Read for Good

Our latest newsletter went out today, all about challenge events and how you can get involved with Read for Good! 👟 We've still got the marathon buzz here at Read for Good! We've recently updated our challenge event offerings to provide a fun way to help inspire children in the UK to discover the power of reading. 💪 Check out our new picks; many of the events have free places when you fundraise for Read for Good! 🧡 Sign up for any of the events listed via the link in our bio.

This is one of our special hospital bookcases which lives at the office to greet visitors 🧡 We use it to show off some of the amazing new books that we hope children will fall in love with. Are any on your tbr pile? What are you going to share with your class or young people at home? @postwave_books @walkerbooksuk @simonkidsuk @rocktheboatnews @faberchildrens @templarbooks @scholastic_uk @harpercollinsch @guppypublishing @maverick_books @andersenpress @puffinbooksuk @penguinukbooks

⚠️Winner announcement for our Free Comic Book Day giveaway @cowfishdreams @educa8wirral @damowatling @x.lorna_mccallum.x @misoaubergine @mrs_g_bookworm @miss_g_now_miss_o @helenfealey @merrillteaches @the_helpfulhub Congratulations 🎉 you have all won some comics. Thanks to our partner @books_for_bugs for adding in some extra goodies too 🧡 ✉️ Please email [email protected] with your details for delivery

So excited that I’ve been invited to chair this SPECTACULAR author event with the @empathylabuk team for this years #empathydayfestival in association with @readforgood Taking place on 4th June with the brilliant @louiestowell and @jeffreykboakye we will be going all in for CONNECTION with thousands of KS2 children across the country. It’s totally free to register so get yourself over to EmpathyLab now. (No, not later, not in a bit - get it done dude!) Loki or Kofi wouldn’t wait…why would you? 🙂 #childrensbooks #authors #empathy #reading

📚 New book recommendations added to our Books We Love page. From newly confident readers to YA, there are so many amazing books to add to your bookshelves!! Sign up for our Books We Love email for regular updates and book giveaways. Wands Away @emmafarrarons The Ocean and the Bones #GenevieveCarver Shrapnel Boys @j_c_pearson If the Invader Comes @tompalmerauthor The Night I Borrowed Time @ihussainwriter Mammoth Rider @sallypoyton Darker Water @ediereadie Finders of the Silverthorn Forest @rachelchiverskhoo Betty Steady @nickysmithdale Greek Boy @tony.bradman Tales of the Cobb Street Commandos @tony.bradman You Vs the Poison Plot @ajoshhicks Fear Files @christopheredge Where are you, Eddie @iammichaelrosen K-Pop Academy #MinaFinch Star Kitties @laura_ellen_anderson SuperQuesters @drpaulscience

A wonderful evening celebrating the 80th birthday of @iammichaelrosen 🎉 @sissaylemn looked super fresh after a visit to the palace and delivered a top speech 🎤 Thanks to @kirstengrant17 @ianklamb @walkerbooksuk for the invitation 🗓️ Save the date for #MichaelRosenDay2026 - 12.11.26

New blog post!!! This Boy I Hardly Know by Lisa Heathfield Published @andersenpress Out now! 'Siblings can be a pain, no doubt. They can wind you up, steal your clothes and somehow always manage to get the biggest piece of chocolate. But what if they were suddenly taken from you and no one can tell you when you’ll see them again? There are 20,000 children in care who are separated from their siblings (Children’s Commissioner report: Siblings in Care, 2023)' 🔗/writing-that-cares

Let's celebrate the end of term, the end of SATS, the National Year of Reading and everything else with our FREE online multi-author event! Read for Good® Summer Party - Thursday 25 June 2026 at 10am Register here: /read-for-good-summer-party-2026 Authors and illustrators contributing to the event include Hannah Gold (The Lone Husky), A.F. Harrold* (Pocket Book of Pocket Poems), Ramzee (2000AD and Marvel Comics), Athena Kugblenu (History’s Most Epic Fails) and Sarah McIntyre* (Adventuremice). *recorded Supported by @bookkind Thanks to: @hannahgold_author @a.f.harrold @ramzeecreates @athenakugblenu @jabberworks @harpercollinsch @bloomsburychildrens @hachettechildrens @dfb_storyhouse

🚨 School staff! Join us for Stage 1 of our Rebel Reading Society Road Trip at @noremarsh.js in Royal Wootton Bassett - September 2026! 🚨 🛣️ An amazing opportunity to take time out of your busy school day and reflect on your schools reading culture and levels of reading buzz! 🚦 Stage 1 features the incredible @beccyblakeartist - creator of @chickenhill_bloomsbury , @thereadingspark and Hilary MacMeekin, Headteacher of our host school, @noremarsh.js ! 🚨 What’s the purpose of the day? ‼️Simple! 📚 To get staff inspired, motivated, armed with new, realistic and achievable ideas to take back to school and help crank up the reading vibes AND also to provide an opportunity for you to see a school and hear from its Headteacher who along with the whole school team, have created an inspiring reading culture! 🚨 Amazing CPD - delivered to your community! ❤️ An investment of £72.50 in your schools young readers is all that is needed, per attendee and for that you get a days worth of inspiration, lunch and a goodie bag from our amazing friends at @readforgood ! 🚨 Tickets are limited so get involved and follow the link in our bio! ❤️ Subscribers of @the_rebel_reading_society will be emailed a discount code! 🛣️📚❤️📚🛣️ #letsgo ‼️ Open and totally appropriate for teachers, support staff, leadership teams and even your governors if you need them to take note and understand the importance of investing more in your young readers!😎 ‼️ Stage 2 - Wednesday 30th September @cheswickgreenprimaryschool and featuring @rashmiwriting @checkemoutbooks and @mrsbrownsbookbox ! More details coming soon! 🌟 #therebelreadingsociety #teamwork

The Haunted Wood @questing.vole @oneworldpublications Join Sam Leith and Penny Junor as they talk all things children's books Thursday 2 July, 7:00pm @brimscombemill The stories we read as children matter. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past – collective and individual, remembered and imagined – and invite us to dream up different futures. @go_all_in_2026 /yellowlightedbookshop/t-lddqkyz

We won People's Choice award at @smileycfa ! We are all feeling so proud that our first film has reached new audiences, shone a light on the work that we do, and the value of stories in hospitals to children and their families. Thank you to you also! Our existing supporters who voted and helped to get us here. And if you haven't seen it yet (where have you been), we present the award winning 'The Magic of Stories'! Watch the film via the link in our bio! Thank you to filmmaker @clairepinegar and @media_trust for your amazing support of the work that we do.

Today we raise a large slice of chocolate cake and a tub of hummus to celebrate the 80th birthday of the inimitable @iammichaelrosen From stories to poems and rapping, Michael has inspired so many children and adults across the world to enjoy the power of words. Tell us your favourite story or poem in the comments. You can celebrate with Michael and lots of special guests at the @southbankcentre on 23rd May, 11-4 PLUS save the date for Michael Rosen Day 2026 - Thursday 12th November @walkerbooksuk @kirstengrant17