The best children's books to encourage empathy

Our reading experts have selected the best children’s books to promote empathy, inclusion and understanding, the perfect additions to any bookshelf.

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  • Wonder Wonder
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  • Windrush Child Voices #5: Windrush Child

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  • The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
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  • Boy in the Tower Boy in the Tower
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  • The Goldfish Boy The Goldfish Boy
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  • In My Mosque In My Mosque
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  • If All the World Were... If All the World Were...

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  • The Lion Above the Door The Lion Above the Door
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  • The Day the Crayons Quit The Day the Crayons Quit
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  • Black and British Black and British
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  • To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird
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  • Kind Kind
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  • The Lion Inside The Lion Inside

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  • Ruby's Worry Ruby's Worry
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  • Grandad's Island Grandad's Island

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  • Not If I Can Help It Not If I Can Help It

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  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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  • Overheard in a Tower Block Overheard in a Tower Block

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  • Dare to Be You Dare to Be You
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  • The Gruffalo The Gruffalo
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  • Beegu Beegu

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  • White Bird White Bird
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  • Superworm Superworm

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  • Journey to Jo'burg Journey to Jo'burg

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  • Voices in the Park Voices in the Park
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  • The Bubble Boy The Bubble Boy

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  • The Rollercoaster Boy The Rollercoaster Boy

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  • The Smeds and the Smoos Early Reader The Smeds and the Smoos Early Reader

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  • Perfectly Norman Perfectly Norman
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  • Meesha Makes Friends Meesha Makes Friends
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