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How can you help children to develop a love of reading and books? Which books are the best ones to use in primary teaching? How do you make the most of children's literature in teaching across the curriculum?
Introduction
Story is the most powerful means for teaching anything. No wonder then that most commercials construct stories to promote their products. Think of the fairy tale world built around the launch of the latest car, which takes the new owner to undreamed of fulfilments. Banal these narratives may be, but they work!
(Carter, 2000, p.24)
Reading widely and often increases pupils’ vocabulary because they encounter words they would rarely hear or use in everyday speech. Reading also feeds pupils’ imagination and opens up a treasure-house of wonder and joy ...
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