Troika joins Read for Empathy Collection 2024 with Shauna Darling Robertson’s ‘You Are Not Alone’

Troika is delighted to be participating once again in Empathy Lab’s ‘Read for Empathy’ campaign this year!

Shauna Darling Robertson’s poetry collection, You Are Not Alone, has been selected for the Read for Empathy Book Collection 2024.

The annual Read for Empathy Collection features 65 books for 3-16 year olds, chosen by a panel of judges for their empathy-building power. The books will be used by parents, carers, teachers and librarians nationwide to help boost young peoples’ empathy skills year-round and particularly in the run-up to Empathy Day.

Empathy Day is on Thursday 6th June this year and is open to all to get involved and inspired. Register for free at www.empathylab.uk/empathy-day.

You Are Not Alone is written with teen and young adult readers in mind. It takes a deep-dive into young people’s mental health and wellbeing - from how it can feel to live with certain mental health conditions, to what it’s like dealing with the everyday pressures and challenges faced by young people today. Shauna’s poems are thought-provoking, reassuring, heart-breaking, hopeful, galvanising, and even laugh-out-loud funny. They offer up lots of different voices and experiences, and also invite us to consider how some aspects of our society might help or hinder our sense of wellbeing.

Empathy Lab’s judges said, “In this time of massive concerns about young people’s mental health and well-being, this poetry collection feels like an empathetic friend. It’s a book to dip into and realise, as the title suggests, that whatever the situation, words can comfort you and let you know that you are not alone.”

You can watch the trailer here –

Discover more about Shauna’s book, view extracts, download free resources and read a blog by Shauna on why she wrote the book at www.troikabooks.com/you-are-not-alone

Find out all about the Read for Empathy Collection 2024, explore the full list of 65 empathy-boosting books and download free guides to the collection at www.empathylab.uk/RFE