If you read any book during childhood that informed your view of the world, transformed your thinking or stuck with you for life, you’ll be acutely aware of the incredible power children’s literature has on developing minds. This June, parenting education and training centre Parental Pathways in partnership with Children’s Books Ireland will host the 2nd annual conference in Dublin, titled ‘Children’s Literature: Building Resilience’.

Taking place on Saturday 23rdJune, fittingly in the historic surrounds of The National Library of Ireland on Kildare Street , the one-day conference from Parental Pathways is unique in Ireland, promoting childhood mental health in a coming together of two worlds and two different disciplines – the literary, therapeutic and neuroscience.