Welcome to Christmas time with Little Box of Books. We all know it’s early and many of you don’t celebrate, but we want to make sure that if you want to, you can get your Christmas presents from us in plenty of time. Because we all know families who want and need these books. What’s…Read story

The stats are out and they’re better than last year. 4% of children’s books published in 2018 had a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic main character. This is a 3% increase from last year, but as 33% of our schoolchildren are of BAME origins, there’s still a long way to go. The stats are bad,…Read story

Little Box of Books in the media

A report today has revealed that children’s career ambitions are already limited by the age of seven. This is due to “ingrained stereotypes about social background, gender and race.” The BBC’s piece on the report explains that the most common influences on children are the occupations of people in their family and “the jobs they…Read story

  Only 4% of children’s books published in 2018 featured a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic person (BAME) as the main character, a new report, Reflecting Realities, by the CLPE has today revealed. This figure is in stark contrast to diversity within society, where nearly 20% of the UK population are BAME. Lack of representation While this figure…Read story

The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle, by David Litchfield, is our book of the week this week. We want every illustration for our walls, they add such detail and depth to this beautifully moving tale of friendship, they’re amazing! We look for stories that show male characters experiencing the full realm of…Read story