Putting Social Justice and Equity at the Heart of Reading for Pleasure: Tools, Tips and Research to Support Professionals in Primary Classrooms [Hardcover]

1. Introduction to Reading for Pleasure? 2. What Counts as Reading?? 3. Not Reading for Pleasure, but Purposefully Positive: Understanding the Difference between Reading for Pleasure and Using Great Texts for Teaching? 4. Connecting People and Planet through Reading for Pleasure? 5. Representation in Childrens Literature? 6. Engaging and Re-Engaging Readers: Innovative Approaches that can help Reignite the Spark? 7. Family Engagement: Who are your Influencers?? 8. The Importance of Teachers' Knowledge of Children's Literature to Develop Children's Reading for Pleasure? 9. The Pleasure of Reading Against: Embedding Lifelong Critical Literacy from Picturebooks to Social Media? 10. Conclusion: A Call to Action for Social Justice and Equity in Reading for Pleasure Appendices

This essential book discusses what reading for pleasure is and what it is not, introducing some fundamental ideas about how we learn to read and how this process can impact on a childs identity as a reader in classrooms that promote equality, inclusion and diversity.

'This accessible book, written by experienced educators views reading for pleasure through a social justice lens. Foregrounding opportunities for all, it actively highlights issues of inclusion in texts and contexts, and offers strategies, case studies and questions that will help teachers nurture volitionally engaged and motivated readers.'

Teresa Cremin, Professor of Education (Literacy), the Open University, UK.

This excellent, well-informed and influential book is a must read for students, teachers and academics who want to explore the intrinsic links between reading for pleasure and the context of social justice and equality. Each chapter takes a familiar theme but explores it from a social justice stance thereby bringing fresh insight and encourages the reader to critically reflect on their own teaching. The book is packed withl#C