Please note that we will automatically hold all orders from 16–23 February due to the half-term break. If your school remains open for delivery and you'd like your books delivered during that week, please let us know by calling us on 0121 666 6646 or emailing hello@peters.co.uk.
EmpathyLab's Read for Empathy
Empathy is our ability to understand and share someone else's feelings, and is an essential life skill, crucial if our young people and communities are to thrive. We're not born with a fixed quantity of empathy – it's a skill we can learn. And excitingly, research shows that books are a powerful tool to develop it. In identifying with book characters, young people learn to see things from other points of view. As they read, they are building their empathy skills.
All books from this year's and previous years' Read for Empathy collections have been chosen for their empathy-building power, and explore powerful themes such as handling and sharing emotions, understanding different cultures and promoting pro-social attitudes to act as a force for social change. They are perfect for fostering better relations between your pupils and having a reciprocal impact on reading and writing skills.
Order Read for Empathy collections 2026
The 2026 Read for Empathy collections will be launched on Monday 2 February 2026.
Want the books from last year's collection? Order 2025 primary and secondary packs
