Reading for pleasure
Research has revealed time and time again that reading for pleasure supports our young learners to become better readers, and is integral in fostering life skills. What's more, reading for just 10 minutes every day can improve your mental wellbeing.
On this page, find out more about the benefits of reading for pleasure, and see what resources we have available to support you to encourage your pupils to read for pleasure.
Our National Literacy Trust partnership
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Using ebooks to support reading for pleasure in 2023 –ÌýA survey of primary school teachersÌýreport that we’ve worked on in association with the National Literacy Trust.
Resources to support you with encouraging reading for pleasure
Bug Club Reading Corner
Bug Club Reading Corner is our brand-new online library of books for primary school-aged children.
Children can choose books according to their interests, encouraging them to read for pleasure. There are lots of exciting topics and children search for the books they want to read.ÌýStories are written by a range of diverse authors and illustrators, and feature exciting, representative characters who live in all sorts of places and go on all sorts of adventures.
Every child will find books they love in Bug Club Reading Corner!
Reading for Pleasure PD with Teresa Cremin
1. Reading for Pleasure changes lives
2. Teacher's knowledge of children's literature and other texts
3. Teacher's knowledge of children as readers
4. Reading aloud and informal book talk
5. Reading time and the social reading environment
6. Reading teachers and building communities of readers
Helping primary school teachers 'Get Everyone Reading' with Alec Williams
Join Alec Williams - trainer, speaker and storyteller - as he discusses 10 key principles for encouraging Reading for Pleasure from his book Get Everyone Reading: A primer on reading for pleasure written for the School Libraries Association.
This video is for primary school teachers.