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Talking about anxiety using A Totally Big Umbrella
Growing Readers
Friday, August 15, 2025
Author Sarah Crossan explores a young child's overwhelming anxiety about rain in her picture book, A Totally Big Umbrella, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb.
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Dip into The Post Bag with Emma Yarlett
Growing Readers
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Find out what inspired The Post Bag books and why Unicorn Post is so close to author and illustrator Emma Yarlett's heart!
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Exploring grief and loss in The Bear-Shaped Hole
Growing Readers
Friday, May 9, 2025
Author John Dougherty and illustrator Thomas Docherty introduce their exploration of preparing for loss in their picture book, The Bear-Shaped Hole.
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Let's Talk: Books to encourage discussions around wellbeing
Growing Readers
Friday, May 9, 2025
"The value of these books is not just about the content, it's also the interactions between children and adults that they initiate." Molly Potter
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Exploring identity and self belief through stories
Growing Readers
Friday, April 4, 2025
Laura Dockrill explores what being 'strong' can mean in her new picture book, I Am Strong Just Being Me; a story that can be used with young children to explore their own feelings and identity.
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Using picture books to inspire discussions with young children
Growing Readers
Friday, February 7, 2025
Picture books are the perfect medium to explore and help understand the world around us and to explore how we feel.
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Encouraging early readers with illustrated chapter books
Growing Readers
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Comic-style stories and illustrated chapter books can be hugely enticing for early readers, so check out series like Swapna Reddy's Reggie Rabbit books, which include The Great Carrot Heist and <a href="/books/reggie-rabbit-the...
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Meet Nibbles - the Very Hungry Book Monster!
Growing Readers
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Nibbles the book monster is very hungry, and in Nibbles: The Very Hungry Book Monster, he has found his way into a library! Oh no! Which of our favourite fairy tales and nursery rhymes is he going to chew through this time?</st...
