The reason for Raising Readers

I’m a primary school teacher currently studying a masters in Teacher Librarianship - who has worked with children aged 3–11 across a range of international curricula and reading programmes. Over the years, I’ve seen first-hand just how powerful the right book can be — not only in developing reading skills, but in shaping imagination, empathy, and how children make sense of the world around them.

One of the biggest challenges parents and educators face is navigating book choice. Different schools use different reading schemes and programmes and, while some children are ready for more complex ideas, the books that stretch them cognitively aren’t always emotionally or socially age-appropriate. Others are labelled as “advanced” but offer little depth, challenge, or representation.

I want to build book lists for families that are curated to bridge that gap.

Each list is designed to:

• Support children at different stages of reading development

• Respect age-appropriate themes while still offering intellectual challenge

• Encourage rich vocabulary, strong narrative models, and deeper thinking

• Expose children to diverse perspectives, experiences, and voices

As an educator, I see daily how high-quality literature feeds directly into children’s writing — from sentence structure and vocabulary to character voice, empathy, and viewpoint. Stories help children practise understanding perspectives beyond their own, something that feels more important than ever in today’s world.

My goal is simple: to help raise confident, thoughtful, curious readers and, in time, thoughtful writers and global citizens too.

Have some feedback? Message me directly on the raisingreaders_official instagram account.

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