Children’s Books That Humanise Asylum Seekers The New British Policy on ‘Relocating’ Asylum Seekers to Rwanda…. We are all now aware of the UK government’s plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. The plans are intended to tackle the small boats carrying single men arriving across the channel. The asylum seekers will be ‘relocated’…Read story
Disability in Children’s Books My Story Growing up, I was an absolute bookworm. My Dad told me that if I was reading, I could stay up as long as I wanted to: I took this literally. And so, I became a bookish night owl. However, as someone with cerebral palsy, I remember being totally desperate…Read story
Millie has reviewed this wonderful book for our 8-11 readers! It is book about how fun family can be. Theodora was a baby, abandoned in a perilous graveyard, who was rescued by Georgie. A zombie. A weird start to this book, and it only gets weirder as you continue – and it’s wonderful! This is…Read story
This book is perfect for children aged from 7-11. It is a story about an autistic young boy and his determination to keep a skunk as a pet. Toria has reviewed this beautiful story, A Boy Called Bat. The illustrations add to the story and help the reader to understand and envision the characters. The…Read story
March’s 8-11 Book Box What is in March’s 8-11 Book Box? March has been a busy month. On World Book Day, we launched our programme with Chelsea Foundation. For International Women’s Day, we celebrated diverse female characters in children’s books. Check out our reviews of the books included in March’s 8-11 Book Box. Sleepover Take-over…Read story
Renowned children’s author, Megan Rix (The Lost War Dog, Florence and the Mischievous Kitten), has written a brilliant book in her Lizzie & Lucky series. Today we are reviewing Lizzie & Lucky: the Mystery of the Stolen Treasure. This book features a Deaf protagonist, Lizzie, who uses sign language at home with her Deaf…Read story
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant is an adventure story set in Sri Lanka. We think it is important for children to read books set in various locations – so that they can be aware of just how great and diverse the world is! In January 2020, it won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the…Read story
What can we say about this wonderful book that hasn’t already been said? We love a merman-human love story! Daneisha who works on Customer Services has been checking out the smash hit that has taken the book world by storm. Nen And The Lonely Fisherman Nen and The Lonely Fisherman is about a merman, called…Read story
February’s 8-11 Book Box As children verge on pre-teens, it can become a little trickier to have a tab on what they are reading. Perhaps, they just want to be like every kid before them since the late 1990s and read Harry Potter after Harry Potter book. And that is what it is. Policing books…Read story
According to the National Database for statistics, the number of same-sex families is on the rise. In 2019, there were 212,000 same-sex families in the UK, an increase of 40% since 2015. Families are getting more and more diverse year by year. Books that feature same-sex relationships can be mind and world expanding for children….Read story
Daneisha reviews Hannah Lee’s children’s book, My Hair. A book that teaches us to celebrate afro hair. My Hair is a beautifully written book about a little girl who is trying to find the perfect hairstyle for her birthday. It is a wonderful celebration of black hair and talks the reader through lots of different…Read story
From the eyes of a child, Dad can appear giant and hairy. So much so that he resembles a grizzly bear more than he does a human being! This story by Swapna Haddow and Dapo Adeola will remind adults of what it is like to be a child: looking up at adults and noticing their…Read story
