Welsh indie Graffeg donates 100 picture books to Bookmark charity

Welsh independent publisher Graffeg is donating 100 picture books to the Bookmark charity, which helps children improve their reading skills and confidence.  

The publisher will be donating copies of Ian Brown’s second picture book series with Eoin Clarke about a pair of unlikely friends from the Himalayas, Hugg ‘n’ Bugg.  

Graffeg’s donation was inspired by a group of volunteers taking a copy of the book to the Mount Everest Base Camp as part of a trek to raise funds and awareness of Bookmark.

The charity’s work includes supplying books and resources to schools to create a whole school reading culture and placing volunteers in schools to help children improve reading skills and confidence.  

Brown said: “The idea of how working together can help and how the smallest help can make a big difference are themes running through all the books – Albert and Hugg ‘n’ Bugg. When I heard about the trek to the Himalayas, it made sense to tie in the new book Finding Home to help the cause and to raise awareness about the work Bookmark do.”