{"title":"Read for Empathy Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld 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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/empathylab.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link to EmpathyLab website\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"boy-everywhere","title":"Boy, Everywhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow far would you go to get back home?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Deeply empathetic, \u003c\/em\u003eBoy Everywhere\u003cem\u003e is essential reading. Once started, it is not easy to put down; once finished, it's not easy to forget\u003c\/em\u003e' - North Somerset Teacher's Award \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e13 Year-old Sami loves his friends, football, PlayStation and iPad. But a bombing in a shopping mall changes his life. Sami and his family flee their comfortable home in Damascus to make the perilous and painful journey towards a new life in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeaving everything behind, Sami discovers a world he'd never encountered – harsh, dangerous, but also at times unexpectedly kind and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner, Little Rebels Award, Nominated for the Carnegie Medal and Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award, amongst others.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead an extract \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/2546\/files\/Extract_from_Boy_Everywhere_by_A.M._Dassu.pdf?v=1601490583\" title=\"Extract from Boy, Everywhere by A.M. 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The boys are going to need each other more than ever now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted, Indie Book Awards; Diverse Book Awards and The Week Junior. Book Awards 2024; Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor’s Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTop 10 Books to Watch this Season\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cem\u003eThe Bookseller.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTeacher's Notes prepared by Kaye Tew and Sajeda Amir under the auspices of the Manchester Poetry Library \/ MMU  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/2546\/files\/Old_Barn_Books_Kicked__Out_Teaching_resource.pdf?v=1715343885\" title=\"Kicked Out Teacher's Notes PDF\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccompanying Powerpoint presentation \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/2546\/files\/Old_Barn_Books_KICKED_OUT_Teaching_resource__powerpoint.pptx?v=1715343902\" title=\"Kicked Out Teaching resources powerpoint\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead\u003cem\u003e The Bookseller \u003c\/em\u003einterview with A. 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Are the smoke alarm batteries dead? Does the cat have worms? Could that odd-shaped spot on his chest be cancer? What about bird flu?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the people in Frankie's world – his father, his brother and sister, his great-aunts, his best friend – seem gloriously untroubled. Only Ma takes his catalogue of persistent anxieties seriously; only Ma listens patiently to his 10pm questions. But of course it is Ma who is the cause of the most worrying question of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a novel first published in the UK in 2010, New Zealand literary great Kate De Goldi creates deploys her renowned wit and sensitivity to track how one young boy's carefully controlled world unravels around him. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, this story resonates even more strongly a decade on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChosen by \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"EmpathyLab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.empathylab.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEmpathyLab\u003c\/a\u003e for their  \u003cstrong\u003eRead for Empathy Collection 2025 (12-16yrs+) \u003c\/strong\u003eEmpathyLab say: \u003cem\u003eA beautifully written and funny story about anxiety. Wonderful characterisation helps us connect deeply with twelve-year-old Frankie’s overwhelming worries. Thank goodness for his warm and caring family who help him. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB-format paperback (297 x 198mm); 320pp; suggested age range 12+ (Frankie is 12)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThemes: neurodiversity, anxiety, agoraphobia, coming-of-age, friendship, family\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the first chapter \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The 10pm Question by Kate De Goldi extract from UK edition\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/2546\/files\/The_10pm_Questionby_Kate_De_Goldi_extract_chapter_1.pdf?v=1717669891\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload Teacher's Notes \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The 10PM Question Old Barn Books Teacher's Notes\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/2546\/files\/OBB_10pm_Question_Teachers_Notes.pdf?v=1717238075\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinks to buy from other sites: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D8F9W4CT\" title=\"10PM Question eBook on Amazon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eeBook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/10pm-Question-coming-age-neurodiversity\/dp\/1910646946\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2B0A0MFH022KZ\u0026amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-1FDa_rZ-qRWyuoz9fEFWUmXZJF2sq3KZsyHtECkDGWYnKcnnd58Gz-HvZULBDMD5cJAZSPsnSVLUUuql-yb9NtVU9kkh8Q5x2SA-sYuNv4.atEAju3ViOXbFbYg-Rpw19M_JKjbxwlvuSvIcvXak4w\u0026amp;dib_tag=se\u0026amp;keywords=the+10pm+Question\u0026amp;qid=1768150140\u0026amp;sprefix=the+10pm+question%2Caps%2C89\u0026amp;sr=8-1\" title=\"The 10PM Question on Amazon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-10pm-question-kate-de-goldi\/683831?ean=9781910646946\u0026amp;next=t\" title=\"The 10PM Question on Bookshop.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lovereading4kids.co.uk\/book\/9781910646946\/isbn\/The-10pm-Question-by-Kate-De-Goldi.html\" title=\"The 10PM Question on LoveReading\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Old Barn Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Teens \u0026 young adults","offer_id":56915826540927,"sku":"9781910646946","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/2546\/files\/9781910646946.jpg?v=1716308469"},{"product_id":"on-the-wall","title":"On The Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinley's not worried about his first day at Windfields School. He tells his new teacher, Mr Goodhew, that he's happy \"absolutely everywhere. And all the time.\"  At breaktime, Finley sits alone on the old wall at the edge of the playground. At lunchtime, he does the same. So it goes on, for days and weeks. Finley's not lonely, though, and little by little the rest of the first year – and even their teachers – come to appreciate just what it is that Finley finds up there and how it can help them too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what if the wall should fall? Can you really find happiness anywhere at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a story sparkling with wit and empathy, multi-award-winning author and former Children's Laureate Anne Fine charts the very different personal journeys taken by students and teachers through the first year of secondary school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA perfect 'transition read', with a powerful message about the positive values of moments of stillness in an anxious world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChosen for EmpathyLab's \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Read for Empathy Collection 2025 (3-11yrs)\" href=\"https:\/\/irp.cdn-website.com\/b2f3fbc2\/files\/uploaded\/Read_for_Empathy_3-11_Guide_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead for Empathy Collection 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(3-11yrs)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmpathyLab say: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinley is remarkable. 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