{"id":362267,"date":"2025-08-21T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/362267\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:35:11","slug":"developing-a-passion-bath-newseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/362267\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a passion \u2013 BATH NEWSEUM"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my humble opinion, you cannot beat a book in the hand when it comes to reading, so l am delighted to hear that Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival has launched a Share The Story<\/strong> appeal to give away free books to schoolchildren in the south west.<\/p>\n

The Share The Story <\/strong>fundraiser for 2025 aims to develop an interest in and a passion for books and foster a lifelong love of reading. <\/p>\n

By donating, you can ensure that a child from a State school in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset or Gloucestershire will be given a brand new book by the author they have been to see at the festival\u2019s annual Schools Programme.<\/p>\n

The Schools Programme gives children the excitement of attending a live event and helps to develop their love of books. Sadly, not all children are able to also buy the author\u2019s book to keep.<\/p>\n

The aim of Share The Story<\/strong> is to raise enough money so that thousands of young readers will be given a book, and no child will be left behind. Last year\u2019s appeal saw more than 4,000 books bought and given to children from South West schools.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rob Biddulph<\/p>\n

Illustrator and author Rob Biddulph has lent his support to the campaign: \u201cI absolutely love this\u00a0Share the Story\u00a0<\/strong>initiative. There\u2019s something really special about owning a book of your own, so I think it\u2019s fantastic that the Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival is making that possible for every child who comes to one of their events. Anything that sparks a love of stories and fires up young imaginations gets a big thumbs-up from me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

How you can help<\/strong>
Donate by visiting our Given Gain crowdfunding site, with 100% of the money going directly to buy books.<\/p>\n

Donate here: https:\/\/www.givengain.com\/cause\/bath-festivals-161719<\/a><\/p>\n

Or, at the point of booking tickets for your family at the Children\u2019s Literature Festival, you will be asked if you would be happy to donate to our Share The Story Fund.<\/strong>
To buy tickets for the festival: https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/whats-on\/<\/a><\/p>\n

About Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival\u2019s Schools Programme
<\/strong>The Schools Programme runs from Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October and is curated for schools and home-schooled families. It features events jam-packed with all kinds of reading delights!<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s visiting authors and illustrators are: Waterstones\u2019 Children\u2019s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Robin Stevens, Horrible Histories\u2019 Martin Brown, Sue Hendra, Pamela Butchart, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre, Ben Miller, Louis Stowell, Luke Scriven, and Joseph Coelho and Fiona Lumbers. <\/p>\n

For more information about the Schools Programme, email: education@bathfestivals.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Schools Programme saw 51 schools taking part, involving more than 4,000 children from Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire<\/p>\n

About Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival
<\/strong>Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival is part of arts charity Bath Festivals (registered charity No 801617), engaging children and young people with reading, writing, drawing and a love of learning. The 2024 festival saw in excess of 16,000 visitors. This year\u2019s festival is being delivered in association with Longleat.<\/p>\n

Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival was founded in 2007 by John and Gill McLay, and is delighted and proud that they remain artistic directors.<\/p>\n

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