Morning all! Delighted to have our new graphic novel, GLOBAL, an action packed story about the impact of climate change on children today, included in this fantastic list of books. GLOBAL is co- written by me and the amazing #EoinColfer. With beautiful artwork by Giovanni Rigano. All the books chosen are designed to get kids reading and develop their empathy. Thank you, Empathy Lab. x #books #childrensbooks #comics #graphicnovels #GlobalGraphicNovel #ReadForEmpathy #andrewdonkin

While I sympathize with the sentiment behind #EmpathyLab's initiative #ReadForEmpathy, it worries me that #reading is further distanced from its inherent values—once again reduced to a means to an end. In a instrumentalized world of reading, we need to #ReadForFun.#BookChat #BookMastodon