So why should these youngsters grow up reading only about children who look nothing like them?
They want youngsters to have more options on World Book Day so that almost a third of pupils don’t find it difficult to dress up as a character of their own ethnicity. Director and founder of Little Box of Books, Lynsey Pollard noticed the lack of diversity when she read to her five-year-old child.She tells Metro.co.uk: ‘Of course, children can wear whatever costume they want, they don’t have to dress up as someone of their own ethnicity.
‘With increased representation of all children in books, including race, culture, disabilities and gender it could be even better.’
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