Africa Centre
38 King Street, London WC2E 8JS.
Tel: 020 7240 6649
Wide range of material from and about Africa. A small number
of books in African languages, e.g. Yoruba, Twi, Swahili
African
Books Collective
The Jam Factory, 27 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HU.
Tel: 01865 726686 Fax: 01865 793298
Distributor of books from a wide variety of African publishers.
Bags
of Books
1 South Street, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2BT
Tel: 01273 479320 Fax: 01273 479320
Email: bagsofbooks@bags-of-books.co.uk
Website: www.bags-of-books.co.uk
Specialist children’s bookshop, particularly strong
on audiotapes for which they produce a mail order catalogue.
Barefoot
Books
124 Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BG
Tel: 01225 322400 Fax: 01225 322499
Email: sales@barefootbooks.com
Website: www.barefootbooks.com
Publisher of attractively produced books which take their
inspiration from many different cultures
Bookscan
Unit 9, Angela Davis Industrial Estate, Somerleyton Road,
London SW9 8TZ.
Tel: 020 7274 6499
Specialists in Black literature. They have a showroom which
can be visited.
Bookspread
Ltd
Trident Centre, Bickersteth Road, Tooting Broadway, London
SW17 9SH.
Tel: 020 8767 6377 Fax: 020 8767 7628 email: info@bookspread.co.uk
Website: www.bookspread.co.uk
Services include: educational supplies & orders, mobile
bookshop, activities & author visits.
Children’s
Book Company
11 The Green, Ealing, London W5 5DA.
Tel: 020 8567 4324 website: www.childrensbookcompany.com
This bookshop has a helpful website aimed mainly at parents,
incorporating author interviews, advice, audioclips &
a chatroom, as well as online booksales.
Children’s
Bookshop
Muswell Hill, 29 Fortis Green Road, London N10 3RY
Tel: 020 8444 5500 Fax: 020 8883 8632
Specialist children’s bookseller with very knowledgeable
staff.
Children’s
Bookshop
37-39 Lidget Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3JF
Tel: 01484 658013 Fax: 01484 460020
Specialist children’s bookseller with very knowledgeable
staff.
Eastside
Books
178 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BJ
Tel: 020 7247 0216 Fax: 020 7247 2882
Community bookshop with a good multicultural selection.
European
Bookshop
5 Warwick Street, London W1R 6BH.
Tel: 0171 734 5259
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, some Scandinavian
languages.
The
Festival Shop Ltd
56 Poplar Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7AG
Tel: 0121 444 0444 Fax: 0121 441 5404 email: info@festivalshop.co.uk
Produce a very useful catalogue of multifaith & multicultural
resources
Frances
Lincoln Publishers
4 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ.
Tel: 020 7284 4009 Fax: 020 7267 5249 email: uksales@frances-lincoln.com
Website: www.franceslincoln.com
Publisher with a strong multicultural dimension
Grant
& Cutler
55-57 Great Marlborough Street, London W1V 2AY.
Tel: 020 7734 2012 Fax: 020 7734 9272 email: postmaster@grant-c.demon.co.uk
Website: www.grant-c.demon.co.uk
Emphasis on West European languages and, as far as children’s
books are concerned, on language learning rather than literature.
However, the range of provision varies between one language
and another.
Guanghwa
9 Newport Place, London WC2H 7JR.
Tel: 020 7437 3737 Chinese books.
Heath
Educational Book Supplies
Willow House, Willow Walk, off Whittaker Road, Sutton,
Surrey SM3 9QQ.
Tel: 020 8644 7788 Fax: 020 8641 3377 email: heath.books@ukf.co.uk
Comprehensive range of material displayed in their showroom,
including big books, of which they produce a regularly updated
list.
Jeff
Hynds Books
The Book Barn, 6 Skein Enterprises, Goose Farm, Hodsoll Street,
near Wrotham, Kent TN15 7LB
Tel/fax: 01732 820007 email: jeffhyndsbooks@aol.com
Website: www.jeffhyndsbooks.co.uk
Stock good quality children’s books including those
on this list and others appropriate for core collections.
Can be visited, send books or set up exhibitions in schools.
Contacts: Deborah Cooper/Suzanne Briley
Jubilee
Books
Eltham Green School Complex, Middle Park Avenue, Eltham, London
SE9 5EQ.
Tel: 020 8850 7676 Fax: 020 8294 9345 email: enquiries@jubileebooks.co.uk
Website: www.jubileebooks.co.uk
Suppliers to schools with a showroom that can be visited.
Letterbox
Library
71-73 Allen Road, London N16 8RY
Tel: 020 7503 4801/4802/4803/4804/4805 Fax 020 7503 4800
A bookclub specialising in non-sexist and multicultural children’s
books. Quarterly annotated catalogues.
The
Lion and the Unicorn
19 King Street, Richmond on Thames, TW9 1ND
Tel: 020 8940 0483 Fax: 020 8332 6133
Specialist children’s bookshop with very knowledgeable
staff
Madeleine
Lindley Ltd
Book Centre, Broadgate, Broadway Business Park, Chadderton,
Oldham OL9 9XA.
Tel: 0161 683 4400 Fax: 0161 682 6801
email: books@madeleinelindley.com
A wide range of services for schools and teachers including
carefully selected bookpacks and a range of big books, audio
and video tapes and character toys. Mail order is possible.
Mantra
Publishing
Mantra
Lingua, Global House, 303 Ballards Lane, London N12 8NP
Tel: 020 8445 5123 Fax: 020 8446 7745
Email:
info@mantralingua.com
Website:
www.mantralingua.com
Well established publisher specialising in dual language
books in up to 42 languages. Also produces posters, friezes,
audio CDs, CD-ROMs.
Milet
Publishing Ltd
19 North End Parade, London W14 0SJ.
Tel: 020 7603 5477 Fax: 020 7610 5475 email: orders@milet.com
website: www.milet.com
Specialists in Turkish books. Also publish an increasing range
of dual language books in a range of languages
Multicultural
Bookshop
Unit 33, Carlisle Business Centre, 60 Carlisle Road, Bradford
BD8 8BD.
Tel: 01274 544158 email: aamirdarr@multiculturalbookservice.fsnet.co.uk
New
Beacon Books
76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN
Tel: 020 7272 4889
Specialists in African and Caribbean literature
Newham
Parents Centre Bookshop
747 Barking Road, London E13 9ER.
Tel: 020 8552 9993
Stock a good range of children's books and resources for teachers
One
World Books
8 Rickett Street, West Brompton, London SW6 1RU
Tel: 020 7381 4994 Fax: 020 7385 0534
Website: www.one-world-books.demon.co.uk
Multicultural books, with a particular emphasis on African
American titles.
Paublo
Books Ltd
PO Box 107, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 9YX
Tel: 020 8813 1978 Fax: 020 88575 6181
Email: sales@paublo.demon.co.uk
Website: www.multiculturalbooks.co.uk
Multicultural books by mail order and via website
Ruposhi
Bangla
220 Tooting High Street,
London SW17 0SG. Tel: 020 8672 7843.
Books in Bengali.
Tamarind
Books Ltd
PO Box 52, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 1UN
Tel: 020 8866 8808 Fax: 020 8866 5627 email: TamrindLTD@aol.com
Publisher of multicultural books with a particular reference
to a Black British context
Shining Star: Multifaith and Multicultural Resources
c/o 4 Hilldown Road, Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17
1SX
Tel/fax: +44(0)23 8039 6099 e-mail
enquiries@shiningstar.info
http://www.shiningstar.info/main.htm You can order
online.
Books, CDs and tapes, games, musical instruments,
puzzles, artefacts, dolls, costumes, posters, friezes,
ethnic jewellery.
Soma
Books
38 Kennington Lane, London SE11 4LS.
Tel: 020 7735 2101 Fax: 020 7735 3076 email: www.childrens-books.uk.com
Multicultural books with a special focus on India. Stock includes
dual language texts, American imports, books in Spanish. Free
catalogues issued.
The
Willesden Bookshop
95 The High Road, London NW10 4QU
Tel: 020 8451 7000 Fax: 020 8830 1233
A good range of multicultural children’s books, including
imports from the USA. Booklists, some with brief annotations,
including a regularly updated list of Big Books. They also
have another shop in Kilburn.
Roy
Yates Books
Smallfields Cottage, Cox Green, Rudgwick, Horsham, West Sussex
RH12 3DE
Tel: 01403 822299 Fax: 01403 823012
A supplier specialising in dual language and foreign language
children’s books. Contact for information about what
is available in specific languages.
Zeno
57a Nether St., London N12 7NP.
Tel: 020 8446 1985 Fax: 020 8446 1986
Email:info@thegreekbookshop.com
website: www.thegreekbookshop.com
Books in Greek.
Compiled
by Ann Lazim, CLPE Librarian
© CLPE 2003
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