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"Books are great ways of building bridges across racial and ethnic divide" - Nicky Daly.
Cape Town-based Nicky Daly is an award-winning illustrator and writer of inclusive and diverse children's books.
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He saw, over the years, that there was a massive gap in the diversity in children's books and believed that children needed to 'see themselves' on the pages of the books they were reading. So, a dream was born!
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Our friends at Beautiful News shared his story with us through one of their films recently and we had to chat to him!
To date, Nicky has published over 45 children's books from 'The Herd Boy' to 'The Wild Ones'.
It's Jamela (the full collection) has a Christmas story with a happy ending that will please vegetarians. pic.twitter.com/sAyBX8pE4t
— Niki Daly (@DalyNiki) December 14, 2019
With it being the International Day of Education on 24 January, we knew we needed to chat to him!
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Image and film courtesy of Beautiful News.
Tweet courtesy of Nicky Daly official Twitter.