Read for Empathy Collection

Old Barn Books is an Empathy Builder publisher, proud to support EmpathyLab in its mission to raise an empathy-educated generation. Research has shown how empathy is key to social and emotional competence, education and moral behaviour. Reading enhances our ability to imagine and share someone else's feelings and perspectives, to live in someone else's shoes, if only for a short while, developing our empathy skills. EmpathyLab has put together a Read for Empathy collection every year for 10 years and holds an annual Empathy Day and Festival, aiming to reach 1 million children in 2026. We are proud that our books have been chosen for the Collections and our author, A. M.  Dassu, is an EmpathyLab Ambassador. Read more about the work of EmpathyLab here.