08/09/2026
International Literacy Day | Stories that stay with us
Some books stay with us long after we’ve turned the final page.
There are the books that remind us of being young. The ones we read under the covers, the stories that made us laugh, frightened us, transported us somewhere completely different — or introduced us to a character we never forgot.
And then there are the books we discover all over again when we share them with our own children.
International Literacy Day is a chance to celebrate the importance of literacy — but also the joy, imagination and connection that reading can bring.
As part of the National Year of Reading, we’re celebrating not just what children are reading today, but the stories that connect generations and help build a lifelong love of reading.
So, we’re asking our Cornerstone community:
What book from your childhood would you love your child to discover?
Perhaps it’s a favourite story, a much-loved character, or a book that you still remember all these years later.
Because sometimes, one of the best ways to inspire the next generation of readers is to share the stories that inspired us.
