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The Summer: Perfect for Reading

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While the summer holidays are coming to an end, the sun has finally stated here to stay! These holidays are the perfect time for children and teenagers to get reading. Parents across the country will have already heard the cry of “I’m so bored” and want to tear their hair out in frustration. Nothing can…

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To teach or not to teach

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Television historian Simon Schama has recently spoken out about the idea of scrapping Shakespeare from the school curriculum, stating that it is wrong to think that he is not accessible to school children. “I think it’s incredibly patronising of anybody to suppose that is true of Shakespeare,” he told the Radio Times. He recently judged…

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Why reading rocks

I often talk about wanting more young people to get into reading because it has so many benefits for them but I’ve never actually laid down what these benefits are. Most people know that it is far better to read than to not read but why is this? Firstly, reading does make us more knowledgeable…

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Getting passionate about reading

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Encouraging teens to read is clearly a huge passion of mine that I think is vital in helping young people to decide who they are and to be comfortable with their decision. Books open up new worlds that raise questions on morality, politics, loyalty and hundreds of other themes that we encounter in real life…

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My Top 5 Teen Reads

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Beat the back to school slump with this compilation of five of the most engaging teen reads around

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