Professor Karen Sands-O’Connor
Always thinking about ways to bring literature representing ALL children’s lives to readers, educators, and researchers.
- Black Poets/BtSG column in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Inspired by a new poetry collection @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social look back at previous anthology iterations&publication challenges faced-incl. the diminishing of dialect: #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...
- Congratulations to Ken Wilson-Max on last night's very enjoyable (and tuneful!) launch of The Big Green @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social Find out more about the books and Ken's approach in our interview booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/an-i...
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- 2026 is the National Year of Reading and here is the first in my ONE MINUTE INTERVIEW series to introduce books through their creators, and give a flavour for each book and its interesting creation process! This week you’ll meet incomparable author and illustrator @louiestowell.bsky.social ❤️
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- Get on over to our Insta account to see a little reel on just some of our lgbtq+ children’s books highlights over the last year- based on our contribution to @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year. #KidLitUK
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- New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva! This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
- From the Washington Post: All library grants reinstated at Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read more about the great news: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1... But the fight isn't over. We need to tell Congress to #FundLibraries: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag... #ForOurLibraries
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View full thread'Black History for Every Day of the Year' by David, Yinka, and Kemi Olusoga is the winner for the 13-16 judges AND childrens awards! #InformationBookAwards @sla.org.uk
- Overall judges winner: 'How the News Works', Children's choice was 'Amazing Asia' 🥳
- I went to a LOVELY talk about this so this is delightful to see!
- 'Black History for Every Day of the Year' by David, Yinka, and Kemi Olusoga is the winner for the 13-16 judges AND childrens awards! #InformationBookAwards @sla.org.uk
- While CILIP welcomes the Budget announcement of £5m for secondary school libraries. CEO Louis Coiffait-Gunn calls for “a long-term strategy to secure statutory status for school libraries, with ongoing funding for professional library staff in every school”. ow.ly/OOC150XyxWb
- Have you heard Sideways Sociology? Three audio essays on three landmark figures of UK anti-racism: Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Len Garrison and Gerlin Bean. Engage, learn, share! @blackhistorymonth.org.uk #blackhistory #antiracism @irrnews.bsky.social buff.ly/Wcn1lzK
- The most recent @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference centred on what histories children are traditionally told and how these can be resisted, expanded, interrupted. A superb lineup of speakers including: Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social @chrishaughton.bsky.social @gitaralleigh.bsky.social with … #KidLitUK
- … @candygourlay.bsky.social & @balirai.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social Sandra Agard with @catwrote.bsky.social & JT Williams. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social who sang us out with join-in choruses 🙂 Look out for the blog up and coming on the IBBY site.
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- Very excited to finally get my hands on #beyondthesecretarden - will be digging in this weekend
- 📚 What stories do we tell children about the past? 📚 From whose point of view are these stories told? 📚 Whose lives are considered important — and whose are forgotten? 📚 What are historical “facts,” and who gets to interpret them? We’ll explore these questions at our conference on November 8th!
- Congratulations to Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, who was named Campaigner for Health Equity Award at Women of the Year Awards 2025! www.womenoftheyear.co.uk/team/rageshr... 1/3
- 6th November. Former #LittleRebelsAward Champion, @amdassu.bsky.social , is sharing her latest book at a totally FREE event for schools. #KidLitUK
- Calling all teachers & librarians! The brilliant @amdassu.bsky.social is running a FREE virtual school event with Seven Stories on Thursday 6th November at 11am @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Reserve your space here 👇 sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...
- This is amazing! This class have already got a copy of Wild Journey, thanks to their teacher. Week made! Thank you @pynchonic.bsky.social!
- Great Line up! Tickets available: www.tickettailor.com/events/ibbyu... @ibbyuk.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @chrishaughton.bsky.social @gitaralleigh.bsky.social @balirai.bsky.social @candygourlay.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social
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- Reflecting Realities in Your Classroom: Use CLPE’s award-winning research to build a representative curriculum. Learn to choose inclusive books & create a positive, diverse curriculum. clpe.org.uk/training/webinars/r…
- ⭐️Comics &graphic novels starring racially minoritised characters. With each #BeyondTheSecretGarden column by @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social -we share the highlights at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social #KidLitUK uk.bookshop.org/lists/beyond...
