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10 books for a diverse bookshelf (5-7): summer 23

Diversify your home or school library with these highly illustrated, inclusive books for 5-year-olds and up, perfect for newly independent readers, or to read together.

⁠Our ‘10 books for a diverse bookshelf’, compiled by experts for each age category, make it easy to update children's early reader collections, laying the foundations for reading success.

This booklist offers broad representation, centring characters with diverse ethnicities, disabilities and family structures, and the books are refreshed twice a year.

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