THERE IS JOY IN THESE PAGES
World Book Day is here. It’s the annual focus on encouraging children to enjoy reading – and emphasising the power of books in this year of interrupted education is more important than ever.
Over the last two decades, World Book Day (March 4) has allowed 10 million children the chance to own a book – often their first. And this year’s selection shows it’s not just a child’s life that can change through reading, they can be empowered to change the world!
Three of this year’s World Book Day authors tell us more about how their books will start a new, more hopeful, chapter in our lives.
‘YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO HOLD ADULTS TO ACCOUNT. I WANT TO HELP THEM’
Conservationist, TV presenter, and vet Jess French’s World Book Day title, Protect the Planet , is a guide to the small actions kids can take to make a big difference to the environment.
As adults, it can be easy to wash our hands of responsibility when it comes to environmental issues. We talk about teaching youngsters to love their planet and preach about the next generation having the power to change the future (which they do), without making the necessary changes to our own lives and mindsets.
Children are born with an innate love for the beautiful world that they live in. They know the simple joy of grass under their feet and mud in their hands. It is not our responsibility to teach them how to love
