Flipping through the pages of After 4.30, you’ll find yourself seated beside Emili, Lili, and Beti, women who feel eerily familiar. Women you might recognise. As you read, faces come to mind; some alive, some lost.

Representation in children’s literature is more than just numbers. It is about creating a world where every child can see themselves, in the characters they encounter and the authors who create them.

Promoting Marxism was the turning point of Ngugi in ruffling feathers with President Jomo Kenyatta, who was pro-capitalism. Kenyatta went after Ngugi and threw him into detention for interfering with the political kitchen.

The sensory needs of young readers pass through distinct developmental phases, and effective sensory writing meets these emotional and imaginative needs at each stage.

That Mailu discerned and attempted to lift the veil on the unfair circumstances of women way back in the 1970s makes him our bravest, most beloved but least acknowledged feminist.

When dyslexia is neither understood nor embraced, the inherent storytelling abilities of dyslexic children are limited to coping mechanisms. Joining words and letters together and manipulating the sounds successfully present serious challenges.