Name: All the Better to Read You With: Stories & Lessons to Inspire Reading for Pleasure
Price: 609.00 ZAR
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Author: Korky Paul
ISBN: 9781915703194

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All the Better to Read You With: Stories & Lessons to Inspire Reading for Pleasure

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Physical Book

Author

Illustrated by

Publisher

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

29.7 x 21.0 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.73 kg.

ISBN13

9781915703194

Synopsis "All the Better to Read You With: Stories & Lessons to Inspire Reading for Pleasure"

All the scientific evidence says reading for pleasure boosts academic achievement far more than any other factor. Yet enjoyment of reading is on the decline, and teachers everywhere speak of a stressful struggle trying to engage their learners with the idea. After all......how can you teach 'reading for pleasure'?This book holds proof that the answer lies in a teaching method with around 40,000 years of success: Storytelling.This is a book unlike any other. Part illustrated story anthology, part educator's handbook on storytelling, part lesson scheme, it's designed to help you swiftly and easily enthral your learners - with wondrous tales that will inspire them to seek the joys of books. Within these pages you'll find...9 short stories to read aloud and quickly captivate your learners18 lesson plans to cultivate enthusiasm for reading (NB: not comprehension lessons in disguise)top tips for 'reading like a storyteller' - so you can engage your learners, even if you fear performingWritten by a traditional storyteller who's performed for hundreds of thousands of children worldwide, alongside one of Cambridgeshire's most experienced teacher trainers, here are the tools to help your learners shift from reluctant readers......to recreational readers.

Korky Paul

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Korky Paul, born as Hamish Vigne Christie Paul in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1951, is a renowned British children's book illustrator. He studied Fine Arts at the Durban School of Art in South Africa and animation at the California Institute of the Arts. After working in advertising in Cape Town, London, and Los Angeles, he settled in Oxford, United Kingdom. His distinctive style, characterized by vibrant watercolors and detailed strokes, has been compared to artists like Ronald Searle and Ralph Steadman.

He is widely known for illustrating the Winnie the Witch series (1987), written by Valerie Thomas, which has sold over 7 million copies and has been translated into more than 10 languages. Other notable works include The Fish Who Could Wish (1991) and The Rascally Cake (1994). In 1988, he received the Red House Children's Book Award for Winnie the Witch. His contribution to children's literature has left a significant mark on readers around the world.

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