Táta Storytime new website: Where stories are read by us, for all
Táta Storytime, the platform where beautiful stories are brought to life and narrated by high-profile Black award-winning actors,…
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Michelle Obama gives parents a break with story-time reading sessions
For the next four weeks, young children, and perhaps the not so young, can enjoy weekly online story-time…
Why it’s time we remind ourselves of the many benefits of reading regularly
Scribing these words on what feels like the 158th day of January, the feelings of overwhelm are real.…
8 Fabulous Alternative Books for Children and the Young at Heart
This year, International Children’s Book Day falls on 2 April 2018 and because we champion the importance of…
Dear Ijeawele, or a feminist manifesto in 15 suggestions
Days after speaking at the WOW (Women of the World) Festival at the Southbank Centre in London, the…
Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
Two sisters, Effia and Esi, are separated; one sold into slavery, the other a slave trader’s wife. Set…
Ten books that you should have read in 2016…
Sharmaine Lovegrove, Melanmag.com’s new book editor, brings you her literary highlights of 2016. An avid book reader, going…
Daddy Do My Hair…and other books representing children of colour
A black child’s hair is precious. It is the crown we wear upon our heads, and so what…
Inside Nadiya’s Kitchen
Nadiya’s Kitchen is the first book from Bake Off sensation and national sweetheart, Nadiya Hussain. Wife, and mum…