Next week is the start of the annual
Imagine Children's Festival, and this year, as you probably know, Inclusive Minds has been commissioned to run a one-day event,
What about me? Put yourself in the picture, focused on making children's books truly inclusive of ALL children, and giving children a real voice within children's books. It will be a free and accessible event with activities to suit every child's needs and interests, including sensory activity and signed poetry.
We will be welcoming a host of well-known children's book creators to the event to meet children, discuss ideas, take part in workshops and work with children to 're-imagine' book covers and stories, to make sure all children really are included in books.
The latests additions to the line-up include Babette Cole, Pippa Goodhart and Petr Horacek.
The event will end with a panel discussion looking at how 'normal' is presented in children's books, and what messages this gives to children about society. The panel will be made up of illustrator
Jane Ray, parent Karen Newell, Fen Coles, co-director of bookseller
Letterbox Library, and Sue Baker, Editor,
Child's Play (International) Ltd.
This promises to be an exciting, imaginative, and truly groundbreaking event, so please do try to come along. Feel free to contact us for further information.