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We are thrilled to share that DESTINY INK: SLEEPOVER SURPRISE 🔦 Written & illustrated by Adeola Sokunbi is the WINNER of the #IBCawards2025’s Highly Illustrated Children’s Fiction category! Huge congratulations Adeola! ✨

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✨🏙️ The #IBCawards2025 was a night to remember! Thank you to everyone who joined us, both in person and virtually, for an extraordinary celebration of inclusive children’s books. Missed the party? 🎉 Stream the IBC Awards ceremony on YouTube ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Rw...

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Here are some brilliant books for your children’s #libraries - and it’s worth adding all of the shortlisted titles too. It was hugely uplifting to be at #IBCawards2025 this evening, celebrating representation in children’s books. Powerful words from the host, founder, judges and winners! ❤️

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Huge congratulations to the winners! 👏

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Last night’s #ibcawards2025 was an important, passionate celebration of children’s books that reflect our richly diverse society. Well done to the winners: Mel Nyoko & Joelle Avelino; Blessing Musariri & Maisie Paradise Shearring; and Adeola Sokunbi! @ibc-reads.bsky.social @booktrust.org.uk

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@adeolasokunbi.bsky.social Ahhhhhh!!!! <3

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Presenting the #IBCawards2025 WINNERS! ✨📚 🏆 Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mel Nyoko & Joelle Avelino | Barefoot Books 🏆 Two People Can | Blessing Musariri & Maisie Paradise Shearring | Kumusha Books, Harper Collins 🏆 Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise | Adeola Sokunbi | Nosy Crow

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🏆 The #IBCawards2025 Highly Illustrated Children’s Fiction WINNER is… Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise 🔦 Written and illustrated by Adeola Sokunbi | Published by Nosy Crow Congratulations! 🌟

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🏆 The #IBCawards2025 Picture Books WINNER is… Two People Can 🌼 Written by Blessing Musariri | Illustrated by Maisie Paradise Shearring | Published by Kumusha Books @HarperCollinsCh Congratulations! 🌟

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🏆 The #IBCawards2025 Baby and Toddler WINNER is… Democratic Republic of the Congo 🌍 Written by Mel Nyoko | Illustrated by Joelle Avelino | Published by Barefoot Books Congratulations! 🌟

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Watch the #IBCawards2025 LIVE from the Gherkin ▶️🧡 inclusivebooksforchildren.org/awards-2025#watch-the-ibc-awards-2025-live

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T-minus 15 minutes until the #IBCawards2025 ceremony begins! Tune in LIVE: inclusivebooksforchildren.org/awards-2025#watch-the-ibc-awards-2025-live

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Join us for the #IBCawards2025, streaming LIVE from the Gherkin in just 48 hours! ✨🏙️ Hit the link to join the celebration and toast to the UK’s best inclusive children’s books from 2024! ▶️ inclusivebooksforchildren.org/awards-2025#watch-the-ibc-awards-2025-live The countdown starts now... 🏆

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Roarrr! 📚🦖 ROSA LOVES DINOSAURS by Jessica Spanyol is in @ibc-reads.bsky.social's brilliant all-new TOP 10 DIVERSE BOOKS FOR A DIVERSE BOOKSHELF for babies and toddlers! "Rosa's enthusiasm is infectious" www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/products/ros... #kidlit #kidlitUK #Rosabooks

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Start the year with stories your kids will love! 📚❄️ These must-read children’s books for January make bedtime, storytime, and quiet time even more special. 💛✨ Check out the full list to read our reviews of these books and find a new favourite! 🔗 www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/collections/...

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Happy Chinese New Year 🐍🧧 📚 These beautifully told books are perfect for teaching kids about the magic of the festival and Chinese culture! www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/collections/...

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Discover the #IBCawards2025 Baby and Toddler shortlist with our expert reviews! 📚✨ These wonderful stories for ages 1-3 are perfect for nurturing a love of reading from the very start! 🔗 Tap the link for the reviews and links to shop! www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/collections/...

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Head over to our instagram to #WIN our shortlist and add these 15 incredible titles to your child's library! 📚 www.instagram.com/p/DFNZph5q3T0/

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Another #NewIllustrationoftheDay from the Inclusive Books for Children shortlist. By Anna Wilson from Until You Find the Sun, a story by Maryam Hassan about a child displaced from a warm country, who finds a new way to belong. The image of the crowd conveys cold but sun glimpsed ahead. Hodder 2024.

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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Maisie Paradise Shearing, from another title just shortlisted for the Inclusive Books for Children Award. Blessing Musariri’s lyrical Two People Can is about a boy disturbed by the departure of his dad. The gentle image helps to tame the trauma. Kumusha Books 2024.

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Yesterday Inclusive Books for Children announced the 2025 shortlist for the IBC awards. #NewIllustrationoftheDay is by Ruth Hearson from the shortlisted Zeki Eats Out, in a series of books about Zeki by Anna McQuinn. A happy family scene drawn with warmth, rich colour & precision. From Alanna Max.

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