Pitch Project - National Year of Reading 2026
Create a track for the National Year of Reading 2026! This song will be shared in schools around the country to encourage children to get reading in any way they can.
Produce a beat for the recording of spoken word / hip hop track that celebrates reading.
Lyrics, demo recording (which will later be recorded by local primary school children), and style reference examples linked below.
Style - Afro Beats / Reggae / Soca / Rap
Deadline - Friday 3rd October
Laura Henry-Allain MBE is an award-winning international storyteller, educationalist producer and consultant.
She is the creator of the well-loved, award-winning first Black British Animation, JoJo and Gran Gran global series, developed and produced by CBeebies, and is the series producer. Laura has a new children’s animation that is currently in development.
Laura has worked with several global brands, including Paramount, Mattel, Moonbug, Hasbro, John Lewis, Comic Relief and Bafta.
Her bestselling children's books include My Skin, Your Skin and My Family, Your Family, and Maya and Marley.
Laura is a board member of the Children’s Media Foundation and vice president of The British Association of Early Childhood Education. She is also a patron of the Grenada Community Library, supporter of the Grenfell Memorial Quilt, an expert commissioner on the Raising the Nation Play Commission national inquiry into play and the creator and presenter of the podcast My Words, My Book.
