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As any parent will tell you, worrying about a child who seems reluctant to start reading is perfectly natural, but, conversely, acting as if you are overly worried and concerned is probably the worst thing you can do. Piling on … Continue reading
Encouraging children to read and enjoy doing so is a focal objective of ours, which is why we are so happy to see the increasing number of book events and festivals popping up all over the country. We’ve put together … Continue reading
Good customer service is something we pride ourselves in at Pandora Books, and it’s also something we work hard to maintain and improve. So with that in mind, it’s always really good to receive feedback from our customers, especially when … Continue reading
This week ( January 28th to February 4th) is National Storytelling Week. The annual event, held on the first week of February was devised to increase awareness of storytelling and to educate the public of the value of doing so. … Continue reading
This post is the first of an extended series, which features one of our best selling collections, with January’s focus being on the ‘One Two Buckle My Shoe’ Collection. This early years book collection familiarises children with an assortment of … Continue reading
New research for the Prince’s Trust suggests that those children who grow up without a daily routine of set mealtimes and bedtimes, are more likely to under perform at school. The study was part of the charity’s annual Youth Index, … Continue reading
About Dyslexia In layman’s terms, dyslexia is a condition which manifests itself in a weakness around learning to read and/or write. This difficulty may well be accompanied by problems in such areas as short-term memory, working with numbers, motor skills, … Continue reading
This year saw us start working alongside book donation charity, Read International. Founded in 2004, the book charity arranges free collections from UK schools and redistributes the books to schools in East Africa, and for those that are unsuitable; recycles … Continue reading
New data published has indicated that three quarters of children in England that make a slow start in the “Three R’s” at primary school, fail to catch up by the time they leave school. The data, collated for the Department … Continue reading
As we revealed in one of our news articles , a recent report from Ofsted has deemed teaching insufficient in more than four in ten schools. According to the watchdog, the quality of teaching is “still too variable” in English … Continue reading