Share the Love

Love is in the air this week, because 14 February is Valentine’s Day. It’s a day when people give cards or gifts to people they love. Often, gifts are given to husbands, wives, boyfriends or girlfriends, but it doesn’t have to be just those people. Sharing love with parents, carers, siblings, grandparents, friends or anyone else is great too. It helps people know how much we care about them.

If you’d like to show someone you love them, it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money or any money at all. A homemade card will show how much you care and so will baking someone some treats. Or simply telling a person how important they are to you is sure to make them smile.

Guess what? There’s another event happening this week that’s about making people happy. International Book Giving Day is a day that does exactly what it says on the tin – it’s a day to give books to others! It happens every year on 14 February and it’s all about making sure all kids have access to books.

A 2017 study from the National Literacy Trust said that one in eight children don’t own a single book. So if you’re fortunate enough to own plenty, you could share some with others.

Have a look through your books at home. Are there any you think other kids would like to read? You could leave one somewhere with a note for a stranger to nd – make sure it’s somewhere dry so it doesn’t get ruined! Or donate some of your books to a library or charity. You could also simply grab one of your favourite stories and pass