After serving as Chief Impact Officer for five years, Rebecca Chandler Leege was appointed CEO of Worldreader. With more than 25 years of leadership experience across education, child protection, and gender sectors, Rebecca led Worldreader to serve over 300,000 readers in 2023, reaching 22 million readers since the organization’s foundation. In this interview, she shares … Continue Reading →

Find the best children’s books to read in 2024 on BookSmart – embrace a new year of adventure, self-discovery, and laughs with these seven must-read fiction books. A new year often marks the start of new beginnings, dreams, and opportunities. Whether we hope to conquer our fears, discover our passions, or learn more about life … Continue Reading →

Learn about Worldreader's impact around the world in 2023. Explore our impact numbers and stories from each region as well as awards, events, and conferences, and read a special message from our CEO.

Deploying design-based, mixed-methods research, the EdTech Hub study Raising Readers (Phase 1) explores how BookSmart can be best used to strengthen parent and carer engagement with children’s reading in Kenya.

Celebrate World Kindness Day by helping children learn to be kind and inspiring compassion in every chapter of their lives with these six books. Kindness is everywhere. From holding a door open for a stranger to caring for a loved one, there are endless opportunities to be kind each day. In order to grow, we … Continue Reading →

Help children unwrap the gift of knowledge and expand their intercultural awareness with these four books on world holidays. From food to fireworks, holidays look different to everyone. But no matter how you celebrate, holidays hold a special place in our hearts and calendars. One of the best ways to learn about different cultures is … Continue Reading →

Check out some of our favorite stories on BookSmart from our staff around the world! If there’s one thing we love at Worldreader, it’s books! That’s why this holiday season, we’ve collected some of our favorite books for you to read with your family. Our staff from all over the world have shared the BookSmart … Continue Reading →

The Center for Universal Education (CUE) at Brookings has published the "The Childhood Cost Calculator: A simple tool for costing interventions for children and youth". Worldreader staff, Wendy Smith and Leslie Tettey, are co-authors.

Learn about Worldreader's impact across the world – find a message from Worldreader's CEO as well as details of our work in each of our regions, impact stories, events, and more.