Let me ask you a question: Where do you encounter non-fiction reading in your everyday life? And is this a pleasurable experience or is your use of everyday non-fiction literacy purely out of necessity?

We look at non-fiction in the primary school and consider how it is both a necessity and a pleasure.

If you’re looking to promote your reading for pleasure provision, developing your library is likely to be part of your plans. In this article, we provide you with a selection of practical ideas to help you run a library club.

A selection of books about refugees suitable for children in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

Reading aloud to children is one of the most important things we can do and choosing the right books is vital. In this article we explore some of the ways to choose books that will help all children enjoy your Storytime sessions.

New releases and old favourites chosen to ensure that you have a spookily good time reading this Halloween.

Read about our Representative Reading Spine, a spine of inclusive books designed to support diversity and reading for pleasure in Primary Schools. Devised and created by experts from Coventry Schools Library Service and Primary English, it’s a reading spine that inspires, connects and engages children through high quality texts from contemporary authors and illustrators.

If you’re looking for books on the theme of going Back to School, this selection is just the thing. With fabulous recommendations and links to other content on the Primary English website, it’s here to help you launch the new year in a bookishly good way!

With the holidays fast approaching I am sure everybody is thinking about how to keep children reading over the summer, so the theme this month is Humour! Funny books are the perfect way to engage children’s interest, which also makes them great read-alouds for an end of the day / end of the term classroom treat.

In this article children’s literature expert, Joy Court, gives us her recommendations for books on the theme of evolution.

In this article we recommend approaches to promote reading aloud in your school. Compiled by the members of our Teachers’ Reading Group, each and every recommendation has been tried and tested in real schools. If you’re looking to put reading at the heart of your school, we think our post will give you some great starting points.

A round up of books to read aloud to your class this Christmas.

In which I outline a range of approaches to help you promote a love of reading in your school. An essential read for teachers looking to improve: reading aloud, children’s engagement with reading, staff knowledge and love of children’s literature and much, much more.

A quick round-up of advice to help you promote books and a love of reading in your school.