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Pattu's Dosa

£7.99

Join Pattu for a beautifully illustrated story about love, families and food. A perfect book to share with little children. And dosa lovers!

This translated version of the wildly popular Buddy's Pancakes shows the story in both English and Tamil. An absolute must-have for bilingual families and those learning English or Tamil.

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Check out Scout's gorgeous afro hair. It's #world

Check out Scout's gorgeous afro hair.

It's #worldafroday today. Surprisingly Black people are still discriminated against. There are plenty of current news reports about children falling foul to odious and pointless school dress codes.

Talking as a white person I have NEVER had anyone touch my hair, ask to touch my hair, tell me my hair is anything other than "normal". I've dyed it, cut it, undercut it. At school and in the office.

That's one of my many privelages as a white woman.

Sheju on the other hand...
"Your hair is so cool! Can I touch it?"
"Cut your hair!"
"It's that bloke from The IT Crowd."

However, Sheju's actually had it easy compared to many if not most Black people at school and in the workplace.

It's unfair and it's got to stop.

Support the #halocode
Check out @everydayracism for examples of microaggressions, articles, and thoughtful debate

PS. The last pic is of us 10 years ago 💃🕺🏿

Have you seen the paintings by Kojo Marfo (@offici

Have you seen the paintings by Kojo Marfo (@officialkojomarfo)?

We've just come across him and fallen head over heels.

Themes explore the power of womanhood, the value of single parenting and the beauty of vitiligo.

Marfo says: "We live in a great melting pot - it has many cracks in it. But I want to bring people together and for everyone to see their culture reflected."

These gorgeous paintings feature fertility dolls from Ghana, Renaissance ruff collars from Britain and sacred cows from India.

There's an exhibition at the @jdmalatgallery in London til September.
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Storytime! Tomorrow, 31 July, 11.30. At the Cryst

Storytime!
Tomorrow, 31 July, 11.30. At the Crystal Palace Park information centre.

Join us with @crystalpalace.park for stories, crafts, Dino chats and more.
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I still feel shocked and baffled every day by news

I still feel shocked and baffled every day by news like this. Yulia Tsvetkova faces prison for drawing pictures of LGBTQIA+ families.

Text pasted from @amnesty :
Right now, Russian artist and activist, Yulia Tsvetkova is on trial for posting her artwork on social media.

She is charged with ‘production and dissemination of pornographic materials’ under Russia’s homophobic ‘gay propaganda’ laws.

She faces up to 6 years in prison - just for posting drawings of the female body and showing support for LGBTQIA+ families.
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An event! In real life! Whoop! I'm reading at th

An event! In real life! Whoop!

I'm reading at the Friends of Crystal Palace Park birthday party. I'll read The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace and maybe a couple of others if people are up for it.

WHERE Crystal Palace Park information centre
(opposite Brown and Green cafe)

WHEN 11.30-12.30 • 31 July
(the party is from 11.00-15.00 and there are lots of things going on see @crystalpalace.park for more)
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BEEEEEXHILL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGH

BEEEEEXHILL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT.

The spirit of Bexhill bears little relation to that of a sex worker being wooed by Sting. Nevertheless my brain tells me that's what I have to sing when I think of Bexhill.

Anyway here we are, having a blast by the sea.
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We never tire of hearing about how much you love o

We never tire of hearing about how much you love our books. Keep it coming ❤️

Support us by visiting our shop at Parakeetbooks.com

[Image Description: text overlay on a spread from the children's picture book, The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace. Text says, "Rose has to seep with a book and currently it’s The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace"]

We're beyond proud of the England team. This inclu

We're beyond proud of the England team. This inclusive, Anti-racist, rainbow flag waving team are something we can be truly proud of.

We seriously hope the racists giving the black players abuse are given proper punishment because this stuff needs to be stamped out.

First slide borrowed from @everydayracism_ thank you
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This one is 7 on the weekend. Eddie is relaxed an

This one is 7 on the weekend.

Eddie is relaxed and confident in ways that baffle and delight me. He loves climbing and swimming. And sugar. Always got his face in a book. His book reviews so far are that they're either "epic" or "weird".

He's an actual dreamboat of a human.

#birthdayboy #dreamboat #parakeetbooks

They looked left and right but they didn't like th

They looked left and right but they didn't like the sight so one woman flew away.
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The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace by Shej

The Mysterious Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace by Sheju John, Judy Skidmore and Anastasiya Epishina.

All our books are diverse, inclusive and fab.

Support us by visiting our shop Parakeetbooks.com 💚
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I just finished Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi (@glamro

I just finished Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi (@glamrou). Brave and heartbreaking. It's just so touchingly brave. It really makes me think about all the millions of queer people who have to struggle to just "be". And ridiculously unfair that is.

Al-Kadhi lays it out existentially, using gorgeous ocean biology and quantum physics analogies.

It's a beautiful book. And I like this description ⬇️ of how they feel when people use their non-binary pronouns properly. A useful insight for those of us still learning about this stuff.

"I began to realise I wasn't fully a man. Now that I have the language to express myself, I identify as non-binary. I like to be referred to with them/they pronouns, which helps me to feel that my gender is as fluid as the uninhibited curves of an oceanic nirvana; when people correctly use my preferred pronouns, it relaxes me, as if I'm being soaked in a lavender bath, making me feel seen as a person free from gender binaries."
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Happy Vitiligo day from Gabby! Gabby is one of the

Happy Vitiligo day from Gabby!
Gabby is one of the main characters in our new book by @abbi.jean.reid and @bhumika.jangid77

We'll be launching our kickstarter next week. Very exciting!
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Happy Windrush Day and thank you to all the Black

Happy Windrush Day and thank you to all the Black and Brown people who journeyed to the UK for the countless ways you enrich this place ❤️
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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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