Tag: diverse books
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![Discover The Story of us by [@HannaAli] narrating the complexities of blackness and womenhood](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ali.png)
Hanna Ali‘s four short story compilation will have your heart in your throat. It’s compelling and gut wrenching imagery will make your stomach sink but it will also give you a sense of living life as a black woman from a different perspective. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia where she spent the first four years of…
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![The lack of diversity in children’s books and the MYA book series [@effie_bru]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/unnamed.jpg)
Many black children have grown up with a book in hand but how many books allowed them to see themselves in the characters that they’ve grown to love? Growing up in the UK, many Black children can relate to being avid bookworms but when it comes to relating to their favourite characters, chances are close…