Any book for any body
This World Book Day, alongside the Society of Authors we’re asking authors, illustrators and readers to share examples of books they’ve loved and enjoyed that maybe didn’t fit other people’s (or their...
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‘No books should be ‘for boys’ or ‘for girls” Els, 8, tells Scholastic
Eight-year-old Els was really annoyed to see books labelled ‘for boys’ or ‘for girls’ in the range brought to her school by the regular Scholastic book fair. Annoyed enough to want to write to the...
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WIN: Scholastic agrees to let books be books
Following a petition from 8-year-old Els, Scholastic has become the ninth UK publisher to agree to drop ‘for girls’ and ‘for boys’ labels from books. Els has written to Scholastic asking them to stop...
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Scholastic responds to petition from Els, 8
Good news that young campaigner Els has heard back from publisher Scholastic, in response to her petition asking them to stop promoting books labelled ‘for boys’ or ‘for girls’ in their school book...
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Buster Books becomes 10th publisher to agree to #LetBooksBeBooks
We are pleased to say that UK children’s books publisher, Buster Books, an imprint of Michael O’Mara, has become the tenth publisher since our campaign began to ditch gendered book titles and agree to...
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Two years on – who’s letting books be books?
Since we launched our books campaign on World Book Day 2014, ten publishers have agreed to Let Books Be Books. Two years on, who are the publishers still labelling books ‘for girls’ or ‘for boys’?...
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Constructing bias – the wonky world of picture books
New research released this week by the Observer newspaper shows how picture books present children a worryingly lopsided view of the world: with males outnumbering females 2:1 among significant...
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Lesson plans – gender bias in children’s books
Recent research found just one female ‘baddie’ in the top one hundred best selling picture books. These ready-to-use lesson plans for World Book Day look at gender bias in children’s books as a way of...
View ArticleWhy no stories for rebel children? Don’t divide young readers by gender
By Tricia Lowther, originally published in the Guardian. Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, and its more recent male equivalent Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, are among a clutch of...
View ArticleLadybird Books – no more ‘girls’ or ‘boys’ books
Ladybird Books have confirmed they won’t be publishing any more ‘girls’ or ‘boys’ books, bringing the total of publishers who have said they will Let Books Be Books to seven. Say Ladybird, “Following...
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