🚨PUBLICATION DAY🚨 Ravenglass is available everywhere now! A tender and powerful tale of a gender fluid character trying to make their way in the 1700s, we can't recommend this incredible adventure novel enough 🏳️‍🌈 Order yours here: share.google/bfWyYAWWNBHL...

12. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “A very useful tool for young readers to understand racism” “It’s very readable & dyslexia-friendly” Judges Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social & @soofiya.bsky.social on Zac and Jac Cathy Jenkins Ills. Monique Steele @graffegbooks.bsky.social #UKKidLit

11. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “I enjoyed the explicit themes of social responsibility, refugee rights & empathy”; “the magical world-building was intriguing and worked really well” Judge Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social on Mayowa & the Sea of Words Chibundu Onuzo #UKKidLit

10. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “the parallel texts are a great mechanism” “It really shows what it’s like to be non-binary in a school setting” Judges @chrishaughton.bsky.social & @soofiya.bsky.social The Fights That Make Us. @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social #UKKidLit

9. Overheard in our #LittleRebelsAward Judges’ Meeting🤫: “an incredibly accomplished writer” “the writing style is so immersive and evocative” Judges @alomshaha.bsky.social & Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social on Keedie @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @knightsofbooks.bsky.social

8. Overheard in our #LittleRebelsAward Judges’ Meeting🤫: “There’s a really interesting interplay between the perspective&voice of the young child narrator,and the context unfolding around them in the illustrations.” Judge Phoebe- @theclpe.bsky.social Kende! Kende! Kende! @rahanabanana.bsky.social

BIG NEW for all you big rebels out there: #UKKidLit #KidLitUK ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

As always, we have another Festival jam-packed with fun times for your little readers. Here's what we have in store for your young ones, and activities that the whole family can enjoy together:

Apparently it's bi visibility day 🥳 I'm bi, and so is Red, one of the characters in my upcoming book. You can listen to an extract and preorder below 🥰

7. Overheard in our #LittleRebelsAward Judges’ Meeting🤫: "Set in 19thC Manchester, it provides fascinating historical details. There was some really interesting insights into the lives of Irish migrants at this time." Judge @chrishaughton.bsky.social Cottonopolis @sflayzell.bsky.social #UKKidLit

To get your books with their swag 🙂, visit: www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page... @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social OR housmans.com/product-tag/... @housmansbookshop.bsky.social (Both #notforprofit booksellers who administer the award on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers)

Our #LittleRebelsAward reading guides are designed to draw out the social justice content of each shortlisted book, including: *text summary *points for discussion *activites They’re also free to download at: littlerebels.org/reading-guid... #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

The #LittleRebelsAward merch is out! That means if you buy your 2025 shortlist titles from award organisers @housmansbookshop.bsky.social or @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social you’ll get: ⭐️our popular reading guides ⭐️bookmarks ⭐️poster 🍿Taster video below #UKKidLit #KidLitUK …

one of the common threads you will frequently find among devoted adult readers & writers is that as kids the librarian let them get away with reading whatever the fuck they wanted. so much of the scifi and fantasy I fell in love with as a kid was very much Not For Kids, but it made my brain light up

6. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “The racism, both overt and covert, experienced by Zac & his dad felt thoughtfully presented-and there’s no easy redemption for the racist character…there’s still work to be done” Judge Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social on Zac and Jac #UKKidLit

5. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “There are lots of interesting elements, including the use of fantasy as a device for funnelling people’s fears- it’s all about disinformation&the media” Judge @chrishaughton.bsky.social on Mayowa & the Sea of Words- Chibundu Onuzo #UKKidLit

#KidLitUK This will be great!

4. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “Very accomplished and proficient…I want to see this in schools..It’s not just about LGBT rights but the need to fight. It’s an ongoing process” Judge @alomshaha.bsky.social on The Fights That Make Us. @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social #UKKidLit

3. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “A great representation of how autism shows up in day to day life…Really comfortable to read; I could almost play it out in my head”. Judge @soofiya.bsky.social on Keedie. @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @knightsofbooks.bsky.social #UKKidLit

I've said it before and I'll say it again - this book is SO GOOD. I love the subtle magic, the tender love story, and the honest setting (nothing is sugar-coated - except the cakes - but there's still plently to love in the gritty city). Read more here: inquisitivenewt.com/2025/06/16/c...

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

I love this! Queer people have always been here and our stories belong in libraries and classrooms. There is now a reading guide for the novel available from Letterbox Library: www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...

2. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: "Colourful fabric patterns are beautifully incorporated into the illustrations" Judge @chrishaughton.bsky.social on Kende! Kende! Kende! Txt by Kirsten Cappy &Yaya Gentille; illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social @childs-play.co.uk #UKKidLit

Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other #WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚 alt text please

TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!! #TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW. Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

I'll be at this. Looking forward to meeting @elliotjharper.bsky.social and @losbennett.bsky.social in person for the first time, and seeing the @northodoxpress.bsky.social gang again, as well as whoever else is there. If you're going come say hi. I'll be the one in the waistcoat. 😊

✨ What’s the first book that changed how you saw history? For many readers, it was Mildred D. Taylor’s ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY. 📚 SONG OF THE LAND honors Taylor’s legacy in African American children’s literature and beyond. #SongoftheLand #MildredDTaylor #UPMississippi #BooksMatter

The plum you're going to eat next summer.

Looking forward to this. Please pop along and join us.

Annie Kenney was born on this day 1879.

Ravenglass is sailing into a store near you this September. Reviews are in and they're nothing short of glorious. Pre-order a copy today and set sail on a sensational historical adventure with Kit Ravenglass at the helm: www.waterstones.com/book/ravengl...

Chatted with a cat from Sesame Workshop last night and pleased to confirm for fellow nostalgic dorks that, not only is “The Monster at the End of This Book” still in print, it is the only Sesame Street book that has never been out of print. The kids are gonna be all right.

Yes!! Inaugural winner of the Children’s Wainwright Prize!! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

My book is one year old! It's been an absolute joy to share this story with the world and to hear from readers young and old 🎪 sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/

Happy hours making up bundles of #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlist Bookmarks for UK primary schools distribution via a forthcoming YLG mailout🙏😌 #UKSchools #UKKidLit #KidLitUK @ylglondon.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social @jakehope.bsky.social

My book is one year old! It's been an absolute joy to share this story with the world and to hear from readers young and old 🎪 sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/

Lots of doom and gloom this week, so a positive shout out to all the fantastic small publishers. Some sell direct and all have amazing books. @northodoxpress.bsky.social @valancourtbooks.bsky.social @starsandsabers.bsky.social @blpublishing.bsky.social Feel free to list more 🪐📚💙 🩸📚 #booksky

Has anyone ever figured out what the meat economy for Zootopia is? Where do they get the food? Is it like a Cloud Atlas situation? Are they eating prisoners? You have massive animals that need extremely high calorie intake, like Lions and Tigers. HOW ARE THEY EATING.

🚨Tomorrow night at Urmston Books and Board Games🚨 4 of our brilliant writers are doing a panel to discuss how class shaped and was portrayed in their writing. You can grab free tickets below. Don't miss out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/class-ic-l...

Part 2 of the northern steampunk adventure novel Clockwork Magpies by the wonderful Emma Whitehall is available now! Have you grabbed your copy of Gilded Gear yet? The Gilded Gear - Paperback | Northodox Press share.google/D0DsdyhEytLO...

Welcome back to school! We've rounded up some of the most important bits of #education and children's #book news from the summer months, feat. @literacy-trust.bsky.social, The Audio Agency, @littlerebsprize.bsky.social, @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and more 👉 bit.ly/47VGvSL #uksla #EduSkyUK #BookSky

Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other #WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚 alt text please

Late to the unboxing party but very proud to be one of the editors on Song of the Land, a collection of essays and poetry about the work of Mildred D Taylor, one of America's most important children's writers 🌳 More info at www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Song...

#UKKidLit #KidLitUK ⭐️giveaway!⭐️

I had A Monster Calls read by an oncologist to make sure I’d used all my research correctly. If “sensitivity” bothers you, call it research. You’re getting expertise. And having read gay male novels written by people who seem to have no clue, expertise is valuable.

Today is the day! The inaugural Liverpool Book Festival, which is likely to have upwards of 1000 attendees! We can't wait and we'll see you at 12! Please do come if you can. It's going to be a great one 😍

This is the year for important edited collections in the history of health and medicine. In my humble opinion, every historian in our field should have these two books.

Covering social justice issues from structural bullying through to intergenerational racism via combatting anti-refugee rhetoric (by jumping on books!) … the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward Shortlist truly has it all! #UKKidLit #KidLitUK