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Rahana 🍄🌻✨✨✨
@rahanabanana.bsky.social
Illustrator | music enthusiast | She/her | London | 🇬🇧🇱🇨🇯🇲

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⭐"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
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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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
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I would love to illustrate some book covers at some point
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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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
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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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
September 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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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
September 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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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
August 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
New illustration 🥡 🥟 🥢❤️🖤💛
July 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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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
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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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
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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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
May 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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🍻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
May 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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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
Congratulations to the authors and illustrators on the longlist for this year's Little Rebels Award!

A prize celebrating radical fiction for children, which we're proud to help coordinate with @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social

Browse the list: uk.bookshop.org/lists/little...

#LittleRebelsAward
May 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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⭐ 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
📣We’re so proud to run the #LittleRebelsAward for Radical Children’s Fiction alongside @housmansbookshop.bsky.social

And we’ve just announced the ⭐️2025 Longlist⭐️

13 books for readers aged 0-12 which centre social justice with empathy, urgency and-very often-joy!
🩵🩷🧡

#LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025
May 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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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 💙📚

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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...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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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
March 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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"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
February 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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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
February 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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⭐ 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
February 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Welcome to 2025 Author sponsor @rahanabanana.bsky.social ! Kende! Kende! Kende! is a multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey, inspired by the families throughout Central Africa who are forced to leave their homes.

readyourworld.org/2025-author-...

#ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit
January 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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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
January 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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"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
January 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Affirmation: Money flows to me frequently and easily ✨
January 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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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
January 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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?
January 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM