Recent children articles
Children in North Carolina are losing health insurance- FDA approves new drug to prevent joint damage in children
- Free books for children in the United Kingdom
- Children are in trouble for taking pictures of each other
- Is America leaving gifted children behind?
- Scientists argue over necessary amount of child exercise
- 5 children catch E. Coli at their daycare center
- Indian kids are still working despite child labor ban
- Bush rolls over 10 school children in Michigan
- Children's eating disorders
- 100,000 california children are "reading for the record"
- 10,700 children hospitalized over tainted Chinese milk
- New laws for special-needs children
- Bipolar disorder affects children as well as adults
- New playground challenges children and parents
Free books for children in the United Kingdom
Sponsors:
More than half a million children around the UK are receiving free books. The give-away is part of National Bookstart Day, which will see over 4,000 literary events take place in nurseries, bookshops, children's centres and nurseries.The Bookstart initiative encourages sharing books with children from a young age and hands three packs of free books to every child in the UK at the ages of seven months, eighteen months and three years.
The theme of this year's day is Pirates Ahoy, and children will receive copies of Port Side Pirates by Debbie Harter and Oscar Seaworthy.
TV presenter Gail Porter, who is backing the events, said: "Reading books with your child is one of the nicest activities you can share. I have shared books with my daughter since she was very young.
"We began to spend time looking at the pictures, playing peek-a-boo and reading the rhymes together. It wasn't long before she got to know each of the books, became a more confident reader herself and started to read to me! I love opening the pages and going on new wonderful adventures together through our books." More.
Related Story: Children in North Carolina are losing health insurance
Related Story: FDA approves new drug to prevent joint damage in children
Related Story: Free books for children in the United Kingdom