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Our Research

You can find out more about this research by reading the Executive Summary and later papers.

Teachers as Readers: Executive Summary

Reading Communities: What, why and how

Teachers as Readers: Building Communities of Readers

Pedagogy for reading for pleasure in low socio-economic primary schools

Enriching reading for pleasure: extra-curricular reading groups

Download this wider list of publications about Reading for Pleasure

Research Spotlight

Absorbed in Stories

This month’s research feature by Anežka Kuzmicová, from Prague, explores children’s perspectives on being absorbed when reading fiction. This fascinating journey into ‘getting lost in a book’ offers enormous insight into the mind of the child reader.

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Recommended Reading

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Reading for Pleasure: What, why and how

Reading and Writing for Pleasure: Exploring systems and synergies that make a difference

The Love to Read project: Children, teachers and researchers working together to inspire and sustain a love of book reading

Reading for Pleasure: Supporting Secondary School Students

Student Teachers as Readers: ‘The Student That Books Built’

Pivoting on a sixpence: Six literacy organisations and their rapid responses to COVID-19

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