My Feelings: A Reading Adventure

Competition closed but resources available

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Entry to this competition element of this challenge is now closed.

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Aim of the reading challenge

My Feelings: A Reading Adventure is a free reading challenge, created in partnership with Mrs Wordsmith, for pupils aged 4 to 12, designed to nurture a love of reading and support emotional literacy. Through stories, poetry and non-fiction, children will be encouraged to explore how characters experience and express emotions, helping them better understand and talk about their own feelings.

Take part: Running the reading challenge in school

Resources for this challenge are available to download at the bottom of this page.

• Teacher guidelines with clear, step-by-step support for delivering the challenge
• A 'Quick-Start' guide, for those wanting to read a brief overview of the challenge
• Ready to use classroom resources from Mrs Wordsmith
• A welcome video (found below) from our funders and competition judges, introducing the challenge directly to your class
• A suggested reading list covering all age groups, featuring a broad array of titles that support the challenge
• A design ideas template to help pupils start bringing their creations to life
• A certificate to award your pupils for their participation and engagement.

To access the resources, you will need a minimum of a free membership of the National Literacy Trust.

Entries to the competition are now closed

About Mrs Wordsmith

Mrs Wordsmith is a team of artists, game designers, writers, data scientists, teachers, and researchers. The company was founded in 2015 by Sofia Fenichell, a mother and writer with a simple vision: to create educational content that worked, and that her kids wanted to use. Using Hollywood-quality animation and state-of-the-art game design, Mrs Wordsmith creates books, games, and apps to improve the reading and writing outcomes of kids aged 4 to 11, and to make word learning hilariously fun both at school and at home.

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This challenge supports the National Year of Reading 2026, a UK-wide campaign to boost reading for pleasure. Its call to action, Go All In, encourages children to “read into” the things they already care about, making reading relevant. By connecting books with pupils’ real interests and emotional experiences, this challenge offers an engaging and inclusive way to bring the Go All In spirit to life.