Letterbox Library

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Est. 1983. Not-for-profit children’s booksellers celebrating equality, inclusion & diversity. Schools/EY supplier. Co-runs Little Rebels Award. Workers’ Cooperative. www.letterboxlibrary.com #kidlituk #ukkidlit

Screenshot from mobile app of bookshop.org. Shows Letterbox Library as selected bookshop and then the search bar followed by the top of their reading list "Beyond the Secret Garden: Reading Gender."
Video of scrolling down the letterbox library home page to reveal a description of featured illustrator Ken Wilson’s Max and some of his books.
A visual asset from Instagram A background of blue and pink squares. Gold/beige flower shape insert. Within this is a picture book image showing an older woman of colour and an older white woman dressed flamboyantly. On the white woman's shoulders is a mixed race boy. He reaches a hand down to the PoC woman's left hand; her right hand holds a dog lead- there is a grey poodle walking between them. Above this image, in white font, is the title "Letterbox Library Recommends:" Below the image, in white font, is "beyond queer parents". The Books for Keeps red & yellow logo is in the bottom right corner. . They all smile at each other.
Asset from Instagram post showing a black & white photo of John Agard in black suit & hat at event. To right is a pile of the book.
4 people stood in a row smiling at camera. From L to R: Man of colour with beard and wearing glasses, in red and white flowery shirt. Holds glass in left hand (with blue 'entry' sticker badn on wrist) and has arm across chest. White woman, grey hair tied back, wearing glasses, in long scoop neck green dress with white flowers. Woman of colour, shoulder length dark hair, wearing glasses in white blouse and long dark skirt- holds orange notebooks and biro in right hand. White woman, short brown/grey hair, in long white shirt with flowers and buttons and in jeans. Has blue 'entry' sticker band on left wrist. All smile towards camera.
8 people, 4 standing in back row and 4 sat on chairs in front row. 6 people of different ethnicities and skin tones hold framed 'Branford Boase award 2026' pictures . 1 woman, in matching striped shorts/top, has a prosthetic leg. woman of colour, in red dress, 2 from right, holds up a different prize- a plaque which says 'Branford Boase award 2026, Asli Jensen, Winning Author' with the award logo. To left is an ALCS penguin stand and to the right is a Branford Boase Award standing. All are smiling/laughing.
Patrice Lawrence and Lemn Sissay stand on a stage with their back to the audience, capturing a selfie. To the left is a podium with “Children’s Laureate”
Instagram asset/grid cover picture. Pastel pink border; pale yellow inset. Curved text in light blue, then white reads: "End of Term Offer" Beneath this, pink star to right side with yellow text inside saying ""25 off!!!" Larger pale pink star shape, purple border with yellow text inside which reads, "Diverse & Inclusive Chapter Book Pack" Mirroring, on the diagonal, the £25 off star is a pink star to left side- white font reads "expires 20th July 2026" At bottom is a pale blue curved rectangle shape. Inside, in yellow font: "What's in the Pack?" with a bright blue arrow pointing to the right. (This is for followers on instagram to scroll through the carousel images.) Elsewhere on the design are 2 more bright blue arrows, some bright blue shard shapes and some bright yellow star shapes.
QR Scan square with yellow Little Rebels Award logo at centre and, at bottom, Bluesky account handle @littlerebsprize.bsky.social
Screenshot from one of our book lists bookshop.org Image shows a variety of book covers from the column ‘Beyond the Secret Garden: Multilingual Children’s Literature’
Yellow card with green, purple and red behind it, carousel/fan-style. Text reads “TAKING A SHORT BREAK OUT OF OFFICE” Then a black & white typewriter with hands typing. Then “WE’RE TAKING A LITTLE TIME TO RECHARGE BACK ON 18TH JUNE see you soon!” All in black font. Against light blue background.
Approx 26 people stand for a photo holding copies of I’m Going to Make a Friend. Several are turned towards the person next to them. At centre is author Darren Chetty in white trainers, black trousers, blue shirt. Great carpet. Overhead square lights.
Children’s authors stand holding copies of Auntie’s Bangles. L-R: Agnes Monod-Gayraud Mariesa Dulak Mayo Agard-Olubo Shireen Lalji ? All are slightly crouched down & smiling. They are in a ‘corridor’ of an indoors market, shops either side.
Video grid image of book launch reel. Teal background. BOOK LAUNCH in yellow font. Top right portrait photo of author Angel Dike. Centre is cover of Daddy Is Cleaning. A confetti of coloured stars tumble down image.
A photo of authors holding up copies of Daddy Is Cleaning. From left to right these are: Arden Jones, Mayo Agard-Olubo, Nicci Johnson, Sital Gorasia Chapman and Dean Atta. Fairy lights against wall behind them.
Orange background Light blue rectangle insert. Inside is black and white photo of author. White woman with short grey hair and glasses. Smiling. Holds a framed picture of 3 children protesting. One holds a placard which says “Take Action” Text, in white, at top, reads: “AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT sarah hagger-holt Rainbow brushstroke effect on top left and bottom right corner of insert.
Visual asset for Instagram post. Blue and pink chequered background. Text, white font, reads "Letterbox Library Recommends". Dark red flower petal shape- within this, an oval-shape-framed image from a picture book: a Black child in red skirt, blue/white striped tights and yellow/green striped long sleeved top kneels down to draw on the ground. Next to her is a box of different coloured chalk. Underneath image, curving up to follow contours of oval frame, text in yellow font reads, "tower blocks in picture books". Right bottom hand corner, logo for Books for Keeps magazine (red & yellow).
Asset for Klaus Flugge shortlist. Purple background. At top, "Congratulations" in yellow font. Then the 6 covers of the shortlisted book in 2 rows: The Great Green Island We Are Like Birds The Voyage That Changed the World Henry the Artistic Frog Our Dance Seven Babies Then, in white text, "Shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration." Then two hashtags in yellow: #KlausFluggePrize #KFP26 Then in white font: Klausfluggeprize.co.uk Klaus Flugge logo in bottom left corner.
Event photo. Table covered in paper plates, paper serviettes, wooden forks/knives & 3 large cakes. A placard shows book cover for The Jasmine Sneeze, above which reads, “a Decade of Magic from Damascus/Happy 10th The Jasmine Sneeze”. Behind table stand Syrian author with long brown hair wearing a short sleeved mauve/pink dress. She smiles, with her arm around publisher and LANTANNA CEO Alice Curry- white woman with long brown hair in loose, grey scooped-next top.
Blue poster. Image and text in white/silver. Top text reads “on your bike, Cinderella” Then a Hilda Offen illustration showing a woman on a motorbike. Beneath text reads “JOIN LETTERBOX LIBRARY FOR NON-SEXIST CHILDREN’s BOOKS” Beneath “Free catalogues from ..” old N16 London address. Bottom left old Letterbox Library logo shows a woman postie posting letter through letterbox.
Video scans left to right. Shows an email order for 2 sets of: Diverse families book pack Gender equality book pack Emotions book pack
Visual asset from Instagram. Blue background. Green ‘explosion’ bubble. In this, in white font: “Our Reviewers have been so busy this week!” Running along top right in white font “part 1” Bottom right and top left corners have a flurry of bees.
Cover graphic for instagram carousel. Teal background with orange/pink wavy swirls in corners.. Against this in an inside book picture from Eli's Uncles, illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh. This shows a man with brown skin in a chef's hat, wearing an orange chef jacket. He has a long moustache pointing upwards and a very long white beard which swirls around. In his right arm, he holds a small brown-skinned sleeping child who wears a black and white horizontal striped top with an orange neckerchief and black trousers. Above the image, it reads, "Aunties & Uncles".
Photo of author and illustrator of Kid Rex to the Rescue. Both stand, arms around each others' backs and smile to camera. Author Mayo Agard-Olubo, on the right, is a Black man with short black hair; he is dressed all in black, including a black jacket with shiny lapels and a black-patterned handkerchief in left breast pocket. Illustrator Diane Ewen, on the left, is a woman of colour with long black hair. She wears a bright red shirt tucked in to dark blue turn up jeans with black boots. They stand in front of alphabet letter gold balloons which spell out KIDREX. Right corner is a stand with a copy of the picture book on it. Background is a window. Nighttime so window reflects back the room.
Four people in profile. 3 hold up phones to film/photograph. All are smiling. Left to right: white woman with long brown hair in white top (the only one not holding up a phone); white woman wearing glasses in white top/blue pattern; woman of colour with black bobbed hair in shortsleeved black top; man of colour with v short black hair in black t shirt.
White hand in fingerless dark green glove holds book against white textured wall. The Dad Trap book title appears in big yellow font tumbled in to a net. This is on a pulley device pulled by two white children both with red hair. Subtitle bottom left reads “Let the sabotage begin!” Top left has a quote from author Andy Shepherd in a dark blue circle: “wonderfully funny” Book background is light blue with several cog/machinery icons.
Visual asset for book pack. Square with yellow and orange split on the diagonal. Top left reads “LGBTQ+ Book Pack” Underneath “26 Books”. Top left “Key stage 1 & 2” In centre four book covers: Picture books, When Will My Woodlouse Wake Up? and Covered in Adventures Chapter books Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow and Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths. Left bottom the Letterbox Library logo.
A large brown box taped up with brown tape on a wooden floor.
Instagram Reel cover page. Pink-orange-yellow gradient background. Cover image of book, Our Dance. Above reads, “family breakdown, steps to recovery and child contact centres”.
Bookshop.org purple asset Their logo and Logos of Booktrust and Booktrust Scotland in a line at top 4 open books in red purple yellow and green ‘fly’ in purple sky. Sky has 3 white cloud. One has a purple heart on it; one has purple cat on it; larger one has purple planet earth emerging from it. Purple rocket to left. Text reads “10% of Bookshop.org children’s book sales go to BookTrust and Scottish BookTrust in February 2026” Below this text: National Year of Reading 2026 logo
Alex’s daughter (woman of colour) stands smiling, holding up gold plated scissors having just cut a red ribbon. She wears black trousers and a multicoloured long shawl. Her hair is pinned on top. Behind her is the entrance to a library room full of shelves. Above the entrance is a sign, done in the style of a UK road sign. It reads, ”Alex Wheatle Reading Room SW2”
Asset used as video cover image for Instagram reel. Shows a black and white portrait photo of Alex Wheatle, a man of colour, in a denim jacket, smiling to camera. Behind him is a poster showing Nina Simone and bookshelves. 4 stickers frame the picture: a blue and lime green drawing pin, top right moving up and down; a pink face in a flower swirling round, bottom right; 2 paper airplanes in lime green & blue, bottom left moving up & down; a pink face in a blue white and pink flower, top left swirling round. The background is green grid paper. In the first couple of seconds of the video image, white lines sparkout of the central photo.
A bookshop sign with an owl and 'Owl Bookshop' written at the top. Below reads, 'BOOK LAUNCH'. Below that is the book cover for The Big Green. Shows two children of colour wearing sun hats, stood in a desert and against a bright blue sky, using a watering can to water some new plants/seedlings.
Bookshop.org purple asset Their logo and Logos of Booktrust and Booktrust Scotland in a line at top 4 open books in red purple yellow and green ‘fly’ in purple sky. Sky has 3 white cloud. One has a purple heart on it; one has purple cat on it; larger one has purple planet earth emerging from it. Purple rocket to left. Text reads “10% of Bookshop.org children’s book sales go to BookTrust and Scottish BookTrust in February 2026” Below this text: National Year of Reading 2026 logo
A screenshot of the YS Book Prize's tweet. It reads: "We have exciting news! Entries are officially open for the #YABookPrize 2026. Want to see what your author's 'I Just won the YA Book Prize' face looks like? Enter here by 5th March". Links through to website/ Followed by a yellow visual. Centres a photo of a white woman holding a bouquet of flowers, with a surprised smiling face. Against the title "Want to see your author's 'I Just won the YA Book Prize' face"
White hand (pastel blue sleeve below!) holds up a handful of boardbooks. The one at front is the only one wholly visible. Called “Errol’s Winter” it shows a boy of colour wearing glasses. He wears a blue puffer jacket, red bobble hat and gloves, orange trousers, purple wellies. He holds up a bird feeder. A blackbird pecks at seeds below. To the right is a white girl wheelchair user with a facial mark on her right cheek. She wears a purple bobble hat with ear flaps, a red jumper, pink trousers and red shoes. Wheelchair is in blue. She holds a bag of bird feeder in right hand. In left, she holds up a tray-style bird feeder. A sparrow pecks seeds on the floor. Tree branches frame to the left and right. On the right one, a robin stands on a branch.
Instagram reel cover image. Pink fading to yellow background. Front cover of “Our Dance” subtitled “Living Apart, Time Together” by Circle Yuen. Above image, our own text reads, “family breakdown, steps to recovery and…child contact centres”. Beneath image, our text reads “picture book review”. Both paragraphs in white font. Bottom left corner in purple font: www.letterboxlibrary.com.
Visual asset of Letterbox Library’s Diverse Families Book Pack. A dark and light blue square. Beneath blue font pack title, “14 Books” in white font. Within square are 4 book covers as examples of the pack’s content. These are: My Brother is an Avocado Lulu’s Sleepover Not That Pet The New Baby Letterbox Library logo in bottom left corner. Overlapping this image, below, is a repeat of same square but at a diagonal and more translucent.
A poster image for the books shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards. Award logo is an owl in top right corner. Grey/teal background. 3 book covers: Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past Murder for Two The Spick and the Span Reads ‘middle grade fiction’ underneath. Bottom right are logos for Leeds Libraries and Leeds School Library Service.
Black woman with gold-rimmed glasses, pink head wrap, gold necklace, white loose top and green/blue patterned wrap skirt, stands with her right fist raised, left fist clenched & hanging by her side. Behind her are more women of colour.
Image of an event flyer. Text reads: “THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS € ANTIRACIST EDUCATION Wednesday, Jan 28th | 5-6:30pm GMT EMC & CLPE, Webber Street, London, SE1 8QW, FREE. All welcome, registration essential. Join us for a facilitated community discussion exploring the antiracist archives (ILEA & EMC) - bringing educators & creators together. A chance to browse archival items relating to antiracism, education, and children's literature and participate in a community conversation about lessons from the past and plans for the future!” Against a background of 2 shades of blue. 3 red framed circles down the right side with head & shoulder photos of the contributors. 4 book cover images along the bottom: Teaching & Racism; Dragon’s Teeth; The Story of Britain’s Black Nurses; The Story of the Windrush.
A man of colour wearing a full Santa costume stands and reads from a laptop screen on a stand. To his right is a woman of colour sat on a sofa, wearing a red/black floor length dress, trainers and a Santa hat. She’s looking up and laughing. We see bookshelves in the background.
Cover image for Instagram reel. In centre, text reads, “2025 Photo dump” in collage style lettering. Superimposed on/surrounded by collage-style-framed 14 photos of different people, mainly authors & illustrators. Many hold up books to mark launches. 3 coloured stars on image. Overall scrap book appearance.
A snowy pale blue background. Photo insert of a white fluffy toy lamb stood on a pink table runner, peeking out from behind 3 small pink Christmas tree ornaments. Text beneath reads “Happy Holiday”
Profile photo of author Patrice Lawrence smiling to camera. Dark green top with a fox brooch. She’s sat behind a table and holds a copy of her book, People Like Stars. Pink text box with “An Interview With Patrice Lawrence”. Then another pink text box runs across her; reads, “The Out-Takes!”
Video starts with a Christmas tree with many pink ornament and sparkly light. Then a hand brings up a copy of: Hello by Viola Wang Lulu Loves the Library by Anna McQuinn & Rosalind Beardshaw Vlad the Fabulous Vampire by Flavia Z Drago All the book covers have a pink element. Falling Snowflakes have been superimposed on the video.
Screenshot from start of our Insta reel. Text reads “LGBTQ+ Early Years & Primary Highlights From 2025” Beneath is a colourful image by illustrator Claire Powell from the book The Princes & the Pea. Shows a man of colour in a top hat and glasses and a white man with a crown in an open top old style rolls Royce with a Just Married front number plate. Both wear a big bow tie. Pet dog in back of car. Rainbow flag flies from car bonnet. A brass band to the right.
Book pack image from website. A square split diagonally with two tones of orange. Against a yellow background. Text in square reads “Early Years Concepts Book Pack 25 Books” There are 4 book covers shown; What Can I Hear? Outdoors Opposites Snow Other book title obscured as books overlap.
Shows a previously posted visual asset with details of a giveaway. This is now mostly obscured by a large yellow circular stamp with insert text which reads, “Winner Announced!”
The cover of the Insta reel. Background is rainbow colours in diagonal stripes. Shows the book cover: “We Are Your Children: a History of LGBTQ+ Activism” “By David Roberts Afterword by Juno Dawson”
Screenshot from the “About” section of the Jhalak Prize website. Text reads: “About The Jhalak Prize From 2024, the Jhalak Poetry Prize has been added to our awards portfolio. Our poetry award is supported by the independent poetry publisher Ink Sweat & Tears with a special focus on their internship programme. First awarded in March 2017, the Jhalak Prize awards seek to celebrate books by writers of colour in the UK and Ireland. In 2020, the single award was bifurcated to create a dedicated Jhalak Children’s YA Prize. From 2024, the Jhalak Poetry Prize has been added to our awards portfolio.”
Cover video image from Instagram reel. A birthday-themed image with colourful balloons at the top and streamers round the sides. Main colour is light green. Title reads, “Happy (nearly) 20th Birthday”. An oval ‘insert’ frames a picture of Lulu, a girl of colour, smiling, her hair in 3 puffs. She stands with a rucksack- a toy cat peeks out of this. She wears a patterned yellow tunic top and dark pink leggings.
A screenshot from the Letterbox Library website. Title 'Books for the Season'. Under this is the book cover image for one of the featured titles: The Other Father Christmas. Cover shows a man and boy of colour sat in a sleigh being pulled by two reindeers. Backdrop of a night time purple star-lit sky. Underneath the book cover is the price £8.99 crossed out with the offer price £8.09 next to it. Under this, 'Add to cart'.
Winning titles asset. Top reads “Information Book Award Winning titles 2025” in white font against dark blue banner. Right top shows the Schools Library Association’s logo: S L A in green red & navy blue blocks. Below are the 4 winning titles: This Book Will Make You An Artist Amazing Asia How the News Works Black History Every Day
Visual asset for the Nero Books Awards shortlist 2025. Reads “2025 Children’s Fiction Shortlist “ Beneath is a stack of four chapter books. Titles from top to bottom are: People Like Stars My Soul, A Shining Tree Shrapnel Boys Dragonborn