A worldwide reading community
The Reading Circle.
A quiet community for parents and carers who want calmer evenings and children who love stories. Practical guides, free printable resources, and an occasional, genuinely useful newsletter, wherever in the world you are reading from.
What we're about
We make quiet picture books for the unhurried end of the day. The Reading Circle is the rest of that idea, a place for the grown-ups doing the reading. We believe a calm, screen-light, story-rich childhood is worth protecting, and that small, repeatable habits do more than any single clever trick.
No noise, no hard sell, no pretending to be experts we're not. Just useful things, sent rarely, that make the evening a little easier.
What you get
- Free printable resources: starting with the Cosy Bedtime Routine Checklist, plus a growing shelf of free printables.
- New guides: short, practical, non-clinical help on bedtime, big feelings, and raising little readers. Browse the guides.
- A quiet newsletter: occasional notes when we add a new resource, guide, or book. Genuinely useful, never spam, one click to unsubscribe.
- First look at new books: and now and then, a chance to read one early and tell us honestly what you think.
Free to join · welcome gift inside
Join the Reading Circle
Pop your email in and we'll send the free Cosy Bedtime Routine Checklist straight away, then the occasional gentle note when we add something worth your time.
For parents and carers (adults) only. Adult email only, no child data. No spam, unsubscribe any time, and we will never ask anything of your child. See our privacy policy.
Open to readers everywhere
Lantern Path Books is an independent Australian publisher, and our readers are all over the world. Our picture books are available worldwide on Amazon and Google Play, and the Reading Circle is open to parents, carers, grandparents, and educators anywhere. The printables and guides work in any time zone.
New here? Start with the guides, browse the books, or help yourself to the free printables.
An early-years educator? There’s a circle just for you: the Calm Corner sends classroom-ready printables and calm-corner ideas, with a free Calm Corner Starter to set up today.