Empathy is the ability to understand and share someone else's feelings. It is an essential life skill, especially in these difficult times. Empathy is a skill which can be taught and which we can improve.
Reading enables us to identify with the characters in the story and helps us see the world through the eyes of different fictional characters. From this we can learn about the way others view the world and begin to empathize with their point of view.
The books listed below are just a few examples:
The goldfish boy by Lisa Thomson
Running on empty by S.E.Durrant
Auggie and me by R.J. Palacio
Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall
Boy 87 by Ele Fountain
Charlotte's web by E.B. White
Turtles all the way down by John Green
Noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackman
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
