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Burbage Junior School

How to Support your Child with their Reading

The Booktrust has some really useful tips on how to read with your child (especially the pages Reading With Your Child, Encouraging Older Children to Read, and Tips For Reluctant Readers: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/tips-and-advice/reading-tips/how-to-read-with-your-child/

The LoveReading website contains recommendations of books to read with your child: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/

We have produced a booklet of 100 Books To Read Before You Leave BJS". This includes recommended books to get your child hooked on reading and to ensure they are reading a range of fiction.

100 Books To Read Before You Leave BJS

Please see below for another selection of Great Books

Great Books For KS2

The Open University have a really useful section on their Reading For Pleasure website. This link will take you to videos on Bookchat: ideas for questions and conversations when you are reading to your child: 

https://ourfp.org/supporting-rah/book-chat-reading-with-your-child/