Love books, passionate about diversity?
We are a small, independent children’s bookshop with BIG ideas. A partnership between a children’s publishing expert and a teacher/Senco. In a little bookshop in Hitchin, Herts. We stock children’s books from baby to young adult and everything in between. We also have a small but perfectly formed selection for grown-ups and we can order pretty much any book that’s currently in print.
We specialise in books that support and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and particularly neurodiversity. We search out books with characters who are autistic, have dyslexia or ADHD, are anxious about school, or who have difficulties with communication and much more! We work with individuals, families, schools and libraries to make sure you can find a book that speaks to you.
We make book recommendations, curate lists to support particular needs, celebrate events, for specific topics and to increase diversity. We also have author events and more.
In store events
Author visits, readings and signings. Group visits from schools, scouting groups etc. National theme weeks and local community events
See current events
Schools
We work in partnership with schools
Curate diverse lists
Inclusive book fairs
Local school wishlists
Loyalty scheme benefits schools
Subscriptions
NEW
We offer a range of subscriptions from 3 months+
Age based, inclusive new books. Choice of fiction/non-fiction, hardback/paperback
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What an inspiring and comforting event we had at the shop last night with the very knowledgeable and very kind @naturedockids!![]()
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Lots of talk about neurodiversity and nutrition, along with sleep, restrictive diets, supplements and a smattering of self-care for parent/carers.![]()
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We have Lucinda’s fab book ‘Brain Brilliance’ available in the shop and online, along with (very shortly), Lucinda’s two other nutrition books for parents. ![]()
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#neurodiversity #nutrition #neurodivergent #neurodiverse #bookshops #choosebookshops #shoplocal #shopsmall
🌟£1000 of books donated to our local schools this year!![]()
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🌟We’ve just sent our termly emails out to schools with updates of how much they have to spend and have already had a local secondary librarian pop in to choose theirs 🥰![]()
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🌟It’s one of my favourite jobs -as a former teacher, it’s so important to us to get books into schools and we receive lovely messages back from schools who are so grateful to our kind customers.![]()
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🌟How it works:![]()
- pick up a loyalty card in store or in some local schools (email us if you’d like some for your school)![]()
- get one stamp for every £10 spent in store![]()
- when you have 10 stamps, choose whether to donate £10 to your choice of local school, or take £5 off your next purchase![]()
- each term, we count up the donations and email school totals to spend in store ![]()
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