Diversifying Storytime

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Laura K

If you’re looking to introduce more diversity to storytime with your younger ones, there are some fantastic picture books that offer a great starting place. These are just some of our favourites, but do share your own go-tos with us when you’re next in the shop, or drop us an email at books@mrbsemporium.com if you’re after something that’s not listed below, we’ll see what we can do!

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All books on this list Original price was: £467.46.Current price is: £397.26.

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  • Izzy Gizmo
    Pip Jones, Sara Ogilvie
    £7.99
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  • The Pirate Mums
    Jodie Lancet-Grant, Lydia Corry
    £7.99
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  • The Elephant’s Garden
    Jane Ray
    £7.99
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  • When The Storks Came Home: Volume 2
    Isabella Tree, Alexandra Finkeldey
    £9.99
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  • Never Show A T-Rex A Book!
    Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Diane Ewen
    £7.99
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  • Parker Looks Up
    Parker Curry, Jessica Curry, Brittany Jackson
    £12.99
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  • Julian Is a Mermaid
    Jessica Love, Jessica Love
    £7.99
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  • Once Upon a Dragon’s Fire
    Beatrice Blue
    £7.99
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  • I Am Enough
    Grace Byers
    £12.99
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  • The New Small Person
    Lauren Child
    £7.99
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  • If I had a unicorn
    Gabby Dawnay, Alex Barrow
    £7.99
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  • Pattan’s Pumpkin
    Chitra Soundar, Frane Lessac
    £8.99
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  • Can Bears Ski?
    Raymond Antrobus, Polly Dunbar
    £7.99
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  • Jabari Jumps
    Gaia Cornwall, Gaia Cornwall
    £7.99
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  • Anna Hibiscus’ Song
    Atinuke, Lauren Tobia
    £7.99
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  • The Extraordinary Gardener
    Sam Boughton
    £7.99
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  • The Best Diwali Ever
    Sonali Shah, Chaaya Prabhat
    £7.99
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  • The Girl with Two Dads
    Mel Elliott
    £7.99
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  • Billy and the Beast
    Nadia Shireen, Nadia Shireen
    £7.99
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  • Julian at the Wedding
    Jessica Love, Jessica Love
    £7.99
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  • Milo Imagines The World
    Matt de la Pena, Christian Robinson
    £8.99
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  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez
    Andrea Beaty, David Roberts
    £13.99
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  • The Proudest Blue
    Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly, S. K. Ali
    £7.99
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  • Sulwe
    Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison
    £7.99
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  • If I had a dinosaur
    Gabby Dawnay, Alex Barrow
    £7.99
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  • Enzo, The Swallows and Me
    Helen Mortimer
    £7.99
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  • A Dress with Pockets
    Lily Murray, Jenny Lovlie
    £7.99
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  • Last Stop on Market Street
    Matt de la Pena, Christian Robinson
    £7.99
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  • Albert Talbot: Master of Disguise
    Ben Manley, Aurelie Guillerey
    £7.99
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  • Aaron Slater, Illustrator
    Andrea Beaty, David Roberts
    £13.99
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  • Never Teach a Stegosaurus to Do Sums
    Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Diane Ewen
    £7.99
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  • Ada Twist, Scientist
    Andrea Beaty
    £13.99
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  • Billy and the Dragon
    Nadia Shireen, Nadia Shireen
    £7.99
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  • Wanda’s Words Got Stuck
    Lucy Rowland, Paula Bowles
    £7.99
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  • Lubna and Pebble
    Wendy Meddour, Daniel Egneus
    £7.99
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  • Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention
    Pip Jones, Sara Ogilvie
    £6.99
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  • Chapatti Moon
    Pippa Goodhart, Lizzie Finlay, Lizzie Finlay
    £7.99
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  • My Name is Not Refugee
    Kate Milner
    £7.99
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  • The Same But Different Too
    Karl Newson, Kate Hindley
    £7.99
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  • Islandborn
    Junot Diaz, Leo Espinosa
    £10.99
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  • Pierre’s New Hair
    Joseph Namara Hollis
    £6.99
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  • Choices
    Roozeboos, Roozeboos
    £7.99
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  • The Perfect Sushi
    Emily Satoko Seo, Mique Moriuchi
    £7.99
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  • I Love Chinese New Year
    Eva Wong Nava, Li Xin
    £7.99
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  • Lost in the City
    Alice Courtley
    £7.99
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  • A Song in the Mist
    Fiona Woodcock, Corrinne Averiss
    £6.99
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  • Faruq and the Wiri Wiri
    Sophia Payne, Sandhya Prabhat
    £7.99
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  • We Are Together
    Britta Teckentrup
    £7.99
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  • My Pet Star
    Corrinne Averiss, Rosalind Beardshaw
    £6.99
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  • The Girl Who Planted Trees
    Caryl Hart, Anastasia Suvorova
    £7.99
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  • A Mystery at the Incredible Hotel
    Kate Davies, Isabelle Follath
    £12.99
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  • Martha Maps It Out
    Leigh Hodgkinson
    £7.99
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  • Hike
    Pete Oswald, Pete Oswald
    £7.99
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  • The Best Eid Ever
    Sufiya Ahmed, Hazem Asif
    £7.99
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