And this, my friends, is a happy motion picture 😉of our #LittleRebelsAward materials being mailed out to some lucky schools/libraries after @theclpe.bsky.social ran a giveaway last month. 5 additional luckies are getting a set of the 6 shortlisted books for FREE. #KidLitUK

🪧❤️A REBELLIOUS CIRCLE OF LOVE❤️🪧 In addition to the winner’s prize, every year, former #LittleRebelsAward recipient, @gill-lewis.bsky.social , gives a donation to the most recent winner to pass on to a charity of their choice. This year, @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social donated to …. #KidLitUK

🪧❤️A REBELLIOUS CIRCLE OF LOVE❤️🪧 In addition to the winner’s prize, every year, former #LittleRebelsAward recipient, @gill-lewis.bsky.social , gives a donation to the most recent winner to pass on to a charity of their choice. This year, @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social donated to …. #KidLitUK

Fabulous to see the 2021 Winner of #littlerebelsaward @amdassu.bsky.social at the launch of her new MG book Wild Journey published by @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Oooh- and two other winners in attendance! Pic 1- with @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social (2023 winner) Pic 2- Zanib Mian (2018 winner) #KidLitUK

Plenty more #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlistee Catchup (they’re all so busy!) Except this one is also our 2025 Winner. @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social is in the middle of @empathylabuk.bsky.social’s Empathy Action Month. The #littlerebelsaward winning title is in perfect synch! #KidLitUK

More of our #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlistee Catchup… The creatives behind the wonderful Kende! Kende! Kende! couldn’t attend our award night but Kirsten Cappy sent such a lovely message, packed with rebelliousness! Extract below. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit @childsplayusa.bsky.social

We blush proudly whenever we see our name in #LittleRebelsAward winners’ subsequent works. Here we are, listed in @amdassu.bsky.social ‘s brand new illustrated middle grade: Wild Journey.😊 @headofzeus.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Continuing our #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlistee Catchup… Chibundu Onuzo’s Mayowa & the Sea of Words was chosen for Waterstones’ Paperback list for 2025.👏👏👏 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

My books are in a Halloween sale til 1 Nov! 👻🏳️‍🌈 Cottonopolis is a queer historical novel. Shortlisted for the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward 🎪 www.northodox.co.uk/product-page... The Ballad of the Fen Violets combines history, folklore & adventure. Coming out in 2026 🦢 www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

Playing #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlistee Catchup… How did we fail to notice that Cathy Jenkins won the Children’s Lit Fests 2025’s Indie & Small Publisher Young Reader Award? Such a lovely win as children’s votes carry huge weight. Congrats Cathy! @graffegbooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK

Playing #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlistee Catchup… And @sflayzell.bsky.social marked #BookshopDay with a visit to one of the award organisers: glorious @housmansbookshop.bsky.social a happy hive of radical bookishness. Pick up your copy of Cottonopolis when you’re next there, folk! #KidLitUK

Now playing #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlistee Catchup… @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social ‘s Role Model was published this year and it’s going down a proper storm. @knightsofbooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK

An amazing night celebrating such talented writers! So much heart in the room ❤️

6th November. Former #LittleRebelsAward Champion, @amdassu.bsky.social , is sharing her latest book at a totally FREE event for schools. #KidLitUK

Something for all you Big Rebels to get behind! A callout to UK indie booksellers to amplify Day of the Imprisoned Writer / 15th November.

Where Are the Big Political Ideas in Children’s Books? A blog written by organisers @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social in the inaugural year of #LittleRebelsAward. www.letterboxlibrary.com/post/where-a... #KidLitUK

Our award night brings together a whole community of rebels, little and big. Former award winners and Big Rebels, @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social (left) ⬇️ & JT Williams ⬇️ (right), joined us this year. And we spotted Patrice talking to a former shortlistee: Varsha Shah (right of Patrice)! #KidLitUK

Wonderful to see our award merch featured in the @sla.org.uk newsletter back in September. #KidLitUK

And we still want to big up all of our shortlistees. Now and always! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Kende! Kende! Kende! had a coveted place as the only picture book on this year’s shortlist. #KidsLitUK

⚡️Newsflash: Author adds all correct award info. to their website. #KidLitUK #LittleRebelsAward

Just adoring-again-these words from the 2025 @littlerebsprize.bsky.social Winner, @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social 💜💜💜⬇️

THE Rad. Children’s Book Party of 2025😉 For those of you who were there- and those of you who weren’t, you can now see an album of happy faces from the recent #LittleRebelsAward Award Ceremony here: littlerebels.org/2025/10/10/p... @housmansbookshop.bsky.social #KidLitUK

Hi #LittleRebelsAward Folk! 10 days on and we’re still absolutely buzzing 🐝from our award evening. A huge thank you to @theclpe.bsky.social for allowing us to host in their glorious Literacy Library. For your weekend, we leave you with this JOYFUL moment below… #KidsLitUK #UKKidsLit

In my local area, faith groups have supported each other after last week's attack in Manchester. This is how we stay strong. Fellow @littlerebsprize.bsky.social winner AM Dassu's 'Fight Back' shows this in action. DM me if you know a school/youth group who could use a copy, I'd love to buy them one.

And now, (some of) our 2025 #LittleRebelsAward Shortlistees happily join our little gallery of past shortlistees- thank you, all of you, for all of the work you have done making social justice topics engaging, riveting & accessible for young audiences ♥️ #KidLitUK ⤵️

Special tribute was paid to Ken Wilson-Max at last week’s #LittleRebelsAward ceremony. Ken has powered ahead with inclusive children’s books as an author/illustrator/publisher for 30+ yrs. An outstanding Big Rebel. Here, presenting @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social with a specially commissioned print.

1/2 A fabulous Little Rebels Award Shortlistee Panel at our award night last week. Thank you @darrenchetty.bsky.social for your always-thoughtful & inquisitive chairing. And thank you @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @sflayzell.bsky.social &Cathy Jenkins.. #KidsLitUK #UKKidsLit

Oh @littlerebsprize.bsky.social & @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social I can't tell you what good it did my heart today to see the title of your book. These are hard times. So thanks Sarah for writing it & thanks to all involved in publishing and celebrating it!

Congratulations again to Sarah Hagger-Holt and to all the shortlisted rebel authors! Great evening celebrating with @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social Their book packs include excellent reading guides www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...

Huge congratulations to Sarah Hagger-Holt who has won the #LittleRebelsAward for an unprecedented second time, this time with THE FIGHTS THAT MAKE US. 🎉👏 @littlerebsprize.bsky.social #UKKidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/sarah-hagger...

Now feels like a good time to mention that I do school visits! www.sarahhaggerholt.com/author-visits

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