Here is the full list of eligible titles submitted for the 2017 Little Rebels Award. To qualify for consideration, all titles must fit with the award criteria and have been published in 2016 by an author or illustrator primarily resident in the UK.
The shortlist will be announced in April, and the award ceremony will take place at the London Radical Bookfair, this year at Goldsmith’s University on Saturday June 24th.
Our thanks to all the publishers who have submitted titles. The nominations are presented here in alphabetical order by publisher.
| Ada Twist, Scientist | Andrea Beatty (author), David Roberts (illustrator) | Abrams & Chronicle |
| The Bolds | Julian Clary | Andersen Press |
| Troll Stinks | Jeanne Willis (author), Tony Ross (illustrator) | Andersen Press |
| Lucinda Belinda Melinda McCool | Jeanne Willis (author), Tony Ross (illustrator) | Andersen Press |
| Tufty The Little Lost Duck Who Found Love | Michael Foreman | Andersen Press |
| Grey Island Red Boat | Ian Beck | Barrington Stoke |
| The Girl with No Nose | Georgia Byng | Barrington Stoke |
| The White Fox | Jackie Morris | Barrington Stoke |
| The Girl Who Saved Christmas | Matt Haig | Canongate |
| Feelings | Libby Walden (author), Richard Jones (illustrator) | Caterpillar Books |
| Black Powder | Ally Sherrick | Chicken House |
| Lifers | M.A.Griffin | Chicken House |
| The Secret of Nightingale Wood | Lucy Strange | Chicken House |
| The Girl of Ink and Stars | Kiran Milwood Hargrave | Chicken House |
| Yokki and the Parno Gry | Richard O’Neill (author), Katharine Quarmby (author), Marieke Nelissen (illustrator) | Child’s Play |
| Ossiri and the Bala Mengro | Richard O’Neill (author), Katharine Quarmby (author), Hannah Tolson (illustrator) | Child’s Play |
| That’s NOT How You Do It | Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar | Child’s Play |
| Baking with Dad | Aurora Cacciapuoti | Child’s Play |
| May Day Mouse | Seb Braun | Child’s Play |
| Clive and His Hats | Jessica Spanyol | Child’s Play |
| Clive and His Bags | Jessica Spanyol | Child’s Play |
| Clive and His Art | Jessica Spanyol | Child’s Play |
| Clive and His Babies | Jessica Spanyol | Child’s Play |
| Squishy McFluff The Invisible Cat | Pip Jones (author), Ella Okstaf (illustrator) | Faber & Faber |
| Perijee & Me | Ross Montgomery | Faber & Faber |
| The Goblin Princess | Jenny O’Connor, illustrated by Kate Willis-Crowley | Faber & Faber |
| Podkin One-Ear | Kieran Larwood, illustrated by David Wyatt | Faber & Faber |
| The Bean Machine | Adam Bestwick | Fourth Wall |
| The Boy Who Unplugged the Sea | Paul Brown (author), Chris Capstick (illustrator) | Fourth Wall |
| Three Little Superpigs | Claire Evans | Fourth Wall |
| Claude the Magnificent | Chris Capstick (author), Monika Filipina (illustrator) | Fourth Wall |
| The Mood Hoover | Paul Brown (author), Rowena Blyth (illustrator) | Fourth Wall |
| Nicholas and the Wild Ones | Niki Daly | Frances Lincoln |
| George Pearce and His Huge Massive Ears | Felix Massie | Frances Lincoln |
| Perfect | Nicola Davies | Graffeg |
| M In The Middle | Vicky Martin and Students of Limpsfield Grange School | Jessica Kingsley |
| The Bumble Bear | Nadia Shireen | Jonathan Cape |
| The Tigon and the Liger | Keilly Swift (author), Cosei Kawa (illustrator) | Lantana |
| The Messy Book | Maudie Powell-Tuck (author), Richard Smythe (illustrator) | Little Tiger Press |
| Bee | Patricia Hegarty (author), Britta Teckentrup (illustrator) | Little Tiger Press |
| The Detective Dog | Julia Donaldson (author), Sara Ogilvie (illustrator) | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight | Elli Woollard (author), Benji Davies (illustrator) | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| Little Monkey | Marta Altes | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth | Frank Cottrell Boyce | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| A Seven Letter Word | Kim Slater | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| The House on Hummingbird Island | Sam Angus | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| Tidy | Emily Gravett | Macmillan/Two Hoots |
| Little Red | Bethan Woolvin | Macmillan/Two Hoots |
| Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea | Morag Hood | Macmillan/Two Hoots |
| The Snowflake Mistake | Lou Treleaven (author), Maddie Frost (illustrator) | Maverick Books |
| Hilda and the Stone Forest | Luke Pearson | NoBrow/Flying Eye |
| Sweet Pizza | G.R.Gemin | Nosy Crow |
| The Many Worlds of Albie Bright | Christopher Edge | Nosy Crow |
| Little Bits of Sky | S.E. Durrant | Nosy Crow |
| The War Next Door | Phil Earle | Orion |
| Peter in Peril | Helen Bate | Otter-Barry |
| I Will Not Wear Pink | Joyce Dunbar/Polly Dunbar | Otter-Barry |
| Dreamer: Saving our Wild World | Brian Moses (author), Bee Willey (illustrator) | Otter-Barry |
| The Wolf Who Cried Boy | James O’Neill (author), Russell Ayto (illustrator) | Penguin |
| Izzy the Invisible | Louise Gray | Piccadilly Press |
| A Library of Lemons | Jo Cotterill | Piccadilly Press |
| Fairtytale Hairdresser and Beauty & the Beast | Abie Longstaff (author), Lauren Beard (illustrator) | Picture Corgi |
| This Is Not A Bedtime Story | Will Mabbitt (author), Fred Blunt (illustrator) | Puffin |
| Superchimp | Giles Paley-Phillips | QED Publishing |
| We Are Giants | Amber Lee Dodd | Quercus |
| Owl Bat Bat Owl | Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick | Walker |
| The Tree | Neal Layton | Walker |
| A Jar of Pickles and a Pinch of Justice | Chitra Soundar | Walker |
| Fenn Halflin and the Fearzero | Francesca Armour-Chelu | Walker |
| Willy and the Cloud | Anthony Browne | Walker |
| Isaac and his Amazing Asperger Superpowers! | Melanie Walsh | Walker |
| Leafy the Pet Leaf | Philip Ardagh (author), Elissa Elwick (illustrator) | Walker |
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