Navigating Storygram Parents

A guide for this Substack

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“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, reading a book. You step inside, and who knows where you’ll end up?”¹

Storygram Parents is a collection of articles for parents who want to motivate their children to read.

This guide is intended to help curious readers to discover previous articles by theme. I hope this helps you navigate our articles, and I’ll add each new post as we go along our merry way.

Thanks for reading!

Graham Ormiston - Founder, Storygram

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Why Reading Matters

1. Imagination

2. Mental Health

3. Empathy

4. General Knowledge

5. Educational Attainment

6. Joy

7. Social Mobility

Opinion

1. ‘I’m Bored’ (In defence of boredom)

2. Grown Up Children

3. Why The Humanities Are Essential For Digital Literacy

Motivating Children

1. 15 Ideas to Motivate Children to Read

2. Agency, Anticipation, and Achievement

Stories

1. Screen Time vs Family Time

Reading in the News

1. 4 Recent Newspaper Articles That Highlight The Reading Crisis

2. Get Britain Reading - the new Sunday Times campaign

Research and Data

1. Children Today Don’t Enjoy Reading

2. 3 Numbers That Made Me Believe Children’s Love for Reading Is in Danger

3. 3 Reasons Children Say They Don’t Enjoy Reading

4. Reading Proficiency is Key to Reading Enjoyment

People

1. Maryanne Wolf (Deep Reading)

2. Benjamin Carson (Educational Attainment)

3. Sophie Winkleman (Against Tech in Schools)

Friday Footnotes

Friday Footnotes is our roundup of anything that has caught our attention in the previous week. Super short, super accessible, super shareable. Enjoy!

1. Phew - everyone will be reading in 2026

2. Your kids can ace their science tests with this one quick hack

3. Hey, AI! Analog is coming for ya.

4. How young can children start reading?

5. This one’s for all the children’s librarians

6. Books are brain food

7. Should you ever recommend a book you haven’t read?

8. What makes a great book cover design?

9. Raising long-form thinkers in a short-form world

10. Will AI replace authors?

11. What childhood book stuck with you?

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Thank you so much for reading Storygram Parents!

1. Tolkien(ish)