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It’s been eight months since we opened our internet doors and we really couldn’t have predicted just how much interest our representative and inclusive children’s bookshop would generate. Here’s a really quick run down of everywhere we’ve been seen in the media so far. In July 2018 the CLPE released a report that said only […]
‘Everybody In’ book box launched for World Book Day Everybody in book package available from www.littleboxofbooks.co.uk/product/everybody-in-4-7/ To mark World Book Day, children’s book subscription service Little Box of Books is launching their first ever ‘Everybody In’ box. A carefully curated box of brilliant stories from top publishers that features diversity in race, culture, socioeconomic background, […]
PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED UNTIL 6th MARCH 2019 World Book Day highlights lack of representation in children’s books. Research released in July revealed that only 1% of children’s books published in 2017 had a BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic) main character, yet 32% of UK schoolchildren are of BAME origin. As World Book Day approaches and […]
I hope the festivities were enjoyed if you celebrate at this time of year, or you had some quality time at work or with family if Christmas isn’t for you. New Year can be a mixed experience, I find resolutions help. Starting the year with the best of intentions feels good and on this our […]
I now read to my children every day and we visit the library together. We are absolutely delighted to bring you some words from our charity partner Doorstep Library…For every single box we sell, we donate one book to this amazing organisation who do so much for kids in some of the most disadvantaged parts […]
Morning and happy new week! We have had lots of questions about whether our boxes make good gifts for newborns and the answer is always a resounding YES. If your friend, relative, neighbour, work acquaintance has just had a baby, our boxes make brilliant and thoughtful presents, as a subscription or as a one-off gift box. […]
Hello hello, We’re getting a couple of new pages done for the site but in the meantime, while I am still learning how to make it look nice, I thought I’d let you all see what you’re getting in your boxes. In your first subscription box you will get… Two, three or four beautifully hand-wrapped […]
There’s much to say on the topic of gender in children’s books, I wanted to just briefly mention it here with the promise of returning to the issue via experts in the coming months. Suffice to say, I think given the prominence of gender in the media now, children’s publishing has an important opportunity to […]
As you all know we launched our subscription box service pretty quickly and unexpectedly with an interview on Sky News in the middle of our testing phase. This week, we’ve been running around making sure the website is working properly to give you the best user experience possible. In doing so we discovered a glitch […]
I’m so excited to be finally doing this and getting books out to you all. It’s brilliant to have children reading great stories, helping them to find the ones they love. We provide books that show the world in all its exciting diversity, finding characters who are flawed and interesting and multi-faceted. Getting more children […]