"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body" - Richard Steele.

Welcome to the fundraising page for the Pride of Penguin Walk 2013!

Now in its 6 year, we want to make this year’s walk bigger and better than ever before. This year’s walk is all about celebration – celebrating some of Penguin and DK’s most cherished authors, characters and books as well as a celebration of the joy of reading itself. Our journey will take us to spots where some of Penguin and DK’s most popular and famous literary figures have lived, worked and visited (from Dickens to Doctor Who, Peter Pan to Peppa Pig) and we’ll be roping in an author or two (and some local schools) to join us along the way. Each walker will also be giving out a free children’s book en-route, so look out for our orange t-shirts!

The Pride of Penguin Walk is also about creating a movement; inviting your colleagues, friends and family to help some of the UK’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children develop and grow through the power of stories and reading. We are teaming up with Booktrust to do exactly that – by supporting the charity’s newly-launched Children’s Reading Fund.  So please, if you can, do share this page to help us raise money for this fantastic charity.