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Give the gift of a book on International Book Giving Day… or on any other day!

Tuesday 14th February was International Book Giving Day, and to recognise it we collected books for the Children’s Book Project.

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5 books by black authors you don’t want to miss 📚

Add these books to your TBR stat!

Identity

Pride: TV Shows, Movies and Books you need to check out

Its Pride Month! I’ve complied a list of my top five tv shows, movies and books that have great representation and awesome storylines!