Tag: Children

World Book Day

Thursday 5th March

World Book Day is a registered charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.

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To celebrate World Book Day here in the library we have put together a fine collection of fiction books to take you on a trip around the world. Through these books we can travel from the country lanes of Britain to the silk roads of the east, reading short stories, historical novels, a travel memoir and a Pulitzer Prize winner. We can read of cocktails being sipped in 1930’s Paris, murder in Tuscany and even the travels of a cat…. if you love reading there is a book here waiting for you!

Children’s Commissioner Report

The state of children’s mental health services

This report gives an overview of the provision of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) in England. The briefing also looks ahead to assess whether current government plans go far enough to meet demand. It finds that while the NHS has made tangible progress in the provision of mental health services for children, the current system is still far away from adequately meeting the needs of all of the estimated 12.8 per cent of children in England with mental health problems – or the many more children who fall just below the threshold for clinical diagnosis.

Read the report