ABSTRACT

Not so Simple Picture Books-Developing responses to Literature with 4-12 year olds (Pam Badderley and Chris Edershaw) Trentham Books The authors show how complex issues of relationships and layerings of subtext in books can extend

children’s understanding and thinking. The Reading Book (Myra Barrs and Anne Thomas) Centre for Language in Primary Education A teachers’ guide to learning to read. Part One surveys what we know about the reading process, the

child, parent, teacher and text. Part Two is a practical guide outlining the issues and elements that make up a primary school’s reading policy.