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  I recently had coffee with friends who were emigrating to a small town in Australia. Aside from envying how the idyllic environment would influence the positive growth of their young child, we also pondered what it would be like for a Chinese child to grow up in a community where he would be the […]

This article appeared on Tuesday 15 July 2014 in the South China Morning Post print edition as “How to get the most from e-books”. Exhibitors at last year’s Hong Kong Book Fair found that spending on electronic titles grew faster than for print. The trend is likely to continue at this year’s fair, which starts […]

Since 2006, we have installed 248 libraries in the community, 0ver 881 “First Teachers Training” sessions have been conducted for 13,202 parents.

In this in-depth interview with SCMP, Leonard Marcus, shares his story into the world of the written word, e-books, Harry Potter and what makes a picture book great.

Renowned children’s literature expert, Leonard Marcus, provides advice to parents on choosing children’s books and why picture books are a great tool to learn English.   Sing Tao Daily, 27 Jun, 2014

In the latest issue of ‘Jessica Baby’, BMABHK share the research behind the importance of parent-child reading, how to create a daily read aloud routine and other practical tips.  

In between dispensing advice on breast-feeding and immunizations, doctors will tell parents to read aloud to their infants from birth, under a new policy that the American Academy of Pediatrics will announce on Tuesday. With the increased recognition that an important part of brain development occurs within the first three years of a child’s life, […]

I am an advocate for parent-child reading, so my children are in the habit of bringing books to grown-ups for them to read out loud. In the past year, my eldest daughter has started to take books from our bookshelf and read the words silently to herself. And then one day, I heard her reading […]

Research consistently shows that we improve in literacy by doing large amounts of interesting reading for pleasure.  This is often not possible during the school year, because of the pressure of school-work and exams. Summer reading is the perfect time to catch up on this. In her inaugural column for SCMP, BMABHK trainer Percie Wong […]

Danish jewellery brand Pandora is helping undeserved children to get access to books by donating HK$100,000 to Bring Me A Book! Thank you very much!