Introducing children to books through the ages, showing how they can develop both empathy and resilience through exploring the stories they tell.
From an early age, we tend to be told that books matter, but very rarely are we properly allowed to examine why – and therefore we can miss out on a genuine engagement with books. Big Ideas from Literature dares to ask the obvious but crucial questions about the whole business of reading: What is reading really for? What are stories trying to do for us? Why should we care?
Always, the underlying concern is to foster a love of reading, while appreciating that this might require us to first bluntly question why we should even bother. Big Ideas from Literature helps us with the greatest challenge we can ever have around books: how to make them into our true friends.
