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Our Campaigns

No Outsiders

At Parakeet Books we believe education can build bridges. As Ofsted points out, "Children need to know that some people have two mummies or two daddies". It's normal.

We think every school should have a copy of Eve's New Brother so every child can learn about every kind of person, every kind of love, every kind of family.

You can donate a copy of Eve's New Brother and we will send it to a school. Either nominate the school you wish it to go to or we can choose one for you.

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See O u r s e l v e s

All children need to see themselves in the pages of a book. Our books are about Black people and people of colour, strong female characters, and LGBT+ families.

Donate here and we will send book packages to schools, libraries, and charities.

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Our books

The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace

The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace

£9.99

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Scout's Bedtime

Scout's Bedtime

£7.99

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Eve's New Brother

Eve's New Brother

£7.99

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Buddy’s pancakes

Buddy’s pancakes

£6.99

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Pattu's Dosa

Pattu's Dosa

£7.99

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Alice and Judy and their amazing snowball adventure

Alice and Judy and their amazing snowball adventure

£8.99

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Alice and Judy and their incredible tree house adventure

Alice and Judy and their incredible tree house adventure

If you are interested in buying this book please drop us a line and we'll email you when the new batch arrives.

The James Dixon ABC

The James Dixon ABC

£7.00

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Poetry greetings cards

Poetry greetings cards

£3.00

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Happy father's day. I'm celebrating Sheju today b

Happy father's day.

I'm celebrating Sheju today by letting him fully enjoy fatherhood. Alone at home with the children while I drink coffee in a cafe 😉
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Found an old diary entry from when Eddie was 3. .

Found an old diary entry from when Eddie was 3.
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#vampirechild #vampire #kids #funnykids #parakeetbooks

Queers Heroes by @arabellesicardi and @sarah_tanat

Queers Heroes by @arabellesicardi and @sarah_tanat_jones

Rita picked this up at the library because she loved the vibrant colours and pizzazz. We took it home and it’s actually a perfect book for Eddie - he’s 7 (almost) and enjoys reading about people who have done cool stuff. He’s already a fan of Great Women Who Changed the World and Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different.

This is a big book full of wonderful, inspiring queer humans.

Some folk in the book you'll know, and there are plenty of fascinating surprises.

A great read for adults as well as kids. Three cheers to @uppernorlibhub for making this accessible to us all ❤️

Listen to @barackobama. He knows what he's talking

Listen to @barackobama. He knows what he's talking about ❤️

[Image Description: Barack Obama on a green background with the words: You can grow and discover and make connections that you might not have made just by the simple act of picking up a book]

Last week I finished The Continental Divide by @al

Last week I finished The Continental Divide by @alexsmyers. It's a deeply moving, coming of age story about a young transgender man. Ron heads off to the wilds of Wyoming to escape his old life and live successfully as a man. The tale is funny, scary and touching. I highly recommend it - thanks @sweetcowboyblues for bringing it to my attention ❤️
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A sister is a little bit of childhood that can nev

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.
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During half term my 4 year old took her dress off

During half term my 4 year old took her dress off in the busy high street and just walked down the road in her paw patrol pants.

It was embarrassing and irritating and previous experience has taught me to just get on with it and get home rather than argue in the street about the convention of wearing clothes in public.

But I didn’t feel worried or scared. I didn’t care if someone looked at us disapprovingly. And I didn’t fear being told off or reported to social services.

Why not? Am I a free spirit who flouts convention?

No. I am a middle class white woman and my privilege allows me to chaperone a semi naked kid in public without reprisals.

I asked Sheju how he would feel in the same position and he was not comfortable with the idea at all. He would have found a way to get her dress back on, pronto. He said he would have been worried AND scared. Of what we weren’t sure but it is the knowledge that Black and Brown people can’t always do the things that white people can. One of the many small and big things me as a white person gets a free pass on and worth recognising.

What would you have done?

[Image Description: middle aged white woman on a sunny, stoney beach, wearing warm clothes with a fully clothed 4 year old child]

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, d

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct, or intervene in social, political, economic, or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.

That’s how we see ourselves at Parakeet. We started this company to change the world. We make diverse books to answer a need by children and parents everywhere. And also to put pressure on established publishers to make more diverse books, more quickly.

We make books about Black and Brown people, LGBTQ families, non-binary people. And there’s more to come.
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@everymancinema We came for the film and we staye

@everymancinema
We came for the film and we stayed for the photoshoot.
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They laugh in the bath and they brush and they who

They laugh in the bath and they brush and they whoosh and they wash and they slosh and they splosh and they splash!

The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace from Parakeet Books.

£1 from every sale goes to the Crystal Palace dinosaur conservation fund.
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Inspiration from @marcusrashford ❤️ A bit abo

Inspiration from @marcusrashford ❤️

A bit about us:
At Parakeet Books we tell a great story, our books are illustrated beautifully and the people in them reflect the diversity of our culture and society. We prove it’s possible to tell funny stories and real stories using a diverse cast of characters.
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Out with this silly biscuit today. Excited to be o

Out with this silly biscuit today. Excited to be out, eating pies and taking public transport!
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Ready for adventure? Here is a sneaky preview of

Ready for adventure?

Here is a sneaky preview of our next book!

We’re proud and excited to feature diverse characters with our trademark light touch. The story focuses on just that: a story.

Our ethos is: representation is empowerment. At Parakeet Books we seek to represent as many (currently) marginalised people and groups as we can.

Work by our wonderful author @reidmoorebooks and illustrator @bhumika.jangid77
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A post from our new author Abbi-Jean Reid Since

A post from our new author Abbi-Jean Reid

Since the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, it seems like more people are working on diversity… In the children’s publishing industry we hear that everyone is trying. But the results are not happening fast enough. Do mainstream publishers understand what the end goal is?

What I would like to see in the children’s section of the book shop are diverse characters on front covers. Diverse meaning different, varied, distinct. Characters of all different ethnicities, with disabilities and all family types represented.
When book shops look more like this, we can just, you know BUY BOOKS. We won’t have to specifically google ‘children’s books with two dads’ or have to look for a ‘BAME’ section.

The reflecting realities report from the clpe showed a 1% increase of diverse characters in children’s books last year. And that just isn’t enough. There is such a long way to go before we can say we are reflecting society.
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