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The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is here. A carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme…

Storyhunters Hunted: Beans on Toast
We're making it our mission to track down all of our wonderful Storyhunters and find out a little more about…

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is here. A carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme…

Could you read with a care experienced child?
“Thank you for helping me read better and for making reading fun and not stupid boring.” Reading Hero, aged 6.…

Storyhunters Hunted: Jelly Belly
We're making it our mission to track down all of our wonderful Storyhunters and find out a little more about…

Reader Revisited: Reading with Looked-After Children by Grace Frame
We're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting articles from The Reader Magazine. This article first appeared in issue…

Daniel’s Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “I don’t think she’s had anyone reading aloud to her in the way that I do it.”
Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long love…

Alys’ Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “It took her out of herself.”
Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long…

Abby’s Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “She’s absolutely blossomed… that’s down to being in a secure environment.”
Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long…

Becca’s Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “I just go in and say, ‘I’m your reading friend.’”
Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long love…

Storyhunters Hunted: Clumsy the Clown
We're making it our mission to track down all of our wonderful Storyhunters and find out a little more about…

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
Our last deep dive into the 2023/24 Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf is a review of Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick…