We’ve Got This!
Tagged #EmpathyDay, #ReadforEmpathy, author interviews, children's books, empathy, nonfiction
with Rashmi Siredeshpande and Miranda McKearney
Rashmi Sirdeshpande is the author of, We’ve Got This! a new book about equipping children with empathy skills and Miranda McKearney a founder and director of Empathy Lab, a charity which champions the role of reading in the development of empathy. They joined Nikki Gamble to talk about the book and the research and principles that underpin their work.
You might also be interested in the audio version and transcript (this is an abridged version of the full discussion)
This post was written by Nikki Gamble
Nikki GambleFormerly a teacher (secondary and primary) and university lecturer, with over 40 years’ experience, Nikki is Director of Just Imagine. She has worked extensively in schools across the UK and internationally. She is the author of Exploring Children’s Literature now in its fourth edition (Sage, 2019) and co-author of Guiding Readers, winner of the UKLA Academic Book Award (UCL, 2016). Nikki runs workshops for teachers, librarians, students and researchers on different aspects of children's literature, an online summer school and hosts literary events. Contact nikki@justimagine.co.uk