Read & Respond: Books You’ll Love to Teach
Read & Respond is one of our best-loved teaching resources. Helping to inspire a love of reading in children, Read & Respond books are filled with essential planning resources and activities for guided and shared reading, writing, speaking, listening and assessing children’s understanding. Until 26th April 2017, you can buy 3 Read & Respond resources for the price of 2, including children’s books, reading resources and classroom packs, using the discount code
READ17
at the checkout.
With so many amazing books to choose from, we know that picking may be difficult! To help you with your decision, we’ve put together a list of the bestselling Read & Respond titles, and why teachers like them so much.
Holes by Louis Sachar
![]() Why teachers love it: With a strong cast of characters, each with keen sense of humour, Holes is perfect for reluctant readers. At just over 240 pages long, it isn’t a long read either. The plot deals with fate, meaning, hope and survival. It’s ideal for generating classroom discussion, and especially good for boys. |
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
![]() Why teachers love it: A lyrically written survival story, Kensuke’s Kingdom has a broad appeal and high-interest levels. Drawing direct parallels from both classic literature (such as Robinson Crusoe) and real events in history, Kensuke’s Kingdom has cross-curricular links with geography, citizenship and history. |
The Twits by Roald Dahl
![]() Why teachers love it: Anything by Roald Dahl will always be a crowd-pleaser, and easy-to-read The Twits is definitely no exception. The detailed character descriptions allows for discussion about the benefits of repetition and is a good test of children’s comprehension. Sharing their own descriptions of the disgusting Twits is always a fun creative writing activity for pupils. |
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
![]() Why teachers love it: Fusing rich elements from myth, science-fiction and fantasy with a powerful ecological message, The Iron Man is a magnificent mini-epic of peace overcoming war. Written to be read aloud and to stimulate young imaginations, this masterful modern classic from former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes is a book that will stay with your pupils forever. |
The Light House Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage
![]() Why teachers love it: This problem-based story really gets kids thinking. The text contains some difficult vocabulary, giving KS1 pupils an aspirational challenge to be able read and understand new words such as ‘perched’, ‘devoured’ and ‘baffle’. The colourful, humorous images will have the entire class chuckling, making studying the text just that bit more fun. |
Don’t forget, you can get 3 for 2 on any Read & Respond resource, including children’s books, reading resources and classroom packs, simply by using the discount code
READ17
at the checkout. Hurry! The offer ends on 26th April 2017.
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