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

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

On #InternationalLiteracyDay let's read KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! Woven from 3 languages, celebrates multilingual speakers & resilience of refugees. Read & listen in 7 languages: childsplaybooks.myshopify.com/products/978... Kirsten Cappy Yaya Gentille @rahanabanana.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

6. Kende! Kende! Kende! treats the story of a family fleeing conflict in Central Africa with honesty and respect. @childs-play.co.uk @rahanabanana.bsky.social #SocialJusticeKidsBooks #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

New illustration 🥡 🥟 🥢❤️🖤💛

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

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

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 ⭐

🍻Congratulations to all of the creatives: *Chibundu Onuzo *Dominique Valente *Kirsten Cappy & Yaya Gentille & @rahanabanana.bsky.social *Trish Cooke & Sophie Bass * @alastairc.com * @alexstrick.bsky.social & @mrsteveantony.bsky.social * Alex Sheppard #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025

Amazing news! Congrats to Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, Rahana Dariah on KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! making the Little Rebels Award 2025 longlist! @imyourneighbor.bsky.social @rahanabanana.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social #kidlit #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025

⭐ Super news to start the week! Congrats to Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille and Rahana Dariah 🤩 on KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! making the #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025 @rahanabanana.bsky.social @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitUK

Kende! Kende! Kende! (Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social) features a dual language story ( #English & #French) w/ some #Lingala text. The story is also read in #African languages, e.g. #Swahili, #Portuguese, #Kinyarwanda, #Arabic 🗣💬 #kidlit 💙📚 t.ly/ba_t7

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social is an inspirational tale of joy and journey, perfect to #ReadAcrossAmerica together! Exciting news! Kirsten is @pubspotlight.bsky.social’s special guest @kidlittv.bsky.social Wednesday! #PubSpotlightShowcase25 #kidlit

"Lolie and family have to leave their sunny homeland. The place they end up has snow! This book is so welcoming and belongs in libraries and schools everywhere!" Thank you @angelajrey.bsky.social 📚🤗 KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social More via bio #kidlit

Listen to KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! in 7 different languages! #internationalmotherlanguageday Listen with your class, or read together at home, a magical experience! More via bio & QR codes here #blackhistorymonth #kidlit @pubspotlight.bsky.social @rahanabanana.bsky.social @imyourneighbor.bsky.social

⭐ Happy World Read Aloud Day ⭐ Here are 3 read-aloud favorites with lots of joining-in fun! KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah @rahanabanana.bsky.social More via our bio 📚 #WorldReadAloudDay #readaloud #picturebooks #readingtogether #kidlit

Love this book!😍📚💗🎉🌟 Love your illustrations, @rahanabanana.bsky.social! #KirstenCappy #YayaGentille @childsplaybooks.bsky.social @readyourworld.bsky.social

Welcome to 2025 Author sponsor @rahanabanana.bsky.social with @childsplaybooks.bsky.social ! Her illustrations are mainly a narrative of black and brown people, full of color and world building. readyourworld.org/2025-author-... #ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit

"Looking forward to sharing with my class. I imagine rich beautiful discussions around topics of migration, hope & resilience" Diverseclassroombooks KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! review www.instagram.com/p/DE_2HYgtbw... #KirstenCappy #YayaGentille @rahanabanana.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit

Affirmation: Money flows to me frequently and easily ✨

I’m participating in the #newyearhopesart illustration challenge! Let's start with HOPE. (You can follow this challenge on instagram too @mempathie_illustration ). #illustration #conceptualillustration #illustrations #illustrator #illustrationportfolio #illustrationchallenge #illustratedemotions

My friend is in Tobago and I went to go see what time it is over there and I realise that Trinidad and Tobago isn’t on the world clock thingy app. How weird is that?

Yup!! I enjoy cooking for people and they enjoy my cooking.

Animators are really magicians

Here’s my illustration for Hope

Forgot to post here but over on instagram me and a few other illustrators are hosting an art challenge. Starting today with the word Hope. Jump on it if you like and use hashtags #NewYearHopesArt #NewYearHopesArt2025 so we can see and share what you create.

Put a lil foil down, it ain’t gon hurt nun!

'Best Silhouette' 2024 Endies Endpaper Awards Congratulations Rahana! See her winning endpaper here: 100scopenotes.com/2024/12/19/a... KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah childsplaybooks.myshopify.com/products/978... #kidlit

Ooh! @theclpe.bsky.social’s brilliant advent #giveaway is… KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy & Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah @rahanabanana.bsky.social Enter via CLPE Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DD1TGWE... #multilingual #kidlit #picturebook

⭐WINNER 2024 Endies Endpaper Awards KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by the fabulous Rahana Dariah⭐ Great endie to 2024🤩 @100scopenotes.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social @carterhiggins.bsky.social See our winner @slj.com: 100scopenotes.com/2024/12/19/a... #kidlit

We adore endpapers, this is such great news! ⭐ WINNER! KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by the awesome Rahana Dariah, for Silhouette category in 2024 Endies Endpaper Awards! ⭐

The Undies Case Cover Awards? Old news. Because today we have the winners of the 2024 ENDIES Endpaper Awards. 100scopenotes.com/2024/12/19/a... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social @slj.com

play it cool

Find out why this is KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! authors Kirsten Cappy & Yaya Gentille's "favorite scene created by the ever-so-brilliant illustrator Rahana Dariah" @yabooksguide.bsky.social book review + giveaway: www.yabookscentral.com/author-chat-... #multilingual #kidlit

They’re making a Bluey movie? Oh the kids I work with are gonna love this

"I love multilingual books, and KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! has more languages than most. The main text is in French and English, with Lolie and her family’s dialogue in Lingala" @andreaywang.bsky.social 🤗📚 #PictureBookBuilders review + resources: picturebookbuilders.com/2024/11/kend... #kidlit #edusky

Holy crap I can't believe I hit 5k so fast, it's so exciting to watch this community grow! To celebrate please share the art your most proud of in the comments, I can't wait to see! Here are mine (I work in both YA and kidlit styles)

Rihanna had her boob signed by Mariah Carey at her concert last night: “Mariah Carey is signing my t*t y’all.”

Make sure you tune in folks. ☺️

Did a little filming for an upcoming BBC Live Lessons show which airs tomorrow. 🥹 It’s based on my absolute fave Quentin Blake book “Zagazoo” 🥰 Hit the link below for more info and join us if you can. ☺️ t.co/OLrUp3GAuM

I love vintage mid-century Christmas cards. Here's one by Craig Pineo from 1967. Love this one. #wardsmorguefile

Olive green salad 😭

Jacob Collier is so damn entertaining

Kende! Kende! Kende! (Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social) A #multilingual #picturebook: text #English & #French; dialogue #Lingala The story is also read in other #African languages: #Swahili, #Portuguese, #Kinyarwanda, #Arabic @andreaywang.bsky.social's article: t.ly/pg1Y9

little studies #characterdesign

Sleepy girl mocktails work

In honor of Nikki Giovanni passing:

A powerful artist and activist. Just everything about this woman and her poetry was good and clean and straight truth. She pushed us. She’d cut you and then smile to show that she’d done it with love. Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.

We’re saddened to hear about the passing of poetry great and Black Arts Movement icon, Nikki Giovanni. According to NPR, she passed away today, following her third cancer diagnosis. She was 81 years old. Rest in power, Nikki Giovanni ✨