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Inspire Me!

Nicolette Jones

Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd

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Summary

Go all in for the National Year of Reading 2026 with this inspiring, accessible and powerful collection of words that matter.


Featuring a stunning cover and inside illustrations by best-selling illustrator Axel Scheffler and expertly selected extracts with accessible, thoughtful commentary by Nicolette Jones, children's book expert for The Sunday Times. The perfect gift for every occasion.


Celebrate the joy of reading with this inspiring collection of poetry, prose, letters, song lyrics, speeches, quotations and more! From Shakespeare to Stephen Hawking; Greta Thunberg to Galileo; Malala to Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Lin-Manuel Miranda to Alfred Lord Tennyson - these are all in turn powerful, funny, moving, wise, and thought-provoking.


Previously published in hardback as Writes of Passage
Available since: 01/15/2026.
Print length: 304 pages.

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