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'''Libby Rees''' (born 28 November 1995, Ringwood, Hampshire) is an English author. Rees wrote the book ''Help Hope and Happiness'' when she was 9 years old. The book is a self-help guide on how to cope with a parents' break up. The first edition of the book was published in 2005. Her second book, also 60 pages, was ''At Sixes and Sevens'', about progressing from primary school to secondary school. Rees received media coverage including appearing on Richard & Judy and Good Morning America. She received three awards in 2006 for her writing and campaigning; as youth ambassador for Save the Children she was presented a special award by The Princess Royal for inspiring dramatic change in the lives of children. Rees sits on the Youth Board of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, making sure that children have a voice when it comes to representation in the courts.
== Life == Libby Rees wrote the book ''Help Hope and Happiness'' ({{ISBN|1-905517-02-5}}) when she was 9 years old. The book is a self-help guide on how to cope with a parents' break up. The first edition of the book was published in December 2005 by Aultbea books, who signed a three-book deal with Rees.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Sam |date=13 December 2005 |title=Girl, 10, wins book deal with guide on how to survive parents' divorce |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/13/books.booksnews |access-date=3 October 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
Her second book, also 60 pages, was ''At Sixes and Sevens'', about progressing from primary school to secondary school.<ref name="BE">{{cite news |last1=Crawshaw |first1=Georgina |date=16 February 2008 |title=Libby's laws |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2045747.libbys-laws |access-date=3 October 2020 |work=Bournemouth Echo}}</ref><ref name="Tel">{{cite news |last1=Craig |first1=Olga |date=30 December 2007 |title=The self-help guru, aged 12 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1574008/The-self-help-guru-aged-12.html |access-date=3 October 2020 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
Rees received media coverage including appearing on Richard & Judy and Good Morning America.<ref name="BE" /> She appeared on CBBC's newsroom special, ''The Worst Thing Ever'', about divorce.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-05-06 |title=Hot Seat: Libby Rees |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7090000/newsid_7094900/7094938.stm |access-date=2025-04-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref> She received three awards in 2006 for her writing and campaigning; as youth ambassador for Save the Children she was presented a special award by The Princess Royal for inspiring dramatic change in the lives of children.<ref name="BE" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-12-28 |title=Girl, 12, publishes second book |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/7163305.stm |access-date=2025-04-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Rees also sits on the Youth Board of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, making sure that children have a voice when it comes to representation in the courts.<ref name="BE" />
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== External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4522936.stm BBC News article]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Libby}} Category:English self-help writers Category:English children's writers Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:English people of Welsh descent Category:British child writers Category:People from Ringwood, Hampshire