Dearest One by Arielle Dance

Dearest One Children’s Book by Arielle Dance and Jenny Duke
Written by Arielle Dance and illustrated by Jenny Duke, ‘Dearest One’ is a colourful children’s story book filled with inspirational words and lessons that makes a wonderful keepsake for your little loved ones.
Told from the perspective of older generations, this book helps children navigate the joys and sorrows of childhood with positivity, strength and resilience. Embracing the rain, finding music in the quiet and turning your face to the sun are just some of the many lessons inside this book – each accompanied by a vibrant and exciting picture that really brings the pages to life.
Author: Arielle Dance
Illustration: Jenny Duke
Age: 3+ years
32 pages
Printed on FSC certified paper with non petroleum based inks
Award winning children’s book publisher and social enterprise, Lantana Publishing, have a mission to publish inclusive books that are changing the game of publishing, commissioning books that celebrate diversity, equality, and environmental sustainability. In the UK, a third of school children identify as being Black, Asain, or Minority Ethnic (BAME), but yet less than 5% of books are representative of BAME characters. Further to this, less than 2% are authors or book creators represented by British people of colour, even less than this are representative of the LGBTQ+ communities or disabled. Lantana believes that every child deserves to see themselves in the books they read.