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Celebrate the Storybarn’s Birthday this Half Term
“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you-er than you. Shout…
Reading Heroes: Looking back at 2020
In the latest update from the Reading Heroes project, Hope McGarry from the Children and Young People team takes a…
The Storybarn teams up with Walker Books to create outdoor Christmas trail
The Reader Storybarn team is bringing an exciting new story-based adventure to Liverpool’s Calderstones Park this December in collaboration with…
Autumn Adventures with the Storybarn Team
The doors to The Reader Storybarn in Liverpool’s Calderstones Park might still be closed, but the team behind the award-winning imaginative play…
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Our Head of Children and Young People, Kara, has completed her magical journey through Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, The…
Reading Teachers, Reading Pupils
Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils The Reader is delighted to be working with Cheltenham Festivals in delivering the Festivals’ network…
What To Read Next: From The Storybarn
The Storybarn, based at The Reader’s headquarters in Calderstones Park in Liverpool, is an immersive and imaginative play space where…
Inspire a Child, Be a Reading Hero
Reading Heroes is central to our Shared Reading Revolution. Each week, dozens of volunteers read with looked-after children; either one-to-one,…
2019 Highlights: Inspiring children and young people to have a passion for reading
2019 has been a landmark year for The Reader with the opening of the Mansion House, developing our new programme…
We’re Bursting Into Verse this Summer
Join us this summer to explore the astonishing world of our imaginations as we search for hidden poems in stories,…
A thousand more children reading for pleasure in the North West after first year of The Reader’s First Page project
With more than 100 parents and volunteers trained to help improve children's life chances The Reader is celebrating a hugely…
‘He can talk to people, trust people and let them help him – we can’t believe it’ – Sandra’s Story
Sandra lives in Wirral with her two foster children, Ollie, 14, and Callum, 12. Each week, both boys read one-to-one…
