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Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Lucy Rodriguez Leon, Teresa Cremin, Helen Hendry and Sarah-Jane Mukherjee. It was first published in January 2022.

With special thanks to staff and students at Elmhurst Primary School, London; St. Matthew's C of E Primary School, Birmingham; Moorlands C of E Primary Academy, Great Yarmouth; and Norfolk Children’s Book Centre.

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Images and figures

Course image: ©The Open University

Section 1, Typewriter: ©Nito/Shutterstock.com

Section 2, Girl wearing crown: ©The Open University

Section 3, Girls playing make believe: ©The Open University

Section 3, Child dressed as The Hulk: ©The Open University

Section 5, Boys working together at table: ©The Open University

Section 7, Boys at desk talking: ©The Open University

Section 8, Girl reading alone: ©The Open University

Book covers

Section 5: Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love published by Candlewick Press. Used with Permission of Walker Books

Section 5: Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival (author and illustrator) published 2018 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Section 5: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf, Orion Children's Books, Hachette Childrens Group https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/

Section 5: The Girls Text copyright © Lauren Ace, 2018. Illustrations © Jenny Løvlie, 2018. First published in Great Britain 2018. Permission given by Caterpillar Books, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group

Section 6, Activity 3: Luna's Red Hat, Emmi Smid, courtesy: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK https://uk.jkp.com/

Section 6, Activity 3: Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour and Daniel Egneus Courtesy: Oxford University Press https://global.oup.com/ ?cc=gb

Section 6, Activity 3: Wonder by R J Palacio, Text copyright ©2012 by R. J. Palacio Jacket art copyright ©2012 by Tad Carpenter publisher: Alfred P Knopf an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

Session 8, Personal reflection 3: Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen (Illustrator Arthur Robins.  Courtesy Walker Books https://www.walker.co.uk/ © Michael  Rosen

Text

Section 6, Activity 3: Synopsis for Luna's Red Hat courtesy: Books for Topics to https://www.booksfortopics.com

Section 6, Activity 3: Review: Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour and Daniel Egneus. Oxford University Press. Courtesy Oxford University Press https://global.oup.com/ education/ product/ 9780192771940/ ?region=uk

Section 6, Activity 3: Synopsis for Wonder by R J Palacio courtesy: Books for Topics to https://www.booksfortopics.com

Audio Visual

Section 7, Video 2: Miranda McKearney OBE Founder, EmpathyLab: Courtesy: Empathy Lab https://www.empathylab.uk/

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