Projects beyond Pearson
We have created an exclusive page to showcase the incredible work done by organisations outside of Pearson to promote diversity in literature.

The Story Makers Press
The Story Makers Press is a university-based children’s press focused on encouraging children’s voices and creativity. Their aim is to publish underrepresented narratives and issues, making sure that every child can see themselves in the books they read. They use drama and storytelling with children in order to get them to explore different narratives, which they then aim to transform into engaging fiction books. Their goal is to help children become engaged and compassionate readers, who read for pleasure and are equipped to interact imaginatively with the world around them.
National Literacy Trust
The National Literacy Trust is a charity dedicated to improving the literacy skills of those who need it most, giving them the best possible chance of success in school, work and life. In response to COVID-19, the charity transformed its support to mitigate the significant impact of the crisis on the literacy and life chances of the nation’s most disadvantaged children and young people by getting vital books, literacy resources and digital support into families’ homes.
LoveReading4Kids
Our earliest perceptions of the world and its cultures are shaped by the books we read and it is essential that children see a true reflection of our society in the literature recommended and available to them. An absence of an inclusive range of role models or characters in our books risks detering children from minority backgrounds from the joy and enrichment that a love of reading can bring. LoveReading4Kids has always championed diversity and recently curated an exciting and diverse list of books to help build understanding, empathy and tolerance of our different backgrounds and that also entertain and celebrate our rich, shared cultural heritage.
Heady Mix
Heady Mix is a book subscription service committed to sharing stories written by, or about, underrepresented groups. For each quarterly book box, themes focus on changing the narrative of Western assumption about particular experiences, people or places to help members step into new perspectives; not just reading differently but thinking differently too. From migration to D/deafness, from Afrofuturism to LGBTQI+ rights, Heady Mix endeavours to showcase a myriad of stories from across the globe, giving a platform to those who have for too long not been able to relate their own story to anything in popular fiction.
Having so far only focused on adult reading, Heady Mix launches its first children's book box in the autumn, hoping to bring younger readers closer to understanding and celebrating the vast diversity of human experience.
Tell us about your work
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