Tips & News on Raising Confident Readers With a Global Outlook

It's Children's Mental Health Week! Did you know? One in six children aged five to 16 were identified as having a probable mental health problem in July 2020, a huge increase from one in nine in 2017. That’s five children in every classroom. Adults who experienced four or more adversities in their childhood are four times more likely to have low levels of mental wellbeing and life satisfaction (Youngminds.org). Books have been used by many, consciously or not, as a form of therapeutic relief. We've come up with a list of 10 feel good fiction books that may help provide the escapism a middle grader or young adult may need to provide respite for the real world.

With Christmas speedily approaching your child may want some books to read.
These are our picks of our favourite festive books for this winter season!

 

Refugees are people who have been forced to flee their home and country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disasters (such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis). It is likely that your child will one day come across another child or adult who has had to leave their home country and we want them to feel confident in speaking to, and interacting with these people; so we came up with a list of books that feature refugees that we think your child will enjoy!

Last week we announced that Happier Every Chapter's theme for September would be Sci-Fi September. As we did last month once we'd announced the the...

Children nowadays spend a lot of their time in front of a screen, whether it be for educational purposes or just in their free time. While it can b...

It's almost like we blink and another month passes. Last week we announced that August's theme would be Perilous Adventures and now we are here to...

6 Ways to Raise Readers

Some children will grow up as bookworms, others might need a little bit more encouragement to pick up a book and read. We've compiled a list of ideas that can help you to raise bookworms that we hope will inspire you and your children to be a family of readers! 

This started off as an Instagram Reel and TikTok that Kirsten did back in January, but we love some of the books so much that we thought we would t...

Its the Easter holidays! Feels like a mini summer break in plenty of ways. We've come up with a list of 10 things to do over the Easter School Holi...

Diverse books are important as they show and represent different cultures, beliefs, skin colours and abilities. Reading diverse books can help rea...

Classic books can sometimes be quite difficult to read - even for older readers! We have come up with a list of classic books that we think are mor...

Diverse books are important as they show and represent different cultures, beliefs, skin colours and abilities. Reading diverse books can help rea...