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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · Jun 24
⭐🦖 Rrrroarrr! FIVE ENORMOUS DINOSAURS Annie Kubler & Sarah Dellow has made the @booktrust.org.uk Storytime Prize 2026 shortlist!

This gorgeous roargious rioutous read is enormous fun for all little dinosaurs! Books with us all in to read together!
#kidlitUK #kidlit #BookTrustStorytime
Orange book cover with illustration of a diverse group of five children in dinosaur outfits dancing to the song. Set on a BookTrust Storytime prize 2026 shortlist graphic of orange and purple with a an owl looking at the book.
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 4d
✨Congrats to all the great Little Rebels & 2025 winner Sarah Hagger-Holt

Immensely proud of our shortlisted book KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah✨

"May KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! make little rebels of all its readers" see Kirsten's message via our Insta!
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 6d
"Our leaves rustle, Our roots whisper.
If you were a tree, what would you whisper to me?"

Happy #NationalPoetryDay!

TREE WHISPERS by @nuance.bsky.social illustrated by Juliana Oakley
More + resources + activities: www.childs-play.com/collections/... #poetry #kidlit #kidlituk
Illustration with bright autumn colours, red, gold, yellow, brown. Smiling children play in the leaves and try to catch the sycamore seeds as they fall from trees.
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 6d
Celebrating #NationalPoetryDay, lovely to see LET'S PLAY by @alexstrick.bsky.social and TREE WHISPERS by Mandy Ross @nuance.bsky.social illustrated by Juliana Oakley in @booktrust.org.uk's poetry booklists for younger and older children!

More: www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme... #kidlit #kidlituk
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 8d
TONIGHT
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#UKKidLit #KidLitUK
#LittleRebelsAward
#WinnerReveal
The shortlist poster for the little rebels award 2025 showing book covers for the six shortlisted titles: Kende! Kende! Kende! The Fights That Make Us Cottonopolis Keedie Mayowa & the Sea of Words Zac and Jac Top left award logo “Little Rebels Award 2025” Top right “Celebrating Radical Fiction for Children” Partially obscuring some of the book covers are 6 question marks.
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 8d
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
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 9d
🤖👾🦖👹NEW! So much fun!
MASK-A-RADE books illustrated by Rae Minos out now!

What sort of creature will you be today?
You choose! Wear the book as a mask!
Read and role-play as ROBOTS, ALIENS, DINOSAURS and MONSTERS

Develops movement and verbal skills, stimulates imagination!
More via bio 📚 #kidlitUK
Four book covers with eye holes to wear books as masks, Robots with sky blue background, and orange and purple whirring robot; Aliens with yellow background and bright green alien with long twisty arms and toothy grin; Dinosaurs with lime green background, orange dinosaur with yellow sharp teeth and claws and white horns; Monsters with purple background and black flying bats, with happy vampire with red eye circles, white fang and pink and red pointy collar.
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 10d
⭐NEW! Our brilliant SIGN AND RHYME books illustrated by Annie Kubler & Sarah Dellow are out now⭐

IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT! & HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE

Sign and sing to favourite rhymes
Clear #BSL how-to-sign on each page
Lots of fun, all join in!
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two new sign and rhyme book covers, one with toddler in stripy red and yellow cat all-in-one playsuit playing violin with bright blue background and musical notes and flowers. The book has a purple background with a child wearing a blue top and green trousers with blue dots, sitting and signing with cuddly rabbit toy. A circle with child signing BSL on both covers.
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 14d
BIG NEW for all you big rebels out there:
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
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A visual asset with pastel purple bubbles framing. Top left is the little rebels award plain yellow sphere logo. Text beneath reads “winner announcement coming…” over a red bubble. A coloured banner top right, under which reads, “Wednesday 1st October (evening).” Below reads, “stay tuned” after which is the Instagram icon with “@littlerebelsaward” and the bluesky icon with this account.
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 17d
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
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 20d
⭐ What to read with your baby (and why it matters!)

Fantastic blog by @lizpemtbnm.bsky.social for @ibc-reads.bsky.social
We're so excited to see our books here! Thank you!

Read here: www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/blog/what-to...
Baby book guest blog
Need help choosing books for your baby or toddler? Early years expert Liz Pemberton’s tried and trusted tips will guide every step of the way. Read our blog.
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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · May 19
So happy to see all these books I've made on the @ibc-reads.bsky.social list! Please go check out the whole website, it is an amazing resource www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org
#KidLit #KidLitUK
A photo of four books that Kip has made - Plenty of Hugs written by Fran Manushkin, illustrated by Kip Alizadeh, Quiet by Kip Alizadeh, What Will You Be written by Yamile Saied Mendez illustrated by Kip Alizadeh and Strong written by Laura Dockrill and illustrated by Kip Alizadeh
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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social · Jul 3
👆Tap, lift, slide! We’re flipping through 9 of our favourite interactive books that little hands will love! 📖✨

Get ready for page-turning fun with this playful list of inclusive books for babies and toddlers 👶📚

📚 www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/collections/...
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 20d
⭐ Hooray! Four of our books in @ibc-reads.bsky.social Top 10 diverse books! ⭐

LET'S PLAY by @alexstrick.bsky.social
CLIVE IS A WAITER & ROSA RIDES HER SCOOTER by Jessica Spanyol
DOWN BY THE STATION illustrated by Annie Kubler & Sarah Dellow
#kidlitUK #kidlit #readingtogether #bookswithusallin
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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social · 29d
Struggling to find the perfect books to share with your little one? 📖✨

Designed especially for the youngest readers, this curated list makes it simple to build an inclusive library full of stories you’ll love reading together.

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/collections/...
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Child's Play USA @childsplayusa.bsky.social · Aug 8
⭐ All A Board! We have exciting news!

ROSA LOVES CARS picked by @cbcbooks.bsky.social for their
15 Best New Board Books list ⭐

📚 ALL ABOUT ROSA by Jessica Spanyol + free activities: childsplaybooks.myshopify.com/products/978... @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit #bestboardbooks #cbcsummerfunreading
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Tinkerbell @pomchipuppy.bsky.social · Sep 7
This morning I read “Rosa’s Big Bridge Experiment”by Jessica Spanyol. This was a very fun book to read and it was great reading about how creative these kids are🐾 1/2

#tinkerbellstorytime #tinkerbellthepomchi #dogsofbluesky #pomchi #tatertotsquad
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · 20d
Great to see THE CAN CARAVAN by Richard O'Neill, illustrated by @cindysykang.com here!
Thanks @ibc-reads.bsky.social for including us in your brilliant top 10! 🤗 #kidlitUK #kidlit
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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social · 28d
Looking for brilliant new stories your child will adore? 📖✨

Perfect for curious young readers, this carefully chosen list makes it easy to diversify your child’s library with inclusive tales and unforgettable characters.

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/collections/...
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 21d
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
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Shortlist visual asset shows book cover for Kende! Kende! Kende! Pastel bubble shapes frame the image. “Little Rebels Award” logo in bottom right corner with “shortlist” written underneath.
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 26d
Happy hours making up bundles of #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlist Bookmarks for UK primary schools distribution via a forthcoming YLG mailout🙏😌
#UKSchools
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK

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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 27d
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.

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@chrishaughton.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social @soofiya.bsky.social Phoebe (@theclpe.bsky.social)
Shows the four judges for the award, together holding the six shortlisted books, standing outside Housmans Bookshop. The window display of the award’s shortlisted books at Housmans Bookshop.
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 29d
📣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…
A screenshot from the little rebels award Instagram account showing a poster of the 6 shortlisted books and the header “Primary School Giveaway!”
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 29d
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
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Shows a ginger loaf cake still in its tin with cubes of stem ginger on top.
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · Sep 8
Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! is a story of love and learning, journey and joy!

Woven from three languages, celebrating multilingual speakers and the resilience of refugees.

Free downloadable resources: www.childs-play.com/products/978... #LittleRebelsAward Shortlist #ILD25
Book cover with Lolie and dad pushing her in a wheelbarrow both smiling with joy, sunny background of blue sky, greenery, tree and chickens.
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The School Library Association @sla.org.uk · Sep 3
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
Summer Round-Up: Updates, Awards & Research
Read our round-up of the awards, events and research projects that you might have missed this summer
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Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk · Sep 3
It's time for a cover reveal! Make that four!

Can't wait to wear these books! Oh yes!

New super-fun board book series MASK-A-RADE illustrated by Rae Minos out soon!

More via our bio #kidlit #kidlitUK
cover reveals of four new books to wear as masks, each fun, friendly and comical, one with a gree alien with wavy stringy arms, yellow background; orange and purple robot, blue background, lightning flash marks; monster with fangs and bats on purple background; orange and brown dinosaur with yellow claws and eyes on green background
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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · Sep 3
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
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