Have you heard of Fairy Tales Retold? In this re-telling of this classic, Snow White is the bravest in all the land, she’s calling the shots, and her seven friends are a diverse mix of ages, races and genders.
The aim of Fairy Tales Retold’s books is to highlight diversity and normalise it. Basically providing a mirror for society, so all children can find a role model or character who looks like them. A study by CPLE in 2018 found that only 7% of children’s books published in the UK feature BAME characters, and only 4% have a BAME protagonist!
Here is a sneak peek at what is inside this book. Fairy Tales Retold’s first book, Snow White is available in hardback with stunning, full-colour illustrations for £17.95 from their website. And so that every child can have the opportunity to enjoy this brave and diverse tale, a free audiobook version, with an original musical score, is also available on Spotify & iTunes.
Go to www.fairytales-retold.com and @fairytalesretold for more info.
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39 comments
Yes, definitely.
Yes for sure!
Personally i would have to say 100 percent yes
Definitely. My own children are mixed race and when they were younger there were very few books featuring non-white protagonists.
Yes i would say so
Do you think there should be greater diversity in children’s books?
at the risk of sounding controversial, no l think not
no
I think yes but children learn it anyway so it wouldn’t matter
Yes there should be greater diversity in children’s books.
I think there is so much choice nowadays ! We dont want to loose the classics
I don’t think there should be diversity for diversity’s sake, but where it’s needed and relevent.
I think there should be as much diversity in fiction as there is in real life, but it’s an issue in adult fiction as well, and until or unless that changes, we’ll never get diversity in childrens’ fiction either. Diversity is characters of all religions, colours, sizes, ages and sexuality… there are so many different people and diverse personalities, how can we represent them all? Maybe a little at a time is an option xx
Yes there should be more diversity in childrens’ books
yes for sure x
I do think that it’s a shame that most fairy tales feature a little white girl with long hair. No disabilities, no ethnic diversity.
I think there should be more diversity in books because life is diverse.
Yes
Yes perhaps
I do – but i think they should reflect the make up of society and include different races, sexes, family make ups, disabilities etc. It shouldnt just be a case of have a black character or an asian character for tokenism either.
Yes there should be greater diversity in children’s books.
yes I think there should be greater diversity in childrens books.
A lot of books now have diversity in them, which is so good to see x
I see a range of diversity in children’s books and I think it’s right but a greater range would be helpful for children
Yes, there absolutely should!
Oh, yes! Diversity of all types.
yes
It is certainly something that is changing, it just seems to be a very slow process- the quicker it happens, the better
Yes! We definitely need to see more diversity in children’s books.
Of course. Diversity is definitely needed in more books and schooling.
Yes I do think there should be more diversity in books.
Yes, there of course absolutely should be more.
Yes there should be more it’s life
I think there is, we have come a long way.
Oh yes, there needs to be lots of diversity
Yes going forward, and it’s right to reimagine old stories but there’s no need to erase them as they were products of their time and should be read as such.
No, children cover diversity and inclusion at school anyway as part of the curriculum. Children’s fiction are generally stories of escapism and fantasy so don’t necessarily need to reflect real life.
Yes definitely
Yes, I think there should be more diversity, but it should reflect real life, and characters should be made a part of the story, so they are not made to ‘stand out’ or be noted as being ‘different’as in this way, diversity is normalised, which it should be. No child should grow up, feeling their skin colour, gender or anything else, makes them stand out as not typical.
100%. Heroes should be male or female,black, white, Asian, Chinese etc. I think books should be multicultural just like our beautiful world