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Help support positive representation in children’s books.
“We need diverse books more than ever because books fight hate. Books can effect change. Because all voices must be heard and celebrated.”
- Chronicle Books, San Francisco
The children’s picture book industry remains problematic.
According to a 2021 Guardian article The proportion of children’s books featuring a minority ethnic character has almost quadrupled in the last four years, according to a new survey – but researchers say
“we are not yet at the point where children of colour have the same experience of literature as their white peers”.
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About Tallawah Publishing.
Drawing from the Jamaican word for small but mighty, Tallawah Publishing was founded by Jessica Wilson in response to the urgent need for diversity in the publishing industry.
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Future Titles.
sofia the dreamer and the enchanted gallery
sofia the dreamer and the looking glass pages
how the rivermaid grew her tail and other folk stories
a is for ackee
tallawah roots
the bulldog and the hummingbird
the shadow of your lashes
About Jessica Wilson.
Trained at UCL and Cambridge University, Jessica Wilson is a writer, author and publisher of Jamaican and British descent.
She was shortlisted for Penguin Random House’s ‘WriteNowLive’, an initiative to launch writers from underrepresented backgrounds and is a GoFundMe Award winner and runner-up for the 2018 Aesthetica Creative Writing Award.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again
From as little as £10, you can assist in not only realising the dreams and careers of underrepresented publishing creators but most importantly, investing in the minds and imaginations of children, particularly those who may feel invisible.
Contribute to a legacy of upliftment and positive representation.
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