As a multi heritage family from an early age we wanted to fill our daughter’s bookshelves with books that reflect our families and all the amazing heritages and cultures across the world. We wanted to build her sense of self and also open her eyes to so much learning through the power of reading. We also did this as we noticed in so many child-centered spaces we were going to, she could not see herself reflected. In the latest CLPE Reflecting realities Report, only 18% of fictional children’s books published featured ethnically diverse characters. We also see the lack of support given to ethnically diverse authors across the publishing industry and real change needed to readdress this imbalance. This is why festivals like The Black British Book Festival and SAIL fest are so vital to highlight so many incredible authors. There are also so many amazing global majority owned book [...]