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- Character·11 August 2026
Who is Valentino Rossi and why his story is worth telling children
The boy who drove a go-kart around a yard in Tavullia had no idea where his love of speed would take him. Corner after corner, Valentino Rossi became one of the names motorcycling will not forget.
Read more → - The Project·5 August 2026
Looking Before Judging: The Lesson Children Have Never Stopped Teaching Us
I often watch children as they listen to a story or leaf through a book, and notice something that nearly always escapes us adults: first they experience what is before them, then they give meaning to what they have seen or heard.
Read more → - Character·27 July 2026
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci, and How Can His Curiosity Inspire a Child?
Leonardo da Vinci filled his notebooks with questions, observations and designs because every detail of the world seemed worth understanding. His story shows how far a child’s curiosity can reach.
Read more → - Advice·21 July 2026
Why We Should Listen When Children Insist
An ordinary moment between a mother and her son during a reading exercise becomes the starting point for a reflection on real listening: the kind that recognises when a child is right.
Read more → - Character·15 July 2026
Who Was Coco Chanel, and How a Childhood in an Orphanage Changed Fashion
Before becoming the woman who revolutionised twentieth-century fashion, Gabrielle Chanel was a child growing up in an orphanage, taught to sew by the nuns who raised her. Her story begins there, long before rue Cambon.
Read more → - The Project·14 July 2026
Why I Chose True Stories Over Fairy Tales for Children Learning to Read
The first time a child reads a sentence entirely alone, something happens that deserves to matter. That is why Gipi Visconti chose true stories over fairy tales for Little Great Heroes, and why the difference is anything but a stylistic detail.
Read more → - Character·8 July 2026
Michael Phelps as a child: how the most decorated swimmer in Olympic history was made
A teacher had written him off: too restless, unable to sit still. Michael Phelps was a child with ADHD, and in a swimming pool he found the space to turn that energy into discipline, going on to become the most decorated athlete in Olympic history.
Read more → - Advice·8 July 2026
Children's questions about disability: why answering matters more than staying quiet
Embarrassment almost always comes from silence, not from difference. A child notices something different about a person and asks a direct question, and the adult standing nearby rushes to hush them, as though curiosity were a mistake to correct rather than a gesture to guide.
Read more → - Character·1 July 2026
Who Was Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Why Tell Her Story to Children
Her name was Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, and before becoming Mother Teresa she was a child growing up without a father, in a home where food was scarce but the habit of sharing it never was. Her story starts there, long before Calcutta.
Read more → - Character·30 June 2026
Valentina Tereshkova: the first woman in space
In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova boarded a spacecraft and orbited the Earth for three days, becoming the first woman to travel into space. Her story begins much earlier, though, among the fields of a small Russian town and a quiet love for the sky.
Read more → - Advice·30 June 2026
How the Little Great Heroes books are designed (and why every choice matters)
A child who is learning to read does not need a harder book to feel challenged. They need a book that does not make them feel inadequate from the very first page.
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