It was great to have a chance to see Chol Theatre in action yesterday, working with a small group of Drama students from North Huddersfield Trust School, Huddersfield. Chol is a small professional regional arts and theatre company which is part of a pilot project with Kirklees public libraries. This is designed to take The Reading Agency's Shelf Help collection and bring it to life in schools through drama and role play. Vicki Sawka, a theatre practitioner and lead artist, selected David Levithan's 2012 novel 'Every Day' as the basis for two workshop sessions with fifteen GCSE students. Everyone warmed up by introductions using a balloon and then read to punctuation (a standard RSC technique). Vicki introduced the text, with which the group were not familiar prior to the first session. By using hot-seating and role on the wall, students were inspired to get inside the character of A and the different bodies he inhabits; they were prompted to consider issues of gender and mental state. What would it be like to wake up in a different body every day? What challenges might that present? What meaning might the concepts of family, time and morality have for someone who didn't age or attach to others in the same way as they experienced? A fascinating first session and it will be interesting to see see the recorded feedback Vicki and her colleagues gather. They are working with groups from three local secondary schools and a pupil referral unit this term, with possible funding to extend the project if the pilot is successful. I appreciated being invited to observe and take part by Judith Robinson and Tiffany Haigh, two of the librarians who have been instrumental in launching the pilot project and adding value to the Shelf Help collection. Children's and young adult mental health and well-being has never been higher on the national agenda; this is an example of creative, innovative partnership working that can make a difference.