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Review: The Golden Monkey Mystery by Piu Das Gupta
“We can’t let the rarest monkey in India become a pet or a performing animal. It needs to be returned to the forest, where it belongs. Come on, cholo!” A thrilling adventure following three children through the Indian jungle in the 1800s. Roma Moreau can’t stand her boarding school, the prissy Miss Oliphant’s, and wantsContinue reading “Review: The Golden Monkey Mystery by Piu Das Gupta”
The Night I Borrowed Time is out now!
We’re very excited that today is the official release day for THE NIGHT I BORROWED TIME, the first children’s book from our former mentee, Iqbal Hussain. Iqbal’s voice is so warm and funny and this book is absolutely magical – a time travelling, family-centred adventure that takes a young Pakistani-British boy back to the pastContinue reading “The Night I Borrowed Time is out now!”
Review: Dream Hunters by Nazima Pathan
I’d recommend this book! 12-yr old Mimi and best friend Rafi are Dream Hunters, using their skills to catch bad dreams alongside their dream creatures. But, after stumbling on a plot to poison the king, they must leave the safe confines of their citadel and help the king before it’s too late. Nazima has writtenContinue reading “Review: Dream Hunters by Nazima Pathan”
Review: Running My Own Race by Abena Eyeson
RUNNING MY OWN RACE follows the story of Kofi, an 11-year-old boy whose world shifts when he receives a scholarship to a local private school. Kofi has always dreamt of being a professional running athlete, and with this opportunity, his dream is now a little step closer. But the path forward is far from easy,Continue reading “Review: Running My Own Race by Abena Eyeson”
Review: Runaways by E. L. Norry
What does home mean to you? In this contemporary middle grade novel E. L. Norry invites us to consider this question. For July and Jamie in RUNAWAYS, home isn’t safe or comforting…but maybe they can build something that is.
Join Megaphone Band group!
We started the Megaphone Band group back in 2020, to provide free discussion forum, workshops and more for people of colour who are interested in writing for children/teenagers. There are over 100 members, both published and not-yet-published, and we’d love to grow the community even more to create a real critical mass of people ofContinue reading “Join Megaphone Band group!”
Year end message – 2024
In 2023 – 2024, thanks to funding from ALCS and Arts Council England (National Lottery Project Grants) we’ve delivered the following….
Reflecting Realities? not this year…
The percentage of books for under 11s that feature racially minoritised characters dropped in 2023. Centre for Literacy in Primary Education began measuring the number (and quality) of representations of racially minoritised characters in UK books published for under 11 year olds, in 2017. In 2017 a mere 4% of books featured ANY racially minoritisedContinue reading “Reflecting Realities? not this year…”
Former mentee succeeds in FAB prize!
Munira Jannath, who was a Megaphone mentee in 2020 – 2021, has won the Publishers’ Text category of the FAB prize 2024. Congratulations Munira! Follow the link to her blog about the story that got her a place on the Megaphone scheme. We loved her warm, funny, child-centred writing even then and it’s so excitingContinue reading “Former mentee succeeds in FAB prize!”