These fantastic, diverse reading lists from The Reading Jackdaw are well worth exploring if you’re looking for fresh inspiration. We have also included the Year 7/8 list to provide additional choice; however, we recommend that all books are carefully checked to ensure they are appropriate for the age and needs of your children.
“We know that emotional engagement is the tipping point between leaping into the reading life or remaining in a childhood bog where reading is endured only as a means to other ends.”
– Maryanne Wolf: Proust and the Squid
“Reading transforms the human brain which transforms the mind, which transforms the life of every reader.”
– Maryanne Wolf, neuroscientist and reading specialist
– Maryanne Wolf, neuroscientist and reading specialist
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
– Barack Obama
– Barack Obama
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
– CS Lewis
– CS Lewis
