The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award is a prize for “radical fiction aimed at children aged 0-12,” and Syrian children’s-book author and illustrator Nadine Kaadan made this year’s seven-book shortlist with her self-translated picture book Tomorrow, published by Lantana.
As Little Rebels organizers write of Tomorrow:
Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD and Yazan’s little red bike leans forgotten against the wall. Will he ever be able to go outside and play? A beautiful picture-book full of heart, and not without hope, set against the backdrop of the Syrian war.
The year’s winner will be announced at a special ceremony on July 10.
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