All the Better to Read You With

"At last! A fresh, accessible guide to storytelling encouraging young people to read for the joy of it. Should be part of every teacher's toolkit."

- Ian Whybrow, award-winning author of Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

"I loved this new approach to using our innate storytelling ability to teach a love for books. This guide will help educators invigorate a love of reading for pleasure within the school environment."

- Camilla Chester, award-winning author of Call Me Lion

"This is a much needed book: entertaining, inspiring, and full of practical ideas to get children excited about stories. It's a must-read for anyone working with children."

- Claire Fayers, award-winning author of Welsh Fairy Tales

"Specifically designed for reading aloud, this book promotes storytelling as the supremely powerful teaching tool, learning medium, and lifesaver it can be. It's full of excitement, delight, motivation, and joy in words."

- Jane Bower, writer for BBC's Play School

"An engaging book that helps educators understand how to use storytelling in the classroom to develop our children's joy of reading. The stories, lessons, and skills provide us with a way to 'teach' reading for pleasure that works."

- Toria Bono, Year 4 Lead and Author of Tiny Voices Talk: Education, Engagement, Empowerment

"The stories in this book are beautifully written and really grip you. I hope teachers pick up this book and use it to its full advantage. It holds many wonders to be discovered!"

- Clare Winterbottom, the Assisted Reading for Children charity

"There's a great deal to love about this book! It demystifies everything about encouraging reading for pleasure, and makes it all appear within reach."

- Jo Phillips, Headteacher, Wyton on the Hill Primary School

"I tried a couple of these lessons with my Year 1 and 2 children, and they are now well and truly addicted! Thank you for this book!"

- Karen Baines, Assistant Headteacher, Christ Church Primary School in Skipton

"The book was great for engaging the children. As soon as we started reading it, you could see that they were completely engaged, and they listened straight away. Even the children who usually don't listen as carefully as some of the others were totally involved in it. The variety of short stories appeal to lots of different children's interests."

- Sarah King, Y6 Teacher, Jeavons Wood Primary School in Cambourne

"Thanks to this book, reading for pleasure in my class is higher than before. I've been teaching for 34 years, but this book got me to look at reading differently and make it more meaningful. Rather than racing through to hear everyone read, I now engage the children in conversations as we go along. The advice on that area alone has proved invaluable."

- Mrs Murphy, Y4 Teacher, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Hook

"I absolutely LOVE THIS BOOK! I have applied some of the techniques to see much greater engagement in other subjects too, such as history. As I said at the beginning, I LOVE IT!"

- Andrea Dixon, Y5/6 Teacher, Castleside Primary School in Consett

"This book has been a lifesaver!"

- Lesley Armstrong, Y6 teacher, Charles Kingsley's Primary School in Eversley