'There are not many books where the superheroes are girls wearing hijabs with Muslim names. So, the school decided that if those books did not exist, we would just write our own.”
The school was nominated for its work in diversity and inclusion, of which the book project is an important part.
“We did a bit of digging, and realised it was actually quite difficult to find books that represented children who were Scottish through and through, but whose parents had settled here having come from other countries, bringing their rich culture with them.” Alexis adds: “Excitingly, the school has just heard the books will be trialled in two Glasgow libraries and if it’s successful, the idea will be to roll them out to all the city libraries. That’s really wonderful news.”The project has attracted a lot of attention and won many awards, including the Social Enterprise Academy’s Glasgow Dragon’s Den trophy and a National Social Enterprise Champion Award.
After First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted a picture of her visit to the school, pupils received thousands of abusive, racist messages online. She adds: “But this time, it felt like people actually, finally, said – hold on a moment, we have to do something about this.
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