Imagine Me Stories

Imagine Me Stories is a United Kingdom-based children's book subscription service focused on Black and African representation. The brand ships a monthly box containing diverse children's books plus Black history and culture activity packs, aimed at children aged 0 to 12. Subscribers can choose to receive one, three, or five books each month, with pricing starting from £10.99, and the service promises no duplicate books if customers list the titles they already own. Every box includes free Black History Packs — themed activity sheets printed on double-sided A4 card — and a reading ladder reward chart with stickers featuring different Black icons. The brand positions itself against a stark representation gap: it cites that less than 4% of children's books in the UK feature a Black main character, and that only 4% of children's books published in the UK in 2017 featured a Black or minority ethnic main character. Imagine Me Stories frames its mission as helping families discover books that celebrate Black characters, learn about African culture and Black history, and build a love of reading. The company also sells standalone digital activity packs through its online store, covering themes such as Amazing African Kingdoms, Amazing African Ethnic Groups, Black British Heroes, Black Scientists, Black Inventors, and Black Entrepreneurs in History. The About Us page is written in the first person by the founder, who describes growing up in Nigeria as a voracious reader of books like The Famous Five, Alice in Wonderland, Matilda, and Malory Towers, and later being struck by Cyprian Ekwensi's The Passport of Mallam Ilia — one of the first Black books she read. As a mother, she observed that few children's books reflected Black or African realities and founded Imagine Me Stories to provide representative books. The site displays verified customer reviews and has been featured in media, though specific press outlets are not named in the supplied evidence. The brand operates primarily through its e-commerce website and subscription platform.

Imagine Me Stories was founded as a response to the lack of Black representation in children's literature in the United Kingdom. The founder, writing on the brand's About Us page, describes growing up in Nigeria as an avid reader of British children's classics such as The Famous Five, Alice in Wonderland, Matilda, and Malory Towers, and recalls that it never occurred to her that books could reflect her own reality. She cites The Passport of Mallam Ilia by Cyprian Ekwensi as one of the first Black books she read, encountered in her second year of secondary school, and describes being profoundly affected by it. Years later, as a mother to a young daughter, she observed that little had changed: few children's books reflected Black or African realities. She references a statistic that only 4% of children's books published in the UK in 2017 featured a Black or minority ethnic main character. This gap motivated the creation of Imagine Me Stories, a subscription service designed to deliver representative books to children and to educate them about Black history and African culture. The brand operates an e-commerce website offering monthly subscription boxes with options for one, three, or five books, priced from £10.99. Each box includes a Black history activity pack and a reading ladder reward chart with stickers. The company also sells individual digital activity packs covering topics such as African kingdoms, ethnic groups, Black British heroes, scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs. The site displays 175 verified reviews and states that the brand has been featured in media. The founder's stated dream is that every child grows up seeing their realities reflected in books and that all children can read diverse stories about different experiences.

A subscription service addressing the underrepresentation of Black characters in UK children's books, offering diverse books and Black history education for ages 0–12.

• Monthly subscription box (1, 3, or 5 books)

  A monthly box of Black children's books for ages 0–12, with options for 1, 3, or 5 books, starting from £10.99. Includes Black history activity packs and a reading ladder chart.

• Digital activity packs

  Downloadable activity packs on themes such as Amazing African Kingdoms, Amazing African Ethnic Groups, Black British Heroes, Black Scientists, Black Inventors, and Black Entrepreneurs in History. Priced at $6.00 each, with a Black History Education Resource Pack at $52.00.

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