Although I believe, as parents, we must take on the responsibility of garnishing our children’s love of reading there are plenty of organisations and initiatives that can aid us.
Here is a list of a few …

Have you ever started a conversation with your child with the words; ‘When I was a kid’?
I would love to know if it is limited as a British colloquialism, but it does very much seem …

When I am about to read a book, I am often torn by the amount of information I want to know before embarking on reading it. And what I mean by that, is how much …

A major study of what children are reading, has yielded some surprising, or perhaps unsurprising results.
Some 100,000 children, aged between 5 and sixteen were part of a study commissioned by Renaissance Learning, headed by Professor …

We are encouraged to read to our children, and have them read back, as much as is physically possible.  The many benefits, to both child, and parent, are so obvious they probably do not need …

The Society for Storytelling is currently in the midst of running its annual ‘National Story Telling Week’.
This initiative is in its tenth year, and was set up to promote the ancient art of storytelling, an …

Your kid’s reading is something we are very interested in, and certainly, in many cases, hope that their bookcase, is our children’s bookcase too.
A report, we first read on the BBC website grabbed our attention this week.
The …