The Imaginory Blog

Ideas about children, reading, writing, and why stories matter.

• literacy28 July 2026

  Reading for Pleasure pt 3: The Fix

  The fix isn’t more pressure. It’s stories that earn the hobby — agency, jeopardy, emotional honesty, and respect for children’s intelligence. What compelling reading actually looks like.

• literacy14 July 2026

  Reading for Pleasure pt 2: The Books

  There are still wonderful children’s books being written. But much of what fills shelves and reading schemes is content, not literature. Why the commercial model struggles to compete with YouTube.

• literacy6 July 2026

  Reading for Pleasure pt 1: The Moral Panic

  We’re in the middle of a national push to get children reading for pleasure, yet enjoyment is at a 20-year low. The panic is real — but we’re treating the wrong symptom. Why the diagnosis is mostly wrong.

• Founder22 June 2026

  Friction For Safety’s Sake

  The systems built to protect children online often create more exhaustion for parents than actual safety. Here's why that friction matters — and the small corner of the digital world we're trying to build differently at Imaginory.

• Founder2 May 2026

  My Imagination Runs Ahead of the Technology. This Week, It Almost Caught Up.

  Imaginory's book covers were a project I had fully formed in my head for years. This week, the technology finally got close enough to show you what I meant.

• Founder15 April 2026

  I am not an educator

  I learned to read easily. Then my daughter struggled. So I started reading. What I found changed everything I thought I knew about how children learn.