Last month, I was lucky enough to speak at OUP’s For the Love of Reading: Passing on the Passion conference. It was a wonderful occasion that brought teachers, authors and researchers together to talk about reading. I left with my brain fizzing with ideas, inspired to try the raft of new things I’d learnt from […]
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Yesterday Oxford released the findings of a survey that sheds some concerning light on teachers’ perceptions of enjoying, and having conversations about stories in the classroom. The survey of nearly 350 primary school teachers revealed that more than half those polled don’t have enough time to share and talk about books in the classroom – despite the importance they […]
Read moreOur new TreeTops Greatest Stories series has just published! Each of the 35 titles is beautifully retold and illustrated by some of our most popular authors and illustrators. We’re also fortunate to have best-selling author Michael Morpurgo as Series Editor and Kimberley Reynolds, Professor of Children’s Literature at Newcastle University, as Series Advisor. Over the next few weeks, […]
Read moreOur new TreeTops Greatest Stories series has just published! Each of the 35 titles is beautifully retold and illustrated by some of our most popular authors and illustrators. We’re also fortunate to have best-selling author Michael Morpurgo as Series Editor and Kimberley Reynolds, Professor of Children’s Literature at Newcastle University, as Series Advisor. Over the next few weeks, […]
Read moreJames Clements is the director of ShakespeareandMore.com . He is the author of Building an Outstanding Reading School , a report about creating a strong reading culture in a school. James will be leading a practical session looking at how teachers can support children to access classic texts at OUP’s 2016 English Conference For the Love of Reading: Passing on the Passion Learning to read is one of the most […]
Read moreMiguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece in his Anniversary Year I know, said someone at UNESCO in the early 1990s, let’s have a yearly celebration of books and writers. We can call it World Book and Copyright Day . Ooh, and look, three gigantic geniuses – Shakespeare, De la Vega and Cervantes – all died on the 23rd April so that will […]
Read moreSetting Up a Book Club in School Reading groups and book clubs are a hugely popular way of engaging readers and are a way into opening the box of reading delights. If you belong to a book group yourself, you will know that the pleasure of reading is multiplied when we share our ideas, explore […]
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On the 5th March, it is World Book Day. I’m waiting for my son to come home with the usual, “We can dress up as a character from a book.” Most teachers I know will already be filled with dread and searching the charity shops for something they can use to make Skellig’s wings or […]
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