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The Green Bean Collection was developed by author and founder, Anita Frost. Combining her extensive professional experience in child development and business, with her passion for creativity and sustainability, Anita created this unique and highly collectable series of books, toys, and games for children. The books centre around leading character, Green Bean - a fun, cool, genderless anthropomorphic green bean - along with six lovable friends in the fictional world of Adventure Dales. The stories are highly appealing and accessible for young children from birth, to preschoolers and primary aged children. Edutainment is at the heart of our business, bringing joy and excitement to the process of learning and education through fun adventures. Each of the characters in the stories help to emphasise the importance of community and friendship, teaching the value of working together and respecting each other despite our differences. Barriers to reading books Accessibility is a huge issue for children being able to read for pleasure. Public libraries have been grossly underfunded for years, forcing many to reduce their services, restricting the ranges of books available by preventing them stocking new books, or having to close their doors altogether. A similarly dire picture is painted within schools, with decades of austerity leading to a lack of provisions within school libraries. It is shocking when confronted with the fact that, whilst it is a legal requirement for all prisons in the UK to have a library, there is no such requirement for schools. Sadly, it is children from the most disadvantaged areas who are worst affected by this. Many children from the poorest areas in the UK don't have access to books at home. Research has shown that in 2019 only one third of children aged 0–13 were being read to by their parents every day, or nearly every day. This, combined with public library closures and school libraries being severely depleted or non-existent, makes it hardly surprising that kids are looking to digital sources of entertainment instead of picking up a book to read. |
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Melissa Brannlund is the features writer and editor, for Green Bean Studios. www.greenbeancollection.co.uk Want to keep updated on all things Green Bean?
Stay tuned for announcements on our website about exciting competitions, giveaways and the latest news from Green Bean Studios. You can find Melissa's monthly features on the News & Media page, discussing children's books, toys, and games,, reading, play, early years education, and enjoying a fun and greener lifestyle. For more information or any PR queries, please contact Melissa by emailing [email protected]. Categories
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