Less than half of parents find it fun to read aloud to their children, new research shows. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceOnly 40% of parents with children aged... Read more »
Joe Dunthorne tells us he originally envisaged this book as a story of his grandmother’s childhood escape from the Nazis; the reality turned out to be more complex. Narrated with the twists... Read more »
Cloud Boy by Greg Stobbs, Oxford, £7.99Sights, sounds, smells – the world around Bobby is just too enticing, and he’s always floating off into the clouds. How can his friends keep his... Read more »
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce is calling on Keir Starmer’s government to “stand up and give a visible sign that this country values its children”. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming... Read more »
This story begins in a fever. It was the spring of 2021 and I’d contracted my first bout of Covid. Confined to bed, I turned to the pile of books that had... Read more »
Let’s call it the Rebel Girls effect. The enormous appetite for Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo’s first collection of illustrated tales about mighty, real-life women, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, sparked... Read more »
The former children’s laureate Anne Fine has said parents should consider letting pupils learn online instead of going to school. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceInstead of punishing families... Read more »
In a nation lacking a comprehensive social safety net, people often scramble to find private solutions to structural problems. While existing scholarship primarily focuses on how adults, particularly mothers, navigate systematic gaps... Read more »
It’s summer in the city and one fuzzy dachshund is more than just a little hot under the collar. Having had enough of the sweltering temperatures, he parks his bottom in the... Read more »