Schools scrap World Book Day costumes over cost of living crisis
Schools adapt World Book Day celebrations, encouraging comfy clothes over costumes amid cost of living crisis.
Early Words Matter: National Literacy Trust addresses cost of literacy crisis
Empowering early literacy through the National Literacy Trust’s “Early Words Matter” campaign, targeting childhood development and education.
UK cost of living crisis: ‘a million children do not own books’
Rising book disparities as cost-of-living crisis affects access to reading for almost a million UK children, who do not own books at home.
World Population Day: 6 alarming books on looming climate
World Population Day draws attention to the challenges a growing or declining population can pose on the climate as written by these authors.
Why shelter is important – with All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In author Kieran Yates
All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In author Kieran Yates talks about why shelter is important and the impact of housing precarity.
Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, By America: a rallying cry to stop inequality – review
Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, By America is another deep dive into the inequalities faced by the country and the need to fight against it.
What to read on World Hunger Day
It has been estimated that almost 800 million people in the world don’t have enough food to eat. In 2011, The Hunger Project started an initiative known as World Hunger Day. Celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty is the aim of this day. Check out some of these great books.