Story Explorers for local authorities and agencies

Story Explorers is designed with and for children, families and practitioners in fostering, adoption and kinship.

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All BookTrust’s programmes are shaped by our decades of research and expertise in reading behaviour change. We are committed to continuous learning and evaluations which we share with our customers and partners. Read more about our learning and innovation.  

An illustration of a yellow book with a tree on the coverImprove children’s outcomes 

  • Story Explorers is a programme designed to set children on the path for lifelong learning 

  • Shared reading has widely evidenced impact on both short-term and long-term outcomes for children 

  • It contributes to better mental wellbeing, improved educational outcomes, better bonds with significant adults and strengthens identity 

  • Shared reading routines and rituals strengthen familiarity and security, nurturing placement stability 

Support for parents/carers and practitioners 

  • Our support for carers and parents is suitable for carers at all stage of their parenting journey 

  • Our resources complement professional standards and contribute to training hours for foster carers 

  • The practitioner support is suitable for complementing professional development and supporting carers/parents to engage with shared reading

"It can be very difficult for foster carers to literally sit them down for more than 10 mins to look at a particular subject or for support so they have to be quite creative in perhaps trying to promote reading rather than the more formalised sitting down and reading a book together. It’s trying to do reading in different kind of ways."
- Foster carer