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  • Social Book Clubs in Schools

    HarperCollins Children’s Books, Farshore and the School library Association have collaborated to create a toolkit for setting up social book clubs in school, based on the findings from their ‘Social Reading Spaces’ research.

      Social Reading Spaces 

      Discover what happened when the most disengaged readers in 17 secondary schools attended a book club for 12 weeks.  

      Children’s Reading in 2025

      Read HarperCollins’s latest stats on children’s reading habits and what can be done to encourage reading enjoyment in all ages and cohorts. 

      Dad’s Research Findings

      Discover what we learned when we asked dads to read to their children daily for six weeks.

        Storytime in School

        Find out what happened when 20 primary schools across England read to their classes every day.

        Storytime in School - a year on

        Revisit the schools who trialled daily story time one year on.

        Dads Make Stories Magic

        Hear from the amazing dads who took part in our study in collaboration with Dadsnet exploring the powerful impact of daily storytime.

        Stories and Choices

        Discover the impact of schools prioritising storytelling and reading for pleasure in an area of deprivation in this 2018 research study.

          Reading for Pleasure and Purpose

          Discover the latest research, resources and top tips from our teacher ambassadors, recommended book lists and much more!

          Learnings from Lockdown

          Learn more about about the impact of lockdown on children’s reading for pleasure.

          Lockdown Reading Club

          Empower your parents and learn more about the impact of reading for pleasure at home with this lockdown reading study in collaboration with mumsnet.

            Print Matters More

            Read how we tried to convert reluctant readers into book lovers with this research project in collaboration with Foyles.

            Reading Magic Project

            Hear why reading to 3-4 year olds is in decline and what can be done to encourage reading for pleasure before children enter school.

            Print Matters 

            Read how we measured emotional responses to reading from parents and children with this project conducted in collaboration with Family Kids and Youth and The University of Sussex. 
            Book Squad The Low Down pdf

            Book Squad – the low down

            Everything you need to know about Book Squad and how it can help you develop a love of reading in your school.
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              Creating accessible reading spaces  

              Support every child to become a reader with advice and tips for creating inspirational and accessible reading spaces in your classrooms. 

              Farshore’s guide to reading for pleasure 

              All the information you need on the positive impact of reading for pleasure, tips from teachers, recommendations of books and much more. 

              Break down the barriers to reading

              Hear how Barrington Stoke books inspire reluctant readers in school and at home. 

              Supporting Inclusive Reading in the Classroom

              Check out this webinar from the Teacher's Reading Challenge, which explores the latest research and strategies for using representative and diverse books to inspire a love of reading in all pupils.

              From the Book Squad blog

              Don’t miss out on all the latest insights and reading for pleasure strategies from the Squad! 
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              Let’s talk about it: Reading for Pleasure and book talk

              Keen readers give themselves daily lessons in life. Through reading, they imagine and experience other worlds, develop empathy for others’<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81393770...

              7 min

              20/06/2024

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              The Reading Framework 2023: A summary

              Are you keen to better understand the 2023 Reading Framework? Looking to make sure your reading provision is up to scratch? Here we’ll talk you through the framework, its contents and guidance, giving you the confidence to take it forward into your...

              9 min

              20/06/2024

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              Storytime in the Classroom: Engaging the most reluctant readers

              Engaging reluctant readers is a difficult task as a teacher, especially with other curriculum priorities. Storytime, though, can really inspire the...

              5 min

              20/06/2024

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                Reading for pleasure in action

                Get inspired by the teachers putting reading for pleasure into practice in their classrooms.

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