Reading Resources

Adults Reading for Pleasure

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The Teaching of Reading

Non-Engagement in Sustained Silent Reading: How extensive is it? What can it teach us? - Stephen Krashen

Reading for Pleasure -  A research overview

School Improvement:
What does the research tell us about effective strategies?

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SoundCloud: Dr Margaret Merga - Supporting reading engagement: Myths, strategies and plans.

There are five essential skills for reading and that a high quality literacy program should include all five components. This excellent Australian resource gives extensive information on each.

ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly.

CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in years 5-12. They are organised by theme.

TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. 

Online Reading Programs

Literacy Planet

Promotion of Reading

Word Flyers

A great place for book reviews

Empower reading with data

Australian Librarians Collation to Support Reading for Pleasure

• Reading for Pleasure - CTHS Library
• Villanova College Reading Program
• I’ve Got Research. Yes, I Do. I’ve Got Research. How About You? 
• The Power of Independent Reading
• Creating a Classroom Where Readers Flourish
• Mental wellbeing, reading and
  writing: How children and young people's mental wellbeing is related to their reading and writing experiences
• Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming - Neil Gaiman 
• Reading for Pleasure - A Door to Success
• Pleasure Reading 
• Literacy Matters
• The relation between time spent reading and reading comprehension throughout the life course
• Reading for pleasure in childhood and adolescent healthy behaviours: Longitudinal associations using the Millennium Cohort Study
• The Impact of a Cognitive and Motivational Reading Intervention on the Reading Achievement and Motivation of Students At-Risk for Reading Difficulties
• School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing 
• Books Offer a Healing Retreat for Youngsters Caught Up in a Pandemic 
• Reading and Covid Children and young people’s reading in 2020 before and during the COVID-19 lockdown 
• Reading has so many benefits!
• Reading for Pleasure - Research impact case study
• Scholarly culture: How books in adolescence enhance adult literacy, numeracy, and technology skills in 31 societies 
• How to Read 50 Books in a Year (Even When You're Busy) 
• The Benefits of Reading for Fun
• Why Should You Read Every Day: Scientific Benefits of Reading Books 
• What To Do When a Teen Tells You They Hate Reading 
• The Impact of Pleasure Reading on Academic Success

Build a Reading Culture

Edutopia - Literacy

The Practice of Reading

Is Online Skimming Hurting Reading Comprehension? -Maryanne Wolf, cognitive neuroscientist at Tufts University, fears that the practice is ruining our ability to for “deep reading.”

Paper Vs. Plasma: How the Digital Reading Shift is Impacting Your Brain

Why Our Future Depends on Libraries, Reading and Daydreaming - ​Art Matters.
​Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries - an essay in pictures.
​Art Matters by Neil Gaiman ​available in the KRC

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Screen Reading and Writing

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McGraw-Hill Education 
 Introduction to Reading Skills: Inferencing