🎥Hear from the expert judges behind the 2026 Read for Empathy collection
Professor Teresa Cremin shares how books that invite us to walk in others’ shoes can make a real difference.
Explore the 2026 collection and download your free guides: empathylab.uk/RFE/
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Empathy Lab asset. Dark blue with a frame of orange, pink & light blue stripes. Text reads, “Proud to be a Read for Empathy 2026 collection choice”. Book cover for Zac and Jac follows. “#ReadForEmpathy” bottom centre. Bottom left: Read for Empathy Collection logo with ‘celebrating 10 years’” Bottom right: Empathy Lab logo
And did you also see that 2025 #LittleRebelsAward Shortlistee, Zac and Jac made the #ReadForEmpathy collection? ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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A #LittleRebelsAward Judge sharing her expertise with #ReadForEmpathy Collection.
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🎥Hear from the expert judges behind the 2026 Read for Empathy collection
Jon Biddle speaks about the importance of booktalk: “It’s the conversations we have about books where the impact lies.”
Explore the collection and download free guides: empathylab.uk/RFE/
#ReadForEmpathy
🎥Hear from the expert judges behind the 2026 Read for Empathy collection
Sarah Smith believes there's a book for everyone in the collection and invites you to "join the empathy journey".
Explore the collection and download free guides: empathylab.uk/RFE/
#ReadForEmpathy
🎥Hear from the expert judges behind the 2026 Read for Empathy collection
Phoebe Demeger celebrates this year’s diverse list, all chosen to help young readers explore emotions, build empathy and think more deeply.
Explore the collection: empathylab.uk/RFE/
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⭐ Lover Birds @leoneganauthor
⭐ On the Edge @nicolagarrard7
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How are you using these books in your setting?
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⭐ This is Us: The Story of a family @emilyhamiltonillustration
⭐ What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking @tinaoziewicz & @ale.zajac
⭐ Where Did She Go? @cariadlloyd & @tompercivalbooks
Which book will you be sharing?
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We're overjoyed to have many books featured in @empathylabuk.bsky.social's #ReadForEmpathy collections - and now they are all in one place! Check out our new #ReadForEmpathy list, full of books to support young readers in building empathy, literacy and social activism: collins.co.uk/collections/...
Wow the 2026 #readforempathy collections are amazing & we are thrilled to see inclusions from some of the amazing authors on our books , all of them such great reads, congratulations! #empathylab #goallin empathylab.uk/rfe-2026-col...
Heading reads "Proud to be an EmpathyLab Ambassador" over a photo of Jo who is a white woman wearing glasses and smiling at the camera. She has long grey hair and stands in front of a plain pink wall. Underneath is her name Jo Cotterill.
Text reads "Introducing EmpathyLab Ambassadors" and then there are photos of the following children's authors: Jo Cotterill, AM Dassu, Hannah Gold, Tom Percival, Sue Cheung, Bali Rai, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Jion Sheibani and Patrice Lawrence.
Honoured and proud to announce I've been asked to be an Ambassador for the incredible, life-changing organization EmpathyLab @empathylabuk.bsky.social #empathy #schools #readforempathy #goallin
Delighted to take part in @empathylabuk.bsky.social's #ReadForEmpathy Discovery tour. I enjoyed all the books in the 2026 collection but one of my favourites is People Like Stars by @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social. A beautifully layered intertwining narrative, with a range of richly drawn characters.
I am so excited that Jellybean has been chosen to be included in @EmpathyLabUK's 2026 ReadForEmpathy collection!
What a lovely way to brighten a rainy day ❤️
Congratulations to all the other selected authors. #NationalYearOfReading #ReadForEmpathy
We are delighted to have four books featured in @empathylabuk.bsky.social's 2026 #ReadForEmpathy collection! Congratulations to #HollyWebb, #VashtiHardy #LisaThompson, @eveainsworth.bsky.social and all other selected authors. #NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn
Book cover illustration with lime green long-eared little monster with gentle smile, holding a brown plant pot with a shoot growing with two leaves. White book cover background. Background of post is Empathy Lab colours in dark blue, with light blue pink and orange in edge blocks around and stars in same colours on the dark blue.
A joy to be in @empathylabuk.bsky.social's 2026 #ReadforEmpathy Primary Collection with WHEN I AM KIND illustrated by @paulabowlesdraws.bsky.social and to celebrate their 10th anniversary!
#ReaditForward and buy from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
Link in our bio! #GoAllIn #NationalYearofReading2026
The Read for Empathy Collection logo highlighting its 10th year.
Graphic with covers of the 65 books in this year's Read for Empathy Collection.
The 2026 Read for Empathy collection of 65 books for 3–16-year-olds has been revealed. Find out more about @empathylabuk.bsky.social, download the free reading guides and register for the 2026 Empathy Day Festival. #KidLitUK #BookSky
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Some great books in this year’s #ReadForEmpathy collection.
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Just buzzing to see KICKFLIP on the #ReadForEmpathy list for 2026, from @empathylabuk.bsky.social. Logan & I are so grateful for all the support everyone has given Elliot, and it’s a joy to see a proudly non-binary book on this list, two years after JAMIE waved their own flag from it!
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WHAT HAPPENS ONLINE by Nathanael Lessore is part of the 2026 #ReadForEmpathy collection!
This collection brings together the best of diverse children’s literature, enabling young people to connect with themselves, others & the world. Discover more here: https://loom.ly/YBtGOm8
The new @empathylabuk.bsky.social #ReadForEmpathy collection is released today. Both the primary and secondary lists consist of a wonderful range of children's books, including graphic novels, poetry, picturebooks and non-fiction. Find out more about the lists here: empathylab.uk
Shop the collection at EmpathyLab's bookshop.org (link in bio) and 10% will go to EmpathyLab and 10% to Booktrust during the whole of February for #ReaditForward (and tag in Bookshop.org)
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🎉 The 2026 #ReadForEmpathy collection is here!
Celebrating 10 years with 65 diverse, brilliant books for ages 3–16+, curated to reflect our world and spark meaningful conversations during the National Year of Reading.
📖 Download our free guides (link in bio)
🗓️ Join our FREE webinar: 12 Feb, 4pm
⭐️ The 2026 Read for Empathy Collection is nearly here - launching on 5 February, watch this space! ⭐️
In the meantime you can still explore the 2025 collection and grab your next empathy-building book
#readforempathy #goallin #empathyeducation
An Empathy Lab poster headed up ‘Read for empathy collection choice 2025’ with a cover picture of Sarah Hagger-Holt’s book, The Fights That Make Us.
An Empathy Lab poster headed up ‘Read for empathy collection choice 2025’ with a cover picture of Elle McNicoll’s book, Keedie.
Did you spot our #LittleRebelsAward Shortlistees stood proud amongst the #ReadforEmpathy collections*?
*“A practical tool…giving adults the resources they need to raise an empathy-educated generation”
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Empathy grows with every story. Fiction helps you understand others' feelings.
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It's #EmpathyDay! Today we celebrate the power of reading to build real life empathy with @empathylabuk.bsky.social. The Barrington Stoke team enjoyed an empathy book club event reading #LittleBang by @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social from the 2025 #ReadForEmpathy collection.
THIS TUESDAY (27 May) join the #YLGSE for our FREE monthly #KidLitChitChat! We will be looking at the incredibly important @empathylabuk.bsky.social #ReadForEmpathy collection!
Think about 1 or 2 titles you'd like to highlight & email or dm for TEAMS link
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Join our FREE one-hour webinar to explore the 2025 #ReadforEmpathy book collection! Discover how empathy and reading connect, and get tips for Empathy Day. Hear from @empathylabuk.bsky.social co-founder Sarah Mears MBE - register now www.sla.org.uk/Public/Event...
We’re in the @empathylabuk.bsky.social #ReadforEmpathy collection with this lovely #picturebook about love & language barriers 🥳 🐻❄️ Download the guides here www.empathylab.uk/RFE
