A fully scripted, ready-to-deliver primary assembly designed to inspire a love of reading and help pupils see books as a way to experience places, people and ideas far beyond their own lives.

The assembly begins with the intriguing idea that a book is simply paper, ink and glue, before taking pupils to Antarctica, a rainforest, Victorian London, Mars and an imaginary world - eventually revealing that all of these places can be visited through reading.

Pupils explore how words create pictures in our minds, how books allow us to experience another person’s thoughts and how reading can make us laugh, worry, learn, empathise and imagine. The presentation includes a complete speaker script, striking visuals, age-appropriate questions for KS1 and KS2, partner discussion, optional staff participation and a memorable final message: “Reading makes your world bigger.”