{"id":1497,"date":"2015-05-14T20:18:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T19:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2015-05-14T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T19:18:09","slug":"gill-lewis-wins-the-2015-little-rebels-book-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/gill-lewis-wins-the-2015-little-rebels-book-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Gill Lewis Wins the 2015 Little Rebels Book Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/images\/bookcovers\/scarlet-ibis.jpg\" alt=\"Scarlety Ibis, by Gill Lewis (OUP, 2014) - winner of the Little Rebels Book Award 2015\" width=\"281\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gill Lewis has won this year&#8217;s Little Rebels Book Award for her book <em>Scarlet Ibis <\/em>(OUP, 2014). The announcement was made at the London Radical Bookfair last week-end and judge Kim Reynolds said,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_open_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/>All the judges agreed that\u00a0<strong>Scarlet Ibis<\/strong>\u00a0stands out as a book that not only fulfils the criteria for the award but is also excellently crafted. Birds, especially the scarlet ibis, weave the book\u2019s multiple storylines together and provide a moving backdrop for a story that celebrates the often overlooked courage, loyalty and competence of children. As Gill Lewis acknowledges, some children are already changing their worlds.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_close_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\nAlthough she was not able to be present in person, an &#8216;utterly delighted&#8217; Gill Lewis accepted the award in true Little Rebel style from her tree-house (where you&#8217;ll also find her if you visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilllewis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>). She said that the award reminded her to:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_open_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/>keep on being a little rebel. Because being a rebel isn\u2019t just about challenging the big things\u2026it\u2019s also about challenging everyday things; it\u2019s about not letting prejudice sneak in\u2026[because] it comes in in celebrity jokes or it rides on the back of politicians tapping into our fears.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_close_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\nRead more about the award ceremony on the Little Rebels Children&#8217;s Book Award blog <a href=\"https:\/\/littlerebelsaward.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/12\/go-out-and-have-a-rebellious-day-gill-lewis-wins-the-little-rebels-book-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and about <em>Scarlet Ibis <\/em> as well as the other books on the shortlist with comments from the judges <a href=\"https:\/\/littlerebelsaward.wordpress.com\/the-2015-shortlist\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read about how Gill came to write the book <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oxfordchildrens.co.uk\/tag\/gill-lewis\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/images\/news\/2015_little_rebels_award_shortlist.jpg\" alt=\"Little Rebels Book Award 2015 - Shortlist\" width=\"550\" height=\"710\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/images\/bookcovers\/scarlet-ibis.jpg\" alt=\"Scarlety Ibis, by Gill Lewis (OUP, 2014) - winner of the Little Rebels Book Award 2015\" width=\"281\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gill Lewis has won this year&#8217;s Little Rebels Book Award for her book <em>Scarlet Ibis <\/em>(OUP, 2014). The announcement was made at the London Radical  \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/gill-lewis-wins-the-2015-little-rebels-book-award\/\">Continue reading &#8230;<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,12,14],"tags":[329,771,326,756,755],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gill Lewis Wins the 2015 Little Rebels Book Award ~<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/gill-lewis-wins-the-2015-little-rebels-book-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gill Lewis Wins the 2015 Little Rebels Book Award ~\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gill Lewis has won this year&#8217;s Little Rebels Book Award for her book Scarlet Ibis (OUP, 2014). 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