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

by Chip Colquhoun, Rebekah Owen, Korky Paul (illustrator)

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 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 learners 18 lesson plans to cultivate enthusiasm for reading ( 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.

228 pages, Paperback

Published January 26, 2023

About the author

Chip began writing at the age of 4. Now he is one of the storytellers you can watch for free on the Oxford Owl and Epic Tales YouTube channels.

He began storytelling professionally in 2007, and has since led storytelling performances and workshops in 10 countries, performed regularly at Glastonbury Festival, and represented the Roald Dahl Story Museum on ITV. He put together the EU’s guidance on using storytelling in the classroom, wrote the National English Hub's handbook on inspiring children to read for pleasure (known as 'All the Better to Read You With', public launch January 2024), and co-produces the 'Fables & Fairy Tales' series with Winnie the Witch illustrator Korky Paul.

He now lives in the former Cambridgeshire residence of Samuel Pepys, England’s most famous diarist, with his wife Emma and kittens Tito and Pippa.