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📸JP with author whose name I didn’t catch (sorry!) & author Nate Lessore

📸JP with author Antoinette Brooks

For more happy poses and pony sightings, catch our reel 🎞️on Insta: instagram.com/letterbox_libr…

@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Image1: book cover of Paddock Grove: A Pony to Own- a mixed race girl leans against a dappled white/brown pony in a rural setting.

Photo of editor Non Pratt talking to author Catherine Johnson and Emily Drabble from Booktrust

Author JP Rose stood with author Nate Lessore and another (unnamed) author. Pony stable in background.

Author JP Rose pets a brown horse. Author/illustrator Antoinette Brooks stands next to her.

Book Launch: Paddock Grove

Just over a week ago we were surrounded by ponies 🐴at Ebony Horse Club, celebrating the launch of @jprosewriter.bsky.social’s galloping new MG series.

📸bevy of horsey fans: editor Non Pratt , author @catwrote.bsky.social @emilydrabs.bsky.social

#KidLitUK

#KidLitUK

BEYOND THE SECRET GARDEN PACK Primary Key Stage 1 & 2 (Ages 5-11) *25 Books* | Letterbox Library Inspired by the excellent resource book, Beyond the Secret Garden, co-authored by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor, this book pack offers a comprehensive exploration and contextual knowledge of ...

So @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social are offering a 'Beyond the Secret Garden' book pack. 1 BTSG book, 24 discounted children's books & some specially written discussion plans and a voucher for training with
@ksandsoconnor.bsky.social
and me! More here:
www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...

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“Representation has moved beyond the page; it is now about power, positioning and permanence.”

Natasha again:

“That is the provocation at the heart of this [Bookseller] issue. Not simply who gets published, but what happens next? Who gets to fail and be backed again? Who gets to grow? Who gets the benefit of the doubt?”

And, finally…

…the precision with which patterns are being named& the deepening call for change that will not settle for surface-level progress”

Quoting author/publisher Jasmine Richard ( @storymix.bsky.social ) “We are always the new voices. Give me established franchises. Give me a deep backlist &a long tail”

The cover of The Bookseller Black Issue dates 27/6/25. A photo of two members of staff from Jacaranda Books.

A screenshot of part of the comment piece by Natasha Onwuemezi.

1/4 Coming a little late to @thebookseller.com Black Issue (27/6/25) & taking long pauses over Natasha Onwuemezi’s opening Letter/Comment:

“The stories shared here are not new. What is new is the increasing clarity with which they are being told…

www.thebookseller.com/comment/comm...

🥳Congratulations to all the #TheDBAwards longlistees!

#KidLitUK

Time Tub Travellers and the Silk Thief by Claire Linney longlisted in the children’s category of the Diverse Bool Awards

I cannot tell you how much this means to have Time Tub Travellers long-listed in the Diverse Book Awards. As a self published author I’m excluded from entering most awards so this was just…amazing. And 10 of the other books long-listed for teens and kids I’ve read and loved.

A quote from award judge Chris Haughton superimposed on pastel bubble shapes. Full text reads: “A good book has the power to counter mainstream assumptions. To me that is what publishing should really be all about, to challenge the narrative and get us thinking and questioning. The Little Rebels Award highlights the books that do this. Books that challenge the status quo and amplify marginalised voices.”

“Books that challenge the status quo and amplify marginalised voices”

Love this from our Judge Chris Haughton ⏬
@chrishaughton.bsky.social

#KidLitUK #radicalpublishing #LittleRebelsAward

“An ambitious 3-year European project that’s exploring if children’s books can help young readers understand their rights&express their opinions”

Just been reading about the incredible Seen & Heard Project in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social
@nicky117.bsky.social
➡️
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/seen...

… from @theclpe.bsky.social
@alomshaha.bsky.social
Meryl Shepherd
Elaine Smith
Carey Tighe

2/3 SO THANK U❤️Richard Zoey Edyta Ballantyne @darrenchetty.bsky.social
Sylvia Chew
Ann Marie Christian
Beth Cox
June Eaton
Eileen Gornall
Jayne Grant
Hannah Hawthorn
Mark Jennett
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
Rosalind Millam
@deborahprice.bsky.social
Farrah Serroukh from…

1/3 And then @rcharlesworth.bsky.social & @zoeydixon.bsky.social joined our ⭐️Letterbox Library Review Team!⭐️

If you didn’t already know, our volunteer reviewers are our absolute backbone. We couldn’t do our famous 😊selection work without their expertise & generosity.

MEET THE DREAM TEAM ⬇️⬇️⬇️

LITTLE REBELS AWARD SHORTLIST PACK Primary Key Stage 1 & 2 (Ages 5-11) *6 Books* | Letterbox Library Selected by Letterbox Library The Little Rebels Award recognises children's fiction (for readers aged 0-12) which promotes social justice or social equality, challenges stereotypes or is informed by a...

🤩Social Justice Books for School🤩

Every year, award organisers @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social puts together a Little Rebels Award Book Pack with:
🖤The shortlisted books/discounted
🤍Reading guides
❤️Poster
💚Stickers
🖤Bookmarks

www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...

#KidLitUK

Dear followers of ours… you will definitely want to follow the #LittleRebelsAward folk too⬇️.

We run this award for radical children’s fiction, alongside @housmansbookshop.bsky.social & on behalf of the Alloance of Radical Booksellers.

See you all there! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Wonderful to see you here!

The #LittleRebelsAward is an award for UK radical children’s fiction, run by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers.

And we’ve just announced our:
2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist!

Little Story Feast set for British Library debut Organised by Story Feast, Little Story Feast will run in September, 'bringing together East and South East Asian authors and illustrators for carefully-curated interactive storytelling and themed work...

21st September: Story Feast extends to Little Story Feast! In partnership with @britishlibrary.bsky.social , inaugural children’s lit. fest.

Brings together ESEA creatives “for a full day of carefully-curated interactive storytelling&themed workshops”

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

Green Libraries Week returns for the third time This year's theme is 'Seeds of Change - Make a Difference with Your Library'

“As trusted sources of information, an expert library workforce plays a key role in helping people navigate the climate crisis.”

27th Oct-2nd Movement:
Green Libraries Week
Back for its 3rd year!
@cilip.bsky.social

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

Oh this is cool. Resources matched up to the @sla.org.uk ‘s #InformationBookAward shortlist, including:

🤓Summary of text
🤓Discussion ideas
🤓Activities
🤓Short bios of the creators
#KidLit #KidLitUK
⬇️

www.sla.org.uk/common/Uploa...

… explore time travelling via Patience Agabi, tech hazards & scientific ethics via @malorieblackman.bsky.social & @heychante.bsky.social , Zanib Mian’s friendly aliens- & surgical augmentations from Kenechi Udogu
🔭🔬⚗️🧬🧪🥼🧫🕵🏿‍♀️
#KidsLit #KidsLitUK

MORNING COFFE ALERT☕️🥐

“Darren Chetty & Karen Sands-O’Connor seek out universal access in science-fiction writing for children”

It’s the latest Beyond the Secret Garden column: @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social

booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...

As always, schools can buy the 2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist from us at a (20% off) book bundle here- www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...
#LittleRebelsAward
@littlerebsprize.bsky.social

You can also see a roll call of award titles here: www.letterboxlibrary.com/little-rebel...
#KidLitUK

“A timeless allegory for conflict, diaspora & resistance which also resonates thunderously in this moment in history”.

Thank you @booksforkeeps.bsky.social for the chance to review @katerafiq.bsky.social The Street in the latest issue.
#KidLitUK

“A timeless allegory for conflict, diaspora & resistance which also resonates thunderously in this moment in history”.

Thank you @booksforkeeps.bsky.social for the chance to review @katerafiq.bsky.social The Street in the latest issue.
#KidLitUK

As always, schools can buy the 2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist from us at a (20% off) book bundle here- www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...
#LittleRebelsAward
@littlerebsprize.bsky.social

You can also see a roll call of award titles here: www.letterboxlibrary.com/little-rebel...
#KidLitUK

A screenshot of the little rebels award account as it appears on bluesky

☀️☀️☀️And now let us share the fabulous news that The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction has joined us in these bluer skies…
( @housmansbookshop.bsky.social )

👉GO FOLLOW!
bsky.app/profile/litt...

1/2 We’re delighted to share with you the 2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist.

A superb lineup of children’s books which comment on urgent social justice issue from the past-& in the present.

We 💜running this award with @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers

A graphic showing the covers of the six books on the shortlist for the Little Rebels Award 2025

The shortlist for the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward has been announced, one of our favourite awards. Congratulations to all the interrupters on this year's list! Winner announced in October @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social #BookSky #KidLitUK

booksforkeeps.co.uk/debut-author...