Category: Children’s literature

The life-changing power of reading aloud

When I was pregnant with my son Lorenzo, I would often sit down and read aloud to my belly. I

A reminder: this coming Monday, 13 June, I am moderating a panel on the mental health of children and carers.

Above our home in the south of Athens, Greece, Lorenzo often sees dragons. That’s what he thinks aeroplanes are, as

This autumn has greeted me with a sunny day in Trento, northern Italy. A beautiful day — but it can’t

I’m writing these notes at 6am, after having slept in short intervals throughout the night. My son Lorenzo is teething

Little Thumb is one of those old fairytales with so many horrible details that it would never make it into a

(Featured photo: Andrea Spinelli Barrile) “Are you reading to him?” This was the question that my son’s paediatrician asked when

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