Today is & I’m sharing my recommendations of authors whose books have helped us to by stepping into someone else’s shoes.

My next shout-out goes to whose books, especially these ones, characterise feelings in such an accessible way.

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The Unicorn Prince: the story of a girl who gives shelter to an injured unicorn & a family of homeless fairies. But will the privileged princes who seek her hand in marriage have the same empathy?

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Today is Books are one of the best ways we can raise a generation with excellent empathy skills. Here are some wonderful book lists:
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(1) Why not do one of the fantastic empathy building activities from their Family Activities Pack? https://t.co/B9cCiFFle5

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Today is Earlier this year we were delighted that Latvian children's poetry collection THE NOISY CLASSROOM was chosen for 's booklist. Illustrator Vivianna Maria Staņislavska created this special image for today.

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We're celebrating great for Empathy Day!

The Mega Magic Hair Swap by is a joyful and fun story about celebrating differences and loving yourself from head to toe.

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It's Empathy is our ability to understand others & feel their emotions, and it's never been more important for us to have empathy for each other. One of the best ways to do this is to Which are your favourite books for empathy? Here's some of ours!

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It’s and it really couldn’t be coming at a better time. I’ve always advocated the power of children’s books in developing empathy. Here are just a few of my personal favourites that I feel do just that.

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Picked 4 for empathy day. Could have chosen countless others. There's empathy to be explored in every book if you look for it and draw it out with children. So often, it's as much about *how* you read something as *what* you're reading.

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It’s and it seems like we need this day more than ever. Here are a couple of my favourite picture books that might be just perfect for today.

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To celebrate I wanted to share these books with you, that support children's understanding of feelings and allow them to walk in other people's shoes. During these unusual times, it is important that we talk about feelings and these books are a great way to do so❤️

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Happy everyone! Many thanks for sending in your questions for my chat with , which we're hoping to record this week. The 6 winners of our giveaway should now have received an email and copies of and/or will be sent out very soon!

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It's Empathy Day! Roksana from Hillingdon Libraries has created these literacy worksheets themed around empathy and emotions. There are easy, medium and advanced sheets for children to try. ^N

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It’s We are not born with a finite amount of empathy. The more we read the more we gain. So keep reading and give children books that expand their knowledge about the world and its injustices. In light of recent events, we have never needed change more.

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Happy everyone! Here I’m proud to big up cheeky Nell from The Invincibles by and myself! One of our best main fiction characters.

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A deer 🦌 who cooks the best pies in the forest...
The delightful characters from the successful book, The Lonely Mailman, return, in a charming tale that invites readers to think about the emotional impact of jealousy, the importance of and the ability to forgive.

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If you had to apply to be considered a human, needed to submit a resume of sorts which elucidated your commitment, your dedication, your empathy and moral qualities, your charitable propensities, do you think you would get the position?
Or, would you be just another failed biped.

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