Lantana Publishing
@lantanapub.bsky.social
An award-winning children's book publisher and social enterprise with a mission to see all children reflected in the books they read.
In the Land of the Crescent Moon, a boy no bigger than a pine nut and a little blue bird dare to dream. 💙🌙
This scene from Azizi and the Little Blue Bird captures the moment hope begins to rise. Inspired by the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia.
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This scene from Azizi and the Little Blue Bird captures the moment hope begins to rise. Inspired by the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In the Land of the Crescent Moon, a boy no bigger than a pine nut and a little blue bird dare to dream. 💙🌙
This scene from Azizi and the Little Blue Bird captures the moment hope begins to rise. Inspired by the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia.
US only: lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25...
This scene from Azizi and the Little Blue Bird captures the moment hope begins to rise. Inspired by the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia.
US only: lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25...
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If you’ve got children who are nervous about speaking in their school play this Christmas, you might like our gentle, reassuring picture book VIOLET’S TEMPEST!
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Violet's Tempest
Check out Violet's Tempest - Violet’s world has changed. Her voice has gone from a giggle to a whisper. So when her teacher casts her in the school play, she is filled with worry. How will she ever st...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If you’ve got children who are nervous about speaking in their school play this Christmas, you might like our gentle, reassuring picture book VIOLET’S TEMPEST!
#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky
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#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky
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THROUGH THE FOREST 🌿✨
A lost boy, a guide called Emptiness, and a journey through memories—good and bad—that lead him toward healing.
A powerful tale about embracing the past. 💛
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A lost boy, a guide called Emptiness, and a journey through memories—good and bad—that lead him toward healing.
A powerful tale about embracing the past. 💛
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December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
THROUGH THE FOREST 🌿✨
A lost boy, a guide called Emptiness, and a journey through memories—good and bad—that lead him toward healing.
A powerful tale about embracing the past. 💛
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
A lost boy, a guide called Emptiness, and a journey through memories—good and bad—that lead him toward healing.
A powerful tale about embracing the past. 💛
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
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AZIZZI AND THE LITTLE BLUE BIRD from @lantanapub.bsky.social is a “contemporary fairy tale is set in the Land of the Crescent Moon…. a powerful narrative about freedom and resistance for young readers” omnilibros.com/2025/11/15/a...
Azizi And The Little Blue Bird
This contemporary fairy tale is set in the Land of the Crescent Moon, where oppressive rulers have captured all the blue birds and imprisoned the population in fear and suffering. Young Azizi lives…
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December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
AZIZZI AND THE LITTLE BLUE BIRD from @lantanapub.bsky.social is a “contemporary fairy tale is set in the Land of the Crescent Moon…. a powerful narrative about freedom and resistance for young readers” omnilibros.com/2025/11/15/a...
“A powerful read… for parents and children whose upbringings are radically different.” — NYT
Letters in Charcoal follows a determined girl who learns to read and discovers that letters are everywhere. A beautiful story about literacy, courage, and new beginnings. ✨📖
Letters in Charcoal follows a determined girl who learns to read and discovers that letters are everywhere. A beautiful story about literacy, courage, and new beginnings. ✨📖
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“A powerful read… for parents and children whose upbringings are radically different.” — NYT
Letters in Charcoal follows a determined girl who learns to read and discovers that letters are everywhere. A beautiful story about literacy, courage, and new beginnings. ✨📖
Letters in Charcoal follows a determined girl who learns to read and discovers that letters are everywhere. A beautiful story about literacy, courage, and new beginnings. ✨📖
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Your community needs different people to help it grow. The people there don't have to look, act, believe, or be the same to create a beautiful, healthy place ...
🌱 The Wall and the Wild is a powerful classroom read for exploring inclusion, difference & growth.
Through Ana’s story, pupils learn to value what doesn’t “fit,” embrace diversity, and look beyond the wall to understand others.
A brilliant pick for #DisabilityHistoryMonth 💛
Through Ana’s story, pupils learn to value what doesn’t “fit,” embrace diversity, and look beyond the wall to understand others.
A brilliant pick for #DisabilityHistoryMonth 💛
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Your community needs different people to help it grow. The people there don't have to look, act, believe, or be the same to create a beautiful, healthy place ...
Meet Cindy, our brilliant new Publishing Trainee! ✨
We’re thrilled to welcome her to the Lantana team.
Huge thanks to Creative Access and the Mo Siewcharran Fund for helping make this opportunity possible!
We’re thrilled to welcome her to the Lantana team.
Huge thanks to Creative Access and the Mo Siewcharran Fund for helping make this opportunity possible!
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Meet Cindy, our brilliant new Publishing Trainee! ✨
We’re thrilled to welcome her to the Lantana team.
Huge thanks to Creative Access and the Mo Siewcharran Fund for helping make this opportunity possible!
We’re thrilled to welcome her to the Lantana team.
Huge thanks to Creative Access and the Mo Siewcharran Fund for helping make this opportunity possible!
🌱 The Wall and the Wild is a powerful classroom read for exploring inclusion, difference & growth.
Through Ana’s story, pupils learn to value what doesn’t “fit,” embrace diversity, and look beyond the wall to understand others.
A brilliant pick for #DisabilityHistoryMonth 💛
Through Ana’s story, pupils learn to value what doesn’t “fit,” embrace diversity, and look beyond the wall to understand others.
A brilliant pick for #DisabilityHistoryMonth 💛
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🌱 The Wall and the Wild is a powerful classroom read for exploring inclusion, difference & growth.
Through Ana’s story, pupils learn to value what doesn’t “fit,” embrace diversity, and look beyond the wall to understand others.
A brilliant pick for #DisabilityHistoryMonth 💛
Through Ana’s story, pupils learn to value what doesn’t “fit,” embrace diversity, and look beyond the wall to understand others.
A brilliant pick for #DisabilityHistoryMonth 💛
This Disability History Month, The Invisible Story reminds us that not all stories are read with the eyes.
A blind reader brings a forgotten book to life through touch — captured beautifully in Wen Hsu Chen’s artwork. ✨📚
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A blind reader brings a forgotten book to life through touch — captured beautifully in Wen Hsu Chen’s artwork. ✨📚
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November 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This Disability History Month, The Invisible Story reminds us that not all stories are read with the eyes.
A blind reader brings a forgotten book to life through touch — captured beautifully in Wen Hsu Chen’s artwork. ✨📚
shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/155...
A blind reader brings a forgotten book to life through touch — captured beautifully in Wen Hsu Chen’s artwork. ✨📚
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Congratulations to @lantanapub.bsky.social and to @barefootbooks.bsky.social each of whose #kidsbooks received Honor designations last night in the #CharlotteHuckAwards ceremony at #NCTE25!
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Congratulations to @lantanapub.bsky.social and to @barefootbooks.bsky.social each of whose #kidsbooks received Honor designations last night in the #CharlotteHuckAwards ceremony at #NCTE25!
Slip into someone else’s shoes and see the world through their eyes… now in paperback! 👟✨
Step Into My Shoes is a gentle, hopeful story about what happens when we pause long enough to imagine life from another person’s path. 🌍💛
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Step Into My Shoes is a gentle, hopeful story about what happens when we pause long enough to imagine life from another person’s path. 🌍💛
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November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Slip into someone else’s shoes and see the world through their eyes… now in paperback! 👟✨
Step Into My Shoes is a gentle, hopeful story about what happens when we pause long enough to imagine life from another person’s path. 🌍💛
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Step Into My Shoes is a gentle, hopeful story about what happens when we pause long enough to imagine life from another person’s path. 🌍💛
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“Loving others is the loudest language of all.” — The New York Times
Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
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Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
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November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“Loving others is the loudest language of all.” — The New York Times
Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
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Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
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For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, consider sharing My Must-Have Mum — a warm, inclusive story about a boy who worries he’ll be “upcycled” next, only to learn he’s perfect as he is.
Ideal for classroom conversations about identity, belonging, and family.
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Ideal for classroom conversations about identity, belonging, and family.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, consider sharing My Must-Have Mum — a warm, inclusive story about a boy who worries he’ll be “upcycled” next, only to learn he’s perfect as he is.
Ideal for classroom conversations about identity, belonging, and family.
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Ideal for classroom conversations about identity, belonging, and family.
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My day, my rights. ✨ #UNChildrensDay
Every child deserves to celebrate who they are and feel proud in their own skin. 💛
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Every child deserves to celebrate who they are and feel proud in their own skin. 💛
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November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My day, my rights. ✨ #UNChildrensDay
Every child deserves to celebrate who they are and feel proud in their own skin. 💛
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Every child deserves to celebrate who they are and feel proud in their own skin. 💛
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Yijing Li was once cheered by classmates as she drew in kindergarten. Years later, a group of children secretly gathered behind her and applauded again — a moment that brought the memory rushing back.
It was then she chose to become an illustrator. 🎨💛
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It was then she chose to become an illustrator. 🎨💛
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yijing Li was once cheered by classmates as she drew in kindergarten. Years later, a group of children secretly gathered behind her and applauded again — a moment that brought the memory rushing back.
It was then she chose to become an illustrator. 🎨💛
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It was then she chose to become an illustrator. 🎨💛
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“Originally published in Flemish, this allegorical fairy tale is inspired by the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution. An incisive social justice picture book” AZIZI AND THE LITTLE BLUE BIRD translated by David Colmer and published by @lantanapub.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Originally published in Flemish, this allegorical fairy tale is inspired by the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution. An incisive social justice picture book” AZIZI AND THE LITTLE BLUE BIRD translated by David Colmer and published by @lantanapub.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
When the rain gets really serious, you build a boat big enough for you, your friends, and a dragon. 🐉🌧
From Sunday Rain — a warm story about imagination and making friends. ✨
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From Sunday Rain — a warm story about imagination and making friends. ✨
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November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When the rain gets really serious, you build a boat big enough for you, your friends, and a dragon. 🐉🌧
From Sunday Rain — a warm story about imagination and making friends. ✨
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From Sunday Rain — a warm story about imagination and making friends. ✨
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We are thrilled to see that this year, @theclpe.bsky.social reports a more healthy landscape for inclusive representation in their annual report. Though there is still work to be done, we are committed, now and always, to contribute to that work. ⭐
Read more: clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
Read more: clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are thrilled to see that this year, @theclpe.bsky.social reports a more healthy landscape for inclusive representation in their annual report. Though there is still work to be done, we are committed, now and always, to contribute to that work. ⭐
Read more: clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
Read more: clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
👟 Step Into My Shoes is a brilliant classroom read for teaching empathy & understanding.
Through Matou’s playful curiosity, children learn what it really means to “walk in someone else’s shoes.” ✨
Perfect for PSHE, assemblies & discussion starters! 💛
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Through Matou’s playful curiosity, children learn what it really means to “walk in someone else’s shoes.” ✨
Perfect for PSHE, assemblies & discussion starters! 💛
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November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
👟 Step Into My Shoes is a brilliant classroom read for teaching empathy & understanding.
Through Matou’s playful curiosity, children learn what it really means to “walk in someone else’s shoes.” ✨
Perfect for PSHE, assemblies & discussion starters! 💛
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
Through Matou’s playful curiosity, children learn what it really means to “walk in someone else’s shoes.” ✨
Perfect for PSHE, assemblies & discussion starters! 💛
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
Aren’t we all just a little bit jealous of Afiya and her magical dress? ✨💛
From A Story About Afiya by James Berry & Anna Cunha — a lyrical celebration of childhood, memory, and imagination. 🌈
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From A Story About Afiya by James Berry & Anna Cunha — a lyrical celebration of childhood, memory, and imagination. 🌈
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November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Aren’t we all just a little bit jealous of Afiya and her magical dress? ✨💛
From A Story About Afiya by James Berry & Anna Cunha — a lyrical celebration of childhood, memory, and imagination. 🌈
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From A Story About Afiya by James Berry & Anna Cunha — a lyrical celebration of childhood, memory, and imagination. 🌈
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“The artwork is expressive and oozes joy.” — @Booktrust
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We love this beautiful review for The Great Henna Party by Humera Malik and Sohali Zohra — a vibrant celebration of family, creativity, and love. 🎨
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We love this beautiful review for The Great Henna Party by Humera Malik and Sohali Zohra — a vibrant celebration of family, creativity, and love. 🎨
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November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“The artwork is expressive and oozes joy.” — @Booktrust
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We love this beautiful review for The Great Henna Party by Humera Malik and Sohali Zohra — a vibrant celebration of family, creativity, and love. 🎨
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978183...
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We love this beautiful review for The Great Henna Party by Humera Malik and Sohali Zohra — a vibrant celebration of family, creativity, and love. 🎨
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978183...
We’re so excited to share that Freedom Braids (illustrated by Oboh Moses) and The Playdate (illustrated by Clara Dackenberg) have both been nominated for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social for Illustration! ✨
Two stunning stories, two incredible illustrators 💫
#Booksky #Carnegies2026
Two stunning stories, two incredible illustrators 💫
#Booksky #Carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We’re so excited to share that Freedom Braids (illustrated by Oboh Moses) and The Playdate (illustrated by Clara Dackenberg) have both been nominated for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social for Illustration! ✨
Two stunning stories, two incredible illustrators 💫
#Booksky #Carnegies2026
Two stunning stories, two incredible illustrators 💫
#Booksky #Carnegies2026
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What a delight to see so many of our #kidsbook friends recognized with these nominations including @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social @scallywagpress.bsky.social Congratulations all! carnegies.co.uk/nominations-...
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What a delight to see so many of our #kidsbook friends recognized with these nominations including @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social @scallywagpress.bsky.social Congratulations all! carnegies.co.uk/nominations-...
Not all shadows are scary. 🌑✨
SHADOW is a tender modern fairy tale about facing fear and finding light.
A perfect not-so-scary read for #Halloween. 👻
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SHADOW is a tender modern fairy tale about facing fear and finding light.
A perfect not-so-scary read for #Halloween. 👻
lernerbooks.com/shop/show/18...
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Not all shadows are scary. 🌑✨
SHADOW is a tender modern fairy tale about facing fear and finding light.
A perfect not-so-scary read for #Halloween. 👻
lernerbooks.com/shop/show/18...
SHADOW is a tender modern fairy tale about facing fear and finding light.
A perfect not-so-scary read for #Halloween. 👻
lernerbooks.com/shop/show/18...
Since its release last year, Ellie and the Marriage List has touched hearts with warmth, humour, and one extra sparkle. ✨
Come and hear her story this #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth
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Come and hear her story this #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth
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October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Since its release last year, Ellie and the Marriage List has touched hearts with warmth, humour, and one extra sparkle. ✨
Come and hear her story this #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth
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Come and hear her story this #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth
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