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Reading Well for families is a brilliant book list curated by The Reading Agency. It recommends reading to support parents and carers to look after their wellbeing in pregnancy and the early years (from conception to aged two). The scheme is aimed at adults and includes a range of recommended books and supporting digital resources. Some of the recommended books provide information and advice; there are also personal stories, illustrated books and poetry.   The booklist is targeted at parents, carers and anyone supporting people from pregnancy onwards.  All titles are available to order from Kibworth Books. You can view the...

In recent months and weeks where the news has been dominated with headlines about the UK election, our hearts and minds here at Kibworth Books have been uplifted and buoyed by many things – our customers (always, of course), but also by visits from some fabulous Children’s authors during Independent Bookshop Week, and the appointment of the new Children’s Laureate. Both of these things have given us great food for thought as a bookshop team about the value and importance of children’s books and fired up our (already quite fiery) passion for them. Kirsty, our Children’s Specialist Bookseller, reflects on this…

Do children’s books matter? Should we be spending more time reading them, other than to the children in our lives?