Why We Exist
In one Lagos bookshop in 2008, there were no children's books with African children on them. I couldn't believe it. At the time I was working for Tamarind Books, a bastion of multicultural children's book publishing in the UK. Unfortunately their books weren't reaching a global audience. Neither were many other great, high-quality multicultural and multilingual children's books published by the best trade publishers. So I decided to join the dots. Kio exists to serve schools, governments, charities and families with educational resources that reflect cultures and languages globally. At Kio, we believe education should reflect and celebrate the global village we live in. Many charities working in Africa, Asia, South America and beyond don't know that there are resources which reflect the children they serve. As a consequence, those children grow up seeing images of success, opportunity and education that exclude them. I hope you enjoy shopping with us. Chimaechi Ochei
Founding Director
