Est. 2012. The Little Rebels Children's Book Award celebrates UK radical fiction for readers aged 0-12. Run by Letterbox Library & Housmans Bookshop on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers #LittleRebelsAward #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidsBookAward
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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
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… @hachettechildrens.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social transforming Zanib’s book into the Planet Omar series!
🚀In April 2023 The Planet Omar Tonie was launched!
🚀This year, Planet Omar was adapted by Asif Khan for the stage and has toured Leeds Playhouse, Unicorn Theatre and…
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.
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…and bans which target non-fiction with themes of “activism & social movements”.
“This latest [book ban] trend shows an embrace of anti-intellectualism, undermining public knowledge by devaluing education and expertise,”(Kasey Meehan @penamerica.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
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/...
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1/2“I think that stories are the most important cultural pillars&when we think about the rise of the right at the moment,something that is not engaged with enough is that it’s essentially a grieving for a lost narrative” Alexis Deacon @booksforkeeps.bsky.social
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/alex...
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..Birmingham Rep Theatre where you can still catch it 18-21 June➡️
www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/pla...
Meantime head over to our Insta grid to see our v joyful theatre trip with Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social & @drmrb.bsky.social
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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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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