Racing to get kids reading

Sexual and gender-based violence remains a reality for many women. In this programme we go to Rwanda to meet survivors who are beginning to find their voice after years of silence. We follow projects led by the development charity Tearfund and meet Sabine Nkusi, the organisation' ...  Show more

Is our modern obsession with speed damaging us? This week we explore the slow movement - a philosophy that challenges our fixation with productivity and suggests slowing down could offer a more meaningful way to live.Joined by Dr Joanne Lee from the University of Warwick, we visi ...  Show more

In celebration of International Children's Book Day, this special episode of 'Stories for Kids' introduces listeners to an actual book author! Tune in to discover what it's like to be a writer. 📖 Today's guest started writing poems when he was 13 years old. Now, he is an award-w ...  Show more

Children's books should not only offer "windows and mirrors" into other cultures, races, and religions, but into a range of feelings and emotions. Craig Fehrman, author of a recent essay in The New York Times titled "Reading Sad Books Is Good for Your Kids", joins us to talk a ...

Reading with Children | Literacy, Mindfulness and Wellbeing Interview with Dr Kim Dwyer about Literacy, Mindfulness and Wellbeing 'If you’re a parent or caregiver, you probably enjoy reading books together with your children.  But have you thought about the great ways reading tog ...  Show more

Our story tonight is called The Bookfair and it’s a story about a love of reading and the creativity that inspires. It’s also about the last days of school before summer vacation, taking class outside into the open air and the feeling of watching little ones grow up and expand th ...  Show more