Join our illustrators for @ScholasticUK Book Club LIVE:

🗓️ 28 April — Oboh Moses (Freedom Braids)
🗓️ 30 April — Clara Dackenberg (The Playdate)

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Sensitivity Reading and the Stories We Tell Sensitivity reading has become an important part of conversations around inclusive publishing. At its simplest, it involves drawing on lived experience and cultural knowledge to help ensure that stori...

When a story draws on real histories and communities, the process matters just as much as the final book. Sensitivity reading helps bring lived experience into that process — deepening stories, not limiting them.

Read more on our blog 👇
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What does peace mean to you? 🌿

Peace and Me by Mickaël El Fathi explores big ideas through the lives of inspiring changemakers — and reminds us that even small actions matter. 💛

Coming soon to Aus/NZ ✨📚

Different lives. Different foods. Different dreams. 💛

I Am Brown is a joyful celebration of identity and belonging—because there’s no one way to be you ✨

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A museum visit, a grandmother’s stories, and the realisation that the most meaningful treasures are the ones we carry with us 💛

“This charming story… a meaningful read.” — Kirkus Reviews

My Momo-la is a Museum by Mamta Nainy & Violet Kim ✨

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Meet the Illustrator Interview: Oboh Moses on Freedom Braids and Black Representation In this interview, Oboh shares the creative process behind creating Freedom Braids, gives us a tour of his workspace, and reflects on his growth as an illustrator. Finally, Oboh leaves with us a poignant final message about what history and representation mean to Black creatives and Black children.

Go behind the scenes with Oboh Moses ✍🏾✨

The Freedom Braids illustrator (Carnegies 2026 shortlist 👀) shares the story behind one powerful scene—from first sketches to final artwork.

Read more on our blog 👇
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Branching Out: Family Units in Children’s Books - Publisher Spotlight This article was authored by Publisher Spotlight intern Sophie Morris. Family is one of the most important structures in a young child’s life, but family often looks different for every child. One way...

Branching Out: Family Units in Children's Books with titles from @cuentodeluz.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social and @lantanapub.bsky.social www.publisherspotlight.com/branching-ou...

So proud that Mama’s Special Wonton Soup by Wai Mei Wong & Xin Yue Zhu received an Honourable Mention in the Freeman Book Awards—celebrating books that deepen understanding of East & Southeast Asia 🌏✨

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Seeing the world differently… one step at a time 👟✨

In Step Into My Shoes by Alkista Halikia & Fotini Tikkou, Matou lets her imagination run wild—wondering who people are, where they’ve been, and what their lives might feel like.

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A joyful glimpse inside I Am Brown 🤎✨

By Ashok Banker & Sandhya Prabhat, this is a vibrant celebration of identity, imagination and belonging.

Coming soon to Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand 🇦🇺🇳🇿

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We’re so proud to be part of this year’s @readingagency #SummerReadingChallenge 💛📚

Featuring Melody Queen and Listening to the Quiet—two stories full of heart, music and feeling.

#ReadToTheBeat

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Indies GO ALL IN: March Booklist All About Women and Girls For this second booklist of our indies project for the National Year of Reading, we are delighted to collaborate again with our fellow indie publishers to share empowering stories about women and girl...

Our March Indie Booklist is here! 🌸📚

To celebrate International Women’s Day, this month’s theme is stories about women and girls, curated by a group of brilliant independent publishers.

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“...a joy to behold.” 💚

We’re so grateful to @KirkusReviews for their lovely words on The Language of Flowers—a story about grief, love and finding your own way to express both 🌸

Some plans start with paper, pens… and a very important mission 🌳

A moment from Ellie and the Marriage List 💛

Meet the Illustrator: Clara Dackenberg on the creative process behind The Playdate, shortlisted by the Carnegies 2026 In this interview, Clara Dackenberg, illustrator of the Carnegies-shortlisted The Playdate, gives us a glimpse into her creative process behind the scenes—creating characters, a favourite moment, her ...

From collage and watercolour to crafting characters that feel real, Clara Dackenberg takes us behind the scenes of illustrating The Playdate—a story where images carry their own narrative.🎨✨

Read more: www.lantanapublishing.com/post/clara-d...

Happy Mother’s Day! 💛

Here’s to all the mums and mother-figures who help children grow, dream and feel at home in the world.

Featuring A Card for My Mum by Bashabi Fraser and Maanvi Kapur.

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Wow! @lantanapub.bsky.social has TWO #picturebooks and @florisbooks.bsky.social has another the 8 titles shortlisted for the 2026 #CarnegieMedal for #Illustration! carnegies.co.uk/2026-shortli...

A brilliant few days at the London Book Fair 📚

Huge thank you to everyone we met, and especially to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and @inpressbooks.bsky.social for their support and for hosting us on the stand.

We’re heading home with exciting conversations and new projects in the works… 💛 #LBF

We’re heading to the London Book Fair 📚

Come find us at the Inpress stand (6G28) to talk inclusive children’s books, rights and new projects.

Or book a meeting with us: www.lantanapublishing.com/contact

Celebrating girls at the heart of the story. 💛

This #InternationalWomensDay , we’re sharing books that centre girls and women as dreamers, leaders, storytellers and changemakers.

Stories that remind young readers their voices matter. 📚✨

Big dreams, messy paint and a lot of teamwork 🌳

My Mummies Built a Treehouse by Gareth Peter and Izzy Evans is now in paperback!
A joyful story about imagination, building something together, and the support of two brilliant mummies. 📚✨

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Where did World Book Day actually come from?

From medieval legends to the Catalan tradition of books and roses, our latest blog explores the history behind the celebration. 🌹

Read it here:
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“What does this say here?”

In Letters in Charcoal, a girl’s relentless curiosity leads to a deal: help weigh rice, beans and corn in the village shop — and learn to read.

Literacy begins with questions. ✨📖

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#TranslationTuesday Featured on the 2026 #Empathy list THE PLAYDATE published by @lantanapub.bsky.social is translated by Nichola Smalley empathylab.uk/wp-content/u...

Big news 🌏

We’re partnering with Simon & Schuster Australia, who will represent Lantana’s inclusive children’s list in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand from 2026.

Our stories are heading to a new hemisphere 💛

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Behind the scenes with Yijing Li ✨

From sketchbook doodles to final print, Through the Forest traces a young boy’s journey through memory, loss and healing.

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February Indies Book list: Children's Books About Love This February, Lantana and fellow independent publishers celebrate the many colours of love with a collaborative Indies booklist for the National Year of Reading. From throwing a henna party with fami...

For the first booklist of our indies collaborative project for the National Year of Reading, we asked our fellow Indie publishers to share the stories they have published about love. 💓

Explore our booklist about different types of love here! 📚
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A closer look at the luminous details in The Brighter I Shine ✨🌿
In every birthday scene and whispered story of ancestors, you can see how identity grows brighter with each tale told. 💛

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New Snowball Stories - Publisher Spotlight Cumulative tales build the way a snowball does: they get bigger as each new point in the tale passes to add another layer to the whole. Items (and sometimes people) are collected as the story moves al...

Need a break from shoveling? We've got just the pile of #kidsbooks for you! From @florisbooks.bsky.social @geckopress.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social and @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social www.publisherspotlight.com/new-snowball...

Meet the Author: Shiko Nguru on Reading, Children’s Fiction, and The Intasimi Warriors Series Meet Shiko Nguru, author of the Intasimi Warriors series. Shiko shares with us her thoughts on the joy of reading, children’s fiction, and writing the Intasimi Warriors series.

Meet the Author: Shiko Nguru on Reading, Children’s Fiction, and The Intasimi Warriors Series from @lantanapub.bsky.social www.lantanapublishing.com/post/meet-th...