Rahana 🍄🌻✨✨✨

Book cover illustration of Lolie laughing and holding arms out while her father smiling pushes her in a wheelbarrow, background light blue sky, green tree, chickens, sandy coloured ground. Background behind book is a colourful map of Africa, including DRC.

⭐"A story of refugee and asylum stands out on several counts... full humanity...strength, dignity and warmth" #BfK275 p27

⭐Thank you Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social brilliant review of
KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social

Two great books to read together on #WorldChildrensDay

Water Songs by @nuance.bsky.social @samrudddesign.bsky.social
KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social
More via our bio #kidlit @pubspotlight.bsky.social

I would love to illustrate some book covers at some point

Shortlist visual asset shows book cover for Kende! Kende! Kende! Pastel bubble shapes frame the image. “Little Rebels Award” logo in bottom right corner with “shortlist” written underneath.

8. Overheard in our #LittleRebelsAward Judges’ Meeting🤫:

“There’s a really interesting interplay between the perspective&voice of the young child narrator,and the context unfolding around them in the illustrations.”
Judge Phoebe- @theclpe.bsky.social
Kende! Kende! Kende!
@rahanabanana.bsky.social

Shortlist visual asset shows book cover for Kende! Kende! Kende! Pastel bubble shapes frame the image. “Little Rebels Award” logo in bottom right corner with “shortlist” written underneath.

2. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫:

"Colourful fabric patterns are beautifully incorporated into the illustrations" Judge @chrishaughton.bsky.social on Kende! Kende! Kende!

Txt by Kirsten Cappy &Yaya Gentille; illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social
@childs-play.co.uk
#UKKidLit

Illustrations from the book, featuring Lolie and her family on their journey from central Africa to a new home and life, from sunshine to snow, walking to plane, and the joy of a new baby.

On #InternationalLiteracyDay let's read KENDE! KENDE! KENDE!

Woven from 3 languages, celebrates multilingual speakers & resilience of refugees.
Read & listen in 7 languages:
childsplaybooks.myshopify.com/products/978... Kirsten Cappy Yaya Gentille @rahanabanana.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

6. Kende! Kende! Kende! treats the story of a family fleeing conflict in Central Africa with honesty and respect.
@childs-play.co.uk
@rahanabanana.bsky.social

#SocialJusticeKidsBooks
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit

New illustration 🥡 🥟 🥢❤️🖤💛

Lots of illustrations and book cover of Kende! Kende! Kende!

This hopeful story follows a brave girl and her family’s journey as they immigrate from the DRC to North America. #WorldRefugeeDay

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah @rahanabanana.bsky.social

Follow thread for more ⬇️
#WorldRefugeeWeek #LittleRebelsAward

Illustration showing people pushing the truck, and another of a new baby born on 'four wheels'.

Joyful book cover of Kende! Kende! Kende! showing Lolie's dad pushing her in a wheelbarrow, with blue sky, greenery, chickens

Find out more about KENDE! KENDE! KENDE!

+ free audio read-alouds in Arabic English French Kinyarwanda Lingala Portuguese Swahili
QRs: www.childs-play.com/products/978... @imyourneighbor.bsky.social @rahanabanana.bsky.social

#WorldRefugeeWeek #WorldRefugeeDay #Bookswithusallin #LittleRebelsAward

Book cover illustration shows father and daughter laughing as he pushes her in wheelbarrow, chickens and tree also in the picture, scene set in DRC

Been all go in the best way this week! Look at this great news!

⭐ KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social made the #LittleRebelsAward 2025 longlist!

More via bio #littlerebelsaward @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social ⭐

🍻Congratulations to all of the creatives:
*Chibundu Onuzo
*Dominique Valente
*Kirsten Cappy & Yaya Gentille & @rahanabanana.bsky.social
*Trish Cooke & Sophie Bass
* @alastairc.com
* @alexstrick.bsky.social & @mrsteveantony.bsky.social
* Alex Sheppard

#LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025

Amazing news!
Congrats to Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, Rahana Dariah on KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! making the Little Rebels Award 2025 longlist!
@imyourneighbor.bsky.social @rahanabanana.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social #kidlit #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025

⭐ Super news to start the week!

Congrats to Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille and Rahana Dariah 🤩
on KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! making the #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025
@rahanabanana.bsky.social
@letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitUK

Kende! Kende! Kende! - I'm Your Neighbor Books Lolie’s childhood in the Democratic Republic of Congo is filled with laughter and curiosity. When fighting nears the village, Lolie helps load the wheelbarrow and her family flees as fast as her pregn...

Kende! Kende! Kende! (Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social) features a dual language story ( #English & #French) w/ some #Lingala text.

The story is also read in #African languages, e.g. #Swahili, #Portuguese, #Kinyarwanda, #Arabic

🗣💬 #kidlit 💙📚

t.ly/ba_t7

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social is an inspirational tale of joy and journey, perfect to #ReadAcrossAmerica together!

Exciting news! Kirsten is @pubspotlight.bsky.social’s special guest @kidlittv.bsky.social Wednesday! #PubSpotlightShowcase25 #kidlit

Kende! Kende! Kende! book cover of Lolie and father laughing as he pushes her in a wheelbarrow. Map of Central Africa in the background.

Young children see snow for the first time in their new home.

"Lolie and family have to leave their sunny homeland. The place they end up has snow!
This book is so welcoming and belongs in libraries and schools everywhere!"
Thank you @angelajrey.bsky.social 📚🤗

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social
More via bio #kidlit

Book cover with a map of Central Africa behind it

Little girl and mother in DRC at home happily playing with chickens. Little girl playing with father pushing her in a wheelbarrow.

Little girl and boy see snow for the first time

QR codes for book audio in English, French, Lingala, Kinyarwanda, Portuguese, Arabic, Swahili

Listen to KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! in 7 different languages! #internationalmotherlanguageday

Listen with your class, or read together at home, a magical experience!

More via bio & QR codes here
#blackhistorymonth #kidlit @pubspotlight.bsky.social @rahanabanana.bsky.social @imyourneighbor.bsky.social

⭐ Happy World Read Aloud Day ⭐

Here are 3 read-aloud favorites with lots of joining-in fun!

KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah @rahanabanana.bsky.social
More via our bio 📚

#WorldReadAloudDay #readaloud #picturebooks #readingtogether #kidlit

Love this book!😍📚💗🎉🌟 Love your illustrations, @rahanabanana.bsky.social!

#KirstenCappy #YayaGentille
@childsplaybooks.bsky.social @readyourworld.bsky.social

Thank you!! 🫶🏿🩷❤️💕

Welcome to 2025 Author sponsor @rahanabanana.bsky.social with @childsplaybooks.bsky.social ! Her illustrations are mainly a narrative of black and brown people, full of color and world building.

readyourworld.org/2025-author-...

#ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit

"Looking forward to sharing with my class. I imagine rich beautiful discussions around topics of migration, hope & resilience"

Diverseclassroombooks KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! review www.instagram.com/p/DE_2HYgtbw... #KirstenCappy #YayaGentille @rahanabanana.bsky.social
@pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit

Affirmation: Money flows to me frequently and easily ✨

I’m participating in the #newyearhopesart illustration challenge!
Let's start with HOPE.
(You can follow this challenge on instagram too @mempathie_illustration ).

#illustration #conceptualillustration #illustrations #illustrator #illustrationportfolio #illustrationchallenge #illustratedemotions

My friend is in Tobago and I went to go see what time it is over there and I realise that Trinidad and Tobago isn’t on the world clock thingy app. How weird is that?

Yup!! I enjoy cooking for people and they enjoy my cooking.

Animators are really magicians

Honestly!! Because how??!! The patience!

Here’s my illustration for Hope