Tidy little book pack order just landed from a nursery group.
#KidLitUK

A lovely blog for @theclpe.bsky.social by @harrywoodgate.bsky.social re: The Butterfly House with its emphasis on community, compassion and wellbeing- which all also sing out of Grandad’s Pride , shortlisted for #littlerebelsaward in 2024.
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@jakehope.bsky.social
@scallywagpress.bsky.social

TAKING THE LONG WAY HOME | Letterbox Library by Jake Hopeillustrated by Brian Fitzgerald “Anything can happen on the long way home” Daddy always does school pick ups and he is the absolute king of shortcuts. Still, Zarah thinks no shortcut is sh...

“The journey home from school, across rural landscapes, to a village, is transformed in to a super sprint thanks to an effervescent uncle and an abundance of imagination.”

Recent review celebrating the best of uncles!

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#KidLitUK
#BookSky

Your regular reminder:we’re famed for our stringent, darn fussy, book review process.

We don’t ‘just’ sell inclusive children’s books.

We sell THE VERY BEST inclusive children’s books.

See our insta for our recent reels & pinned posts where you can also meet our review team!
#KidLitUK
#BookSky

Empathy Schools Next training coming up in June Find out more Express your interest Register for training Talk to us first Our impact Where reading builds connection Children and young people learn best when they …

If you’d like to be inspired to embed empathy across your curriculum & school culture – & understand how you can do this through every day reading practice, we have online training coming up in June. Find out more: empathylab.uk/empathy-scho...

📣Hey fans of #LittleRebelsAward

The award may not be running in 2026 BUT the organisers are running a fab #LittleRebelsAwardHighlights2026 series ⬇️

Follow them at @littlerebsprize.bsky.social

#KidLitUK

📣Hey fans of #LittleRebelsAward

The award may not be running in 2026 BUT the organisers are running a fab #LittleRebelsAwardHighlights2026 series ⬇️

Follow them at @littlerebsprize.bsky.social

#KidLitUK

Everything you need to know about @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social

➡️ bookshop.org/info/about-us

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Letterbox Library Bookshop UK Since 1983, Letterbox Library has been a leading children's bookseller and education supplier, bringing teachers, librarians and parents the best in inclusive children's books. By “inclusive”, we mean...

Your reminder that you can find highlights from the superb Beyond the Secret Garden columns on our @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social shop front.
@booksforkeeps.bsky.social
@darrenchetty.bsky.social
@booksforkeeps.bsky.social
#notforprofit #coop #workerscoop
#KidLitUK uk.bookshop.org/shop/letterb...

Fostering a love of reading and curiosity is at the heart of education. Reading diverse books develops critical thinking, belonging, and a passion for learning.

Censoring school library books is unacceptable.

An urgent motion to fight censorship and defend librarians was passed at #NEU2026.

Because we need to keep a steely eye on what is happening there…to understand what is happening here…
#KidLitUK
@indexoncensorship.org

Book Industry Coalition Opposes Federal Book Banning Effort More than 130 publishers, booksellers, librarians, and literary groups have signed a letter in opposition to HR 7661, a bill that would cut federal funding for K–12 classrooms and school libraries all...

“HR 7661, if passed, will compel nationwide book censorship. It confuses obscenity with identity& stigmatizes vulnerable young people, particularly trans children&teens, based on who they are” Coalition sign statement opposing House Resolution 7661.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

We’re thrilled to reveal this year’s CLiPPA shortlist! 🌟

Featuring works by Sean Taylor, Traci N. Todd, Sam Gayton, Simon Mole & John Agard, it's a true celebration of poetry’s power and joy!

Sign up to the Shadowing Scheme: https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/1RW5-1LFF/clippa26

Michael Rosen wins Hans Christian Andersen award The former children’s laureate missed the announcement of the award in Bologna due to post-Brexit passport rule changes

Just making sure Bluesky #BookSky #KidLitUK is all-a-buzzing with the news that “our” @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social has been awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for writing.
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
@ibbyuk.bsky.social

(All in spite of #PassportWoes)

The #JhalakPrize shortlists are out!

And the Children’s/YA Category looks, as ever,
💜superior💜

@profsunnysingh.bsky.social
#KidLitUK

📣Teachers!
20th April.
Another generous course offering from @theclpe.bsky.social
#KidLitUK

Is children’s fiction in danger of becoming a fast food diet..?

“Books become merely a product for consumption, a written-to-order consumable.A paint-by-numbers literary commodity…They shouldn’t just please us. That leads to not being able to handle disagreements, different world views..”
#KidLitUK

In Conversation: Mia Wenjen and Jolene Gutiérrez Mia Wenjen and Jolene Gutiérrez both grapple with the cruelty of internment and family separation in their new picture books 'Barbed Wire Between Us' and 'Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an...

“We were prisoners of our own country, though we were not guilty of any crime, just our ancestry”(Minoru Tonai)

Bringing ‘difficult’topics to picture books-something close to our #littlerebelsaward hearts.
Mia Wenjen& @writerjolene.bsky.social ..

#KidLitUK

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

The Little Rebels Award 2020 Shortlist YouTube video by Little Rebels Award

1/3 FROM THE B WORD…to EXTINCTION REBELLION!

😷We brought out our 1st #LittleRebelsAward video during the 2020 lockdown

🤓Watch our judges introducing that year’s 7-strong shortlist!

⭐️JUDGES:
@darrenchetty.bsky.social
Shaun Dellenty
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social

#KidLitUK
youtu.be/5WttycAT0Hg?...

@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

“I love that my kids have aunts&uncles that they could go to & talk about things that they might not talk to me about.They can be there for them in a different way”

Just as we posted on Insta re: our aunties/uncles-in-pic-books love,Tọlá Okogwu describes centring them in her new MG books.
#KidLitUK

Yes! The @ibbyuk.bsky.social list is out!

11 books which “show a wide range of disabilities and backgrounds and provide authentic, respectful representations and reflect the growing numbers of ‘own voice’ and ‘lived experience’ books.”
#KidLitUK

Cover graphic for instagram carousel. Teal background with orange/pink wavy swirls in corners.. Against this in an inside book picture from Eli's Uncles, illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh. This shows a man with brown skin in a chef's hat, wearing an orange chef jacket. He has a long moustache pointing upwards and a very long white beard which swirls around. In his right arm, he holds a small brown-skinned sleeping child who wears a black and white horizontal striped top with an orange neckerchief and black trousers. Above the image, it reads, "Aunties & Uncles".

Hey #KidLitUK folks! We think aunties, uncles, piblings are way too scarce in children’s picture books. Head on over to our Insta grid (cover image below) to see some of the people fixing that!

Queer author from Essex devastated after school removes book The author says her book was an aid to open up the conversation around gender, sexuality and identity.

I wrote Queerly Autistic as the book I desperately wish I'd had as a young queer autistic person.

I know what it was like trying to figure myself out without access to this sort of information, and how vulnerable that made me.

Knowledge is empowerment - and safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“If disabled young people don’t see writing like this, how can they believe that they too have a right to express themselves?” Rebecca Butler, in the latest @booksforkeeps.bsky.social , discusses the under-representation of disabled children in #KidLitUK

booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ampl...

Great work, #KidLitUK publishers 👏👏👏

🥳🥳🥳 Newcomer Shortlist!

💜 @storymix.bsky.social We are so excited about your move in to publishing. And were thrilled with your first publication The Other Father Christmas 🎅🏿

CONGRATULATIONS for your arrival on this shortlist.

📣 NEU disabled members’ conference
📅 22–24 May
📍 Eastside Rooms, Birmingham

The conference will have inspiring speakers, interactive workshops, and opportunities to connect – all aimed at strengthening our power to organise for real change in our workplaces and communities.

Book Bans – A Guide for Community Response and Action | GLAAD (Original version published 6/6/23, has been updated.) The current story of book bans is interwoven with the story of skyrocketing censorship attempts and proposals to target LGBTQ people and especial...

For a toolkit on pushing back against censorship, check out this ⬇️from @glaad.bsky.social

N.American but full of useful transferrable tips!
( @indexoncensorship.org )

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