{"id":307260,"date":"2025-11-20T23:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/storymix-books-by-jasmine-richards-the-federation-of-childrens-book-groups\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:11:54","slug":"storymix-books-by-jasmine-richards-the-federation-of-childrens-book-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=307260","title":{"rendered":"Storymix Books by Jasmine Richards \u2013 The Federation of Children’s Book Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We have a fantastic blog today from Jasmine Richards, founder of Storymix and Storymix Books.<\/p>\n

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How it started!<\/p>\n

This year has been full of milestones for me, including becoming a trustee at the National Literacy Trust at a pivotal time as we prepare for the National Year of Reading 2026. It is also the year I\u2019ve launched my own publishing house Storymix Books but more on that later! Like all good stories we should start at the beginning, and I should tell you I was a bookworm as a kid.<\/p>\n

Being an avid reader as a child didn\u2019t just change my life; it made the life I live now possible. Every opportunity I\u2019ve ever had began with a book. I grew up in council housing in Haringey, with Stroud Green Library just a three-and-a-half-minute run from my front door, even with little legs. That distance mattered. It meant I was in that library constantly. The librarians there were my early guides, quietly helping me find books that stretched my imagination and expanded my world.<\/p>\n

At home, my mum read too. Mills & Boon, Danielle Steele, and chunky cookbooks. Seeing her read mattered. It didn\u2019t have to be Dickens. It was the act of reading that counted.<\/p>\n

Stories took me from social housing to the University of Oxford, and then to Penguin. I became an author, writing more than twenty books for children and teens including The Unmorrow Curse, a middle-grade fantasy inspired by Norse mythology. Later, I moved into screenwriting, working on shows like PJ Masks and JoJo and Gran Gran.<\/p>\n

But it was when my son was five years old and I stood in a bookshop with him that I understood what my purpose was. I could not find a single book that featured a character that looked like him and I knew in that moment that I had to change that.<\/p>\n

I founded Storymix in 2019. It is a fiction studio where children of colour take centre stage in stories that span age ranges and genre, and where racially minoritised writers and illustrators can find both opportunity and mentorship. Since our inception, we\u2019ve developed and sold over 18 projects, and we\u2019ve worked with more than seventy creators. Over half a million copies of our titles have been sold across the world. Our mission has stayed simple: to make stories full of joy and adventure and create pathways into publishing for the racially minoritized.<\/p>\n

Storymix studio has developed acclaimed series such as The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, Fablehouse, and Aziza\u2019s Secret Fairy Door. Each project represents a different kind of storytelling, but all share the same heartbeat: adventure, joy, and representation.<\/p>\n

How it is going!<\/p>\n

This year, Storymix Studio has evolved. We\u2019ve taken a big step and launched Storymix Books, our own independent publishing arm and sister company to the studio. Our first title, The Other Father Christmas, is a feel good, festive adventure written by me and Priscilla Mante under the shared pen name Serena Holly, and beautifully illustrated by Shahab Shamshirsaz.<\/p>\n

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When I first told my children the idea for this book: Santa is retiring and holds a competition to find his replacement, they couldn\u2019t believe it hadn\u2019t been done before. It\u2019s such a simple but joyful concept. Through the story of Mikey Merriman and his Gramps, my co-writer and I wanted to explore family, belonging, and the idea that Christmas magic belongs to everyone.<\/p>\n

Launching this book has felt like a homecoming of sorts. It reminds me why I started writing in the first place: to bring a bit of magic into the world, and to make sure every child can see themselves at the heart of it.<\/p>\n

If the past few years have taught me anything, it\u2019s that we don\u2019t have to choose between our creative selves. I am an author, a screenwriter, an editor, an entrepreneur, a publisher, and now a trustee. Each role informs the other. Together, they make up a creative life that I am so very grateful for.<\/p>\n

I think a lot about the idea of proximity. I was lucky that my local library was within running distance. But proximity isn\u2019t only about geography. It\u2019s about representation and the signals that tell a child they are welcome \u2013 that they are invited in. That\u2019s what I want Storymix and Storymix Books to offer: proximity to stories for all children.<\/p>\n

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Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Federation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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