Today is World Book Day and as children around the world excitedly mark the occasion by dressing up as their favourite literary character, or join in…
Browsing: World Book Day
On World Book Day find out how the OU’s Reading Schools Programme is helping more children to read for pleasure
Books are delightful as they are – don’t fall in the trap of competitive reading
“My happiest times in childhood were spent reading the books of E. Nesbit, C.S. Lewis and Joan Aiken. Preferring to read in hidden corners where nobody…
9 books about dogs
It’s the Chinese year of the dog, so why not add a book about dogs to your reading list? Dr Alex Hobbs, Associate Lecturer on the…
11 tips to help you read outside your comfort zone
Is your bedside table stacked with crime thrillers, romantic novels or dystopian literature? Never tend to mix your genres, safe in the knowledge that you like…
11 children’s books that challenge gender stereotypes
Bookshops, libraries and schools are starting to rethink the merit of dividing reading sections and recommendations into books for boys and books for girls. “There are some…