teen fiction across a range of genres is poised to ignite conversations about climate change, gun violence, and other timely issues.
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May 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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We couldn’t be prouder nor feel luckier.

One of our #LittleRebelsAward Judges has become the 8th Laureate na nÓg (2026-2029)

Congratulations @chrishaughton.bsky.social !
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#KidLitUK
childrensbooksireland.ie Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · May 11
Introducing the eighth Laureate na nÓg…

…Chris Haughton @chrishaughton.bsky.social

A multi-award-winning children’s author and illustrator from Dublin, Haughton will hold the title from now until 2029, taking up the position from the outgoing Laureate, Patricia Forde.
An author standing in his studio in behind his desk. Surrounding him are copies of his books
May 14, 2026 at 12:21 PM