Showing posts with label reading for empathy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading for empathy. Show all posts
Sunday 9 May 2021

Children's Books Reading Round-Up: March - April 2021

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  A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll (Knights Of) I've been a bit behind on this one as it has been around since June last year. In fact, ...
Monday 1 June 2020

Empathy Day: Guest Post by Planet Omar Author Zanib Mian

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Empathy is a vital human force. One that creates happier children, stronger communities and a better world. It’s come into sharp focus dur...
Saturday 28 March 2020

Book Review: 'Talking To The Moon' by S.E. Durrant

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A mystery novel for children who don't like mystery novels. Usually, children's books which centre around some sort of mystery to ...
Monday 23 September 2019

Book review: 'The Boy With The Butterfly Mind' by Victoria Williamson

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Family politics are never easy. Especially not when you're a kid with ADHD. Family politics are never easy. Especially not when you&...
Monday 16 September 2019

The Right Book for the Right Child (Guest Blog Post By Victoria Williamson)

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I remember very clearly when my love affair with Jane Austen began. It was the summer between fifth and sixth year of high school, when I ...
Monday 10 June 2019

Empathy: A Superpower by Sita Brahmachari

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"Reading helps young minds to imagine lives beyond their own: how they would cope in a crisis, if they were a refugee, or had just lost...
Thursday 17 January 2019

Empathy Day Reading For Empathy Guide 2019

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This year's Empathy Day falls on June 11th. Today EmpathyLab has revealed the titles in its Read For Empathy Guide . The day focuses o...
Tuesday 20 November 2018

Reading For Displeasure: 13 Books To Take Children Out Of Their Comfort Zone

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Reading for pleasure is all the rage in schools, but how often do we, and the children we teach, read for displeasure? Or, perhaps more a...
Friday 8 June 2018

More Books That Encourage Children To #ReadForEmpathy

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Last year for Empathy Day , organised by Empathy Lab UK , I recommended 6 books that encourage children to read for empathy : 'The Un...
Thursday 7 June 2018

Guest Post: 'Illegal': Reading For Empathy by Andrew Donkin

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Our new graphic novel, ILLEGAL, started life with a desire to make our readers feel empathy for people in a very unusual and terrible sit...
Monday 21 May 2018

Guest Post: Who Gets to Tell the Story? Empathy vs Exploitation by Victoria Williamson

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In today's guest blog post, and as part of her blog tour, Victoria Williamson, author of 'The Fox Girl and The White Gazelle' ...