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Author Lucy Christopher and illustrator Anastasia Suvorova in conversation about the artwork of Shadow, a powerful story about a young girl learning to face her fears and finding the light within the darkness.

For World Mental Health Day, Lucy Christopher with her five favourite picture books exploring issues of mental health in young children and why we need more books like these

Mat Tobin with some top tips on building a diverse and multicultural bookshelf and on becoming a 'culturally responsive teacher'

Brigita Orel, linguist and author of The Pirate Tree, on how learning other languages promotes empathy and friendship. Plus, a booklist about multicultural friendships!

Dr Sabine Little on the links between language and identity and the new multilingual children's section at Sheffield Libraries

Translator Claire Storey shares her top three reasons why 

Devjani Bodepudi writes a personal essay about growing up as the 'other' and why reading diverse books to children creates a culture of inclusion