2020 Book Collection Media
2020 Book Collection Media
Blogs and news articles about our 2020 Read for Empathy Collections.
'Books by Jenny Downham, Sophia Thakur and Jessica Love are on the 50-strong Read for Empathy 2020 reading list from social enterprise EmpathyLab, aimed at helping a new generation develop much-needed empathy skills'.
Read the full article here.
How can books help children develop empathy and kindness?
Books help children tune into feelings to experience other lives and other points of view at a safe distance. They are comparable to a flight simulator. Read the full Q&A with EmpathyLab founder Miranda McKearney OBE here.
'We want to champion empathy by helping young people to step into others’ shoes, see their side, and understand how they feel'.
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to find out which of our 2020 Read for Empathy books is best for your Beaver, Cub, Scout or Explorer.
'Society faces an empathy crisis. But research shows that 98% of us can improve our empathy skills and that in books we have a hugely practical tool. This collection can play a powerful role in helping raise a generation of empathic citizens, story by story'.
Miranda McKearney OBE, EmpathyLab founder. Full blog here.
'Empathy benefits everybody’s wellbeing, and we know its constituent skills can be taught and developed. These books will help young people to better understand themselves and their interactions with each other.’
Paul Harris, teacher at the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital School and book collection judge.
Read the full article here.
'....let’s use stories to help the rising generation develop superb empathy skills, and build a better world. It’s our best hope for the future.'
EmpathyLab judging panel
The Reading Agency blog about our new collection here.
'In today’s world, empathy often seems to be in short supply. Every day, the headlines are full of politicians locking horns, celebrities firing insults at each other and stories of bullying, racism and hatred.
The next generation has the power to make a big difference, and we parents can’t underestimate the importance of raising our children to be caring, empathetic beings'. Read the full article here.
'Children’s books can be used as a soft and beautiful tool to develop children and young people’s ability to empathise with others. Here at Amnesty we take children’s literature very seriously and believe that fiction empowers children to care for one another.
Empathetic people – both children and adults - make a much better world. A world where everyone can express themselves without fear of getting bullied or looked down at, a world where we care about our environment and what happens to it, and a world where children everywhere feel safe to grow, learn and be happy'. Read the full blog here.
'I read quickly. I don’t always remember as much detail as I would like, but that doesn’t mean to say that I completely miss the messages in books or can’t get into the minds of the characters.
I have tried to slow down my reading, but how can you when you desperately need to find out what happens to a friend of yours as that book character has become in a short time'? Read more of Dawn Woods' blog on selecting the YA titles for the 2020 Book Collection here.
School Library Association - Discussion and Development 2020.
'Each book has the potential to change a child’s outlook on the world, and it’s exciting to know that such a fantastic collection of literature will be
having a positive impact in classrooms across the country' Jon Biddle, 2020 Book Collection Judge.
Read the full blog here.