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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.
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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.
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ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly.
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CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in years 5-12. They are organised by theme.
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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
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Literacy Planet
Promotion of Reading
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Word Flyers
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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

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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
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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

Screen Reading and Writing
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McGraw-Hill Education 
 Introduction to Reading Skills: Inferencing
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