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Community Secret Santa is back!  Back in December '24 we launched our 'Community Secret Santa' campaign. Working in collaboration with local, award-winning charity The Well, Kibworth Books sought to raise funds via customer donations to buy a book or gift for someone within the community who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Thanks to your huge generosity, together we raised over £1400 which was used to select around 60 bespoke Christmas gifts for individuals and families in the local area.  With funds still remaining, we have also been able to... - Gift £150 worth of board books to the charity Baby Basics to kickstart a new...

As you'll no doubt know by now, we're passionate advocates of reading for empathy, so we're very excited to share that Kirsty, our Children's Specialist Bookseller, has been invited to speak at the upcoming Empathy Lab conference alongside a stellar line up of experts from the worlds of social and emotional learning, child development, education, and literature.The Raising Generation Empathy is a landmark conference which takes a cross-sector, collaborative approach to exploring how reading can boost children’s empathy and wellbeing.In such a polarised world, empathy matters more now than ever. How we work together to support our children and young...

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...

A message to all children for World Book Day...  What way do you read? What makes a good book?Pop in to a bookshop, and come take a look.The shelves are all loaded with stories galore,Some hold up a mirror, some open a door.There's worlds of adventure with villains to fight,Or cosy calm tales to curl up with at night.There's books that are silly, books that are sad,Books that that you'll read with your granny or dad.Books loaded with facts or made up of pictures,Some will inspire, some have you in stitches.Read on the sofa, with warm socks and toast,In a...

Today marks the launch date of the 2025 Empathy Reads - two collections of books for both primary and secondary aged children which have been selected by an expert panel of judges for their empathy building power.  “Empathy is a skill, not a trait. It is learnable” says the judging panel, “without it, children can’t develop the relationships they need to thrive. Society needs to pay much greater attention to the way books develop empathy understanding and skills. Let’s urgently scale our unique UK book-based empathy education movement”. Each book in the collection offers different ways of experiencing, understanding and...

Baby Basics Leicester is a volunteer-based charity aiming to support families who are struggling to meet the financial and practical challenges of looking after a new baby or young child. Kibworth Books are delighted to be partnering with the charity to help them secure much needed book donations for the families they work with. Laura, from the charity, recently paid a visit to the bookshop and - thanks to generous donations from kind customers into our 'Pay It Forward' scheme - we were able to kickstart this new relationship with a donation of £200 worth of board books. Each and...