Children’s Literature News March 2026
Children’s book news for March 2026: Carnegies shortlists, London Book Fair inclusion work, new school library awards, big festival changes, plus prize winners and World Book Day reading events.
Jacob Mitchell author page
Jacob Mitchell biography
Jacob Mitchell is a teacher and rapper who writes children’s fiction under the name MC Grammar. In 2019, he reached a wide audience after a video of him rapping the picture book The Gruffalo went viral online.
Mitchell’s middle-grade fiction series The Adventures of Rap Kid was acquired for publication by Gallery Kids (an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s UK). The first book in the series, The Adventures of Rap Kid, was published in 2025.
On March 3, 2026, Guinness World Records reported that MC Grammar broke the record for the largest rap lesson.
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