1/4 🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social #KidLitUK #UKKidLit …a little thread on why this book matters so much ⬇️

🥳🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉🥳 We are delighted to announce that the Winner of the 2025 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction is @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social for The Fights That Make Us, published by Usborne. Congratulations, Sarah! Our first ever double champion!! #KidLitUK

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #LittleRebelsAward #WinnerReveal

The Shortlistee Panel is always an Award Ceremony highlight. This is last year’s panel ⬇️, chaired by @darrenchetty.bsky.social who has everyone’s attention here! We’re so looking forward to hearing from our 2025 shortlistees tomorrow. And we’re delighted Dr Chetty will be back chairing! #KidLitUK

Dear #LittleRebelsAward Folk: Ahead of tomorrow evening’s Award Ceremony, let’s remind ourselves of our very brilliant 🪧LITTLE REBELS AWARD SHORTLIST 2025🪧 Books which are ⭐️plump⭐️with social justice content and hopeful activism! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #bookawards #kidsbookawards

What a panel! What a night! Last October 2024, our Shortlistee Panel shared all of their most rebellious thoughts at our award night ceremony. (See alt text for names) We can’t wait to hear what our 2025 Shortlistee Panellists have to say. #LittleRebelsAward #KidLitUK

1/2 📣In 2022, former winner, shortlistee & Special Commendation recipient @gill-lewis.bsky.social pledged £250 annually to the #LittleRebelsAward winner to give to a charity of their choice. Last year, Winner JT Williams donated her £250 to Accumulate: An Art School for the Homeless #KidLitUK

THIS WEDNESDAY!! 9pm-ish The winner of the edgiest children’s book award comes out to play! Run by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical booksellers. #LittleRebelsAward #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

We’re so proud to run the Little Rebels Award alongside @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers -and we can’t wait to share the news with you! (Over at @littlerebsprize.bsky.social and on Instagram)

This, my friends, is how wide a #LittleRebelsAward Winner smiles. 🙂🙂🙂 Last year, JT Williams took the prize with The Lizzie & Belle Mysteries: Portraits & Poison @storymix.bsky.social 🙂🙂🙂 Whose smile will go wide this year? Find out next Wednesday (evening)! @housmansbookshop.bsky.social #UKKidLit

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...

Well deserved! These books are awesome. And if you're one of those adults who thinks reading children's books is beneath you, I pity you?

Eek! Next Wednesday for the reveal of the 2025 Little Rebels Award winner! 🎉 The children’s book prize celebrating radical fiction for young readers 🫶

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

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

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

The start of the week! Another week closer to us finding out the Winner of #LittleRebelsAward 2025. And we’re back with more feedback on the shortlist from our wonderful judges… @chrishaughton.bsky.social @soofiya.bsky.social Phoebe / @theclpe.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social #UKKidLit

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 …

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

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

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

Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “There’s something subtle yet powerful about the burgeoning love story,affirming that queer people have always been present in history” Judge Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social on Cottonopolis @sflayzell.bsky.social @northodoxpress.bsky.social #UKKidLit

Last week.. on a bright sunny day.. at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social ..the #LittleRebelsAward Judges met to discuss the 2025 Shortlist. Luckily organisers @housmansbookshop.bsky.social & @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social were on hand to record just a flavour of what the judges said….

And in more #LittleRebelsAward Champion news… @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social is on the road with her new middle grade novel⬇️ (Elle has been shortlisted 3 times for the award- including this year 😍) #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

📣6th November UK Schools! Free event for schools from a #LittleRebelsAward Champion (Az won the award in 2021😍)

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

🇵🇸A statement for UK Authors, Illustrators & Educators- #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Yesterday was Judges Day! A good chunk of hours mulling over, discussing & ideas-ping-ponging the #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlist. With a side serving of cake. @housmansbookshop.bsky.social L➡️R @chrishaughton.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social @soofiya.bsky.social Phoebe (@theclpe.bsky.social)

Very happy to see a #LittleRebelsAward Shortlistee making a reader’s day brighter ☀️ @graffegbooks.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

This ⬇️is 😍Judges’ Meeting Prep😍. Fuel 🍰for our judging team when they meet to discuss & debate the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward Shortlist. Good luck @chrishaughton.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social @soofiya.bsky.social Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK @housmansbookshop.bsky.social

⚡️Flashback 2015 “They are books that show children the world and how they can make it better. These books are the ones we should want our future leaders to be reading now.” (6th from R, @chrishaughton.bsky.social Shortlisted in 2015, now a Judge!) rhinoreads.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/l... #KidLitUK

📣UK Primary Schools! There’s a 6-book giveaway over on the #LittleRebelsAward Insta account. **CLOSES 10am TOMORROW!** A glorious mini library of KS1/2 Social Justice titles. a.k.a.: #LittleRebelsAward2025Shortlist Share the book love folk!😃 instagram.com/littlerebelsaw…

Interesting facts☺️: #LittleRebelsAward is a radical children’s fiction award from the Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) 🪧Set up in 2012, it was 1st administered by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social ✌️5 years later, @housmansbookshop.bsky.social joined as organisers. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

And a reminder of this year’s handsome lineup of #LittleRebelsAward Judges (clockwise): * @alomshaha.bsky.social Physics teacher & author, most recently “About Time” (Dorling Kindersley) * Phoebe Demeger, Librarian at @theclpe.bsky.social & former bookseller #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

We can’t wait to find out what the #LittleRebelsAward Judges made of the shortlist! @alomshaha.bsky.social is already teasing us…🔽🔽🔽 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

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

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

“It is an award which believes that no idea is too big nor too challenging for children.” When we blogged for @amnestyuk.bsky.social (in 2018) on the award’s close ties with #humanrights www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/storie... #littlerebelsaward #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #radicalbooks #politicalbooks

Our sibling award, Bread & Roses, is building up to to its WINNER announcement on 15th Sep. Here are the shortlistees clocking previous shortlistees:

Since we’re newbies on this platform…a flashback⚡️ Before we announced our #LittleRebelsAward Shortlist, we shouted about our Longlist. Here it is, resplendent- and in motion! #KidsLitUK #UKKidsLit #RadicalKidsLit #PoliticalKidsLit #RadicalBooks #PoliticalBooks

“The Little Rebels Award really lifts out the smaller publishers&lesser known voices.” @jakehope.bsky.social chatted to award administrators @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social about their dreams & hopes for their radical prize! www.cilip.org.uk/blogpost/163... #KidLitUK

A little story about radical booksellers…… @housmansbookshop.bsky.social & @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social DREAMT up the #LittleRebelsAward RUN BY @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & Housmans. The sibling, adult non-fiction prize 🍞 BREAD & 🌹 ROSES is run by @lighthousebks.bsky.social ➡️

If you like what we do, you’ll definitely like The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, recognising “children’s books that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice,global community , and equity for all people” #KidsBookAwards www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/book-award/

The radical insurrection of public libraries on the Victorian landscape- the fears democratic access to reading provoked, segregated reading rooms, gin house alternatives… @britishlibrary.bsky.social blog on the 175th anniversary of the Public Library Act 1850. blogs.bl.uk/thenewsroom/...