World Book Day

• To shine a light on this global education crisis, Education Cannot Wait ( ECW ) and NABU joined efforts in developing the children's book, Zaya's Dream .
• Zaya's Dream, launched today to mark World Book Day, brings readers into young Zaya's world as she is forced to flee her home with her family, eventually finding new hope at a refugee camp learning centre.
• While Zaya is a fictional character, her story represents that of millions of children who have had their lives turned upside-down by crises.
• The book highlights how education is critical for all children, especially refugees.

• The new video series has been created by home lifestyle brand Sleep.8 and retail media owner Limited Space in collaboration with the World Literacy Foundation, ultimately aiming to improve literacy levels in the UK.
• Children were treated to readings by Joseph Coelho from his own books, and were able to take home complimentary signed copies of the "Luna Loves…" series.
• The session was filmed for a nationwide broadcast which features 4 of Joseph's stories: One Little World (illus.
• The brand decided to host this event alongside Limited Space and the World Literacy Foundation to bring awareness to the low levels of literacy in the East London and Dartford areas.

• Research shows that taking part in educational activities while serving a sentence can help people cope with prison life and reduce reoffending.
• However, numbers of people engaging in prison education are declining as it becomes increasingly undervalued and under-resourced.
• However, it is challenging to maintain family relationships because of the lack of meaningful contact between prisoners and their children.
• Our research explored the impact WWW had on both the prisoners and their families.

Writing from experience

• A key principle of WWW is that no one from outside the group is involved in developing the plot, writing or editing.
• While the writers were initially a little daunted at the prospect of writing a novel, they worked hard to produce something their children would enjoy – the result was an exciting fantasy adventure of around 8,000 words.

Messages of hope

• It had two main themes: “people not being bad” and “people changing for the better”.
• Rather, they experience difficult circumstances which lead to challenging emotions, and these in turn lead to bad behaviours.
• For example, one character, who is a bear, is in prison at the start of the book but wants to change his life.
• The writers said they would not have engaged with WWW if it had not been linked to their families.
• This will have positive results not just for those in prison, but for their families as well.

• stated by Melody, a Souler (Soul App user) who has participated in World Book Day campaign launched by Soul App.
• There are many ways in which Soul App encourages its users to engage with SOUL's mission and values.
• This year, on the 27th World Book Day, Soul App launched its "A Book Lights Up My Life" campaign to encourage all users to share a book that has influenced their lives.
• The one-week campaign starting on April 18th was intended to encourage Soulers to appreciate the delight and power of reading and make new friends by sharing their reading experiences.