This is a practical resource that provides teachers and schools ideas to support the embedding of text experience and deliver a reading rich curriculum that leads to higher student attainment and working at greater depth.

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is a UK based children¿s literacy charity working with primary schools.  Our work raises the achievement of children¿s reading and writing by helping schools to teach literacy creatively and effectively, putting quality children's books at the heart of all learning. 

Part 1 - Choosing High Quality Literature in the Primary School Classroom
Chapter 1: Texts for Early Readers
Chapter 2: Reflecting the realities of readers and the world
Chapter 3: Fiction texts in the primary school
Chapter 4: Non-fiction texts in the primary school
Chapter 5: Poetry in the primary school
Chapter 6: Picture books across the primary school
Part 2 - Essential teaching approaches for a rich reading curriculum
Chapter 7: The reading environment
Chapter 8: A read aloud programme
Chapter 9: Drama and Storytelling
Chapter 10: Art and Illustration
Chapter 11: Modelling reading and writing
Part 3: Using High Quality Literature across the Primary School - how it works
Chapter 12: Developing a rich reading approach in Early Years
Chapter 13: Developing a rich reading approach in Key Stage One
Chapter 14: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Three and Four
Chapter 15: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Five and Six