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Reading for Pleasure

What is Reading For Pleasure?

As the Open University states:

Reading for Pleasure may involve fiction – in novels or picture storybooks – and a wide range of other texts, both paper-based and digital. Many people read magazines, recipe books, holiday brochures, comics, football scores, information leaflets, religious texts, non-fiction books, poetry and much more, simply for the pleasure, information and enjoyment that this brings. Essentially, Reading for Pleasure is reading that you choose to engage in and that you are motivated to sustain, or return to, because of your own intrinsic interest.

At TBS, our mission is to instill in our children, an intrinsic love for reading - a desire to read for pleasure! We do this in many ways, including weekly book talk and reading for pleasure lessons in all classes, visits to the school library, well-stocked class reading shelves, Y6 Reading Ambassadors who promote the joy of reading, special author workshops, half-term holiday reading competitions and more!

How can parents and carers help?

Reading for pleasure can look different in different places. At home, it might be: 

  • A few pages of a storybook or a poem shared together before bed
  • A magazine explored on the sofa
  • An audiobook enjoyed on a car journey
  • Chatting about an interesting fact or idea while making tea

All of these shared moments count.

More information on how you can support your child can be found here: Simple ways to grow a love of reading at home | Parentkind

We'd like to suggest some exciting and challenging books for all age groups. Take a look at the following recommendations!

 

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