Category: 2024 Award

  • THE LIZZIE AND BELLE MYSTERIES: PORTRAITS AND POISON by JT Williams is the 2024 Little Rebels Award winner

    The winner of the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction 2024 was revealed at a special ceremony on October 16th as: LIZZIE & BELLE: PORTRAITS AND POISON, by J.T. Williams, with illustrations by Simone Douglas, published by Farshore. Portraits and Poison is the second instalment in Williams’ Lizzie & Belle middle grade detective series,…

  • The Little Rebels Award 2024 Shortlist

    On behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, we are delighted to announce the 2024 Little Rebels Award shortlist. Together, these eight titles speak to a generation of young activists and critical thinkers, exploring social justice issues from the politics of Pride to the politics of statues; from Black history to perceptions of disability; and…

  • The 2024 Little Rebels Award Longlist

    On behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, we are delighted to reveal the seventeen books longlisted for the 2024 award. A CHILD LIKE YOU Text by Na’ima B. Robert; illustrations by Nadine Kaadan (Otter Barry) Four children witness seemingly insurmountable challenges: the climate emergency; the flight of refugees; a lack in cultural representation; corporate…

  • Submissions for the 2024 Little Rebels Award are now open

    Submissions are now open for the 12th Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction! Publishers are invited to submit relevant books first published in 2023. Full submission guidelines can be found at here. The closing date for nominations is March 1st 2024. The shortlist will be announced in July with the winning announcement in October.…