Our partners

Inclusive Books for Children (IBC) is a charity with a free website for families that helps them easily choose books for a more inclusive bookshelf. They showcase stories that represent all types of family and don’t draw on gender stereotypes or negative tropes. They feature books with a variety of ethnicities, positive images of disabilities and different identities, and celebrate Own-Voice authors and illustrators.

The IBC website runs in parallel with their provision of funding to other not-for-profit organisations also working to improve inclusivity in children’s books, and access to those books.

IBC is our headline funding partner.

Hachette Children's Group is one of the largest children's publishers in the UK, with an excellent track record in creating bestselling and award-winning books for children. The Group aims to cater for every child, with baby and preschool books, picture books, gift, fiction, non-fiction, series fiction, books for the school and library market and licensed publishing and comprises the imprints Hodder Children’s Books, Orchard Books, Orion Children’s Books, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Quercus Children’s Books, Pat-a-Cake, Wren & Rook, Laurence King Publishing and Franklin Watts and Wayland Books.

Hachette Children's Group is our primary publishing partner.

Alanna Max is an independent publisher of inclusive picture books. They create naturally inclusive picture books for children from all backgrounds that reflect the world they live in.

Alanna Max publishes the Booky Girl Lulu, Zeki Books and Lenny Books series. Their mission is to portray the diversity we see on the streets every day in an inclusive way.

The Society of Authors is the UK's largest trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators, at all stages of their careers. They have been advising individuals and speaking out for the profession for more than a century. 

Members receive unlimited free advice on all aspects of the profession, including confidential clause-by-clause contract vetting, and a wide range of exclusive offers.

Peters is the UK's leading specialist supplier of children's books and furniture to schools, academies, public libraries and multi-academy trusts.

For 90 years, Peters has worked closely with librarians, educators and reading professionals to promote literacy and help get the right books into the hands of generations of readers.