In episode 214 of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast:
Encouraging reading at home
With the media full of reports about the decline of reading in young people, Megan and Allison look at strategies for encouraging reading at home, giving expert tips, advice and insights in how to keep kids in touch with books. Plus, our thoughts on whether books need age classifications?
Books we mention
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Bookmail and TBR pile
‘You Are Not a Pup!’ by Annaleise Byrd & Sandra de la Prada
‘Who Might You Be?’ by Robert Henderson
‘We Won’t All Survive’ by Kate Alice Marshall
‘Oceanforged: The Wicked Ship’ by Amelia Mellor (Friday First Chapters #13 episode)
Other
NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge Book Lists
‘You Turkeys’ by Michael Gerard Bauer (out of print)
‘Robbit the Job Hopping Frog’ by Michael Gerard Bauer
‘The Running Man’ by Michael Gerard Bauer
Book Links Qld Travelling Suitcase program
Encouraging Reading At Home
Links to reports and articles we mention:
Report: Dr Emma Hussey research for Australian Catholic University
Will Kostakis social media response
ABC article about boys and men reading less
Recording of our Teens & Reading event
Recording of our Raising Wild Readers event
Other relevant episodes
Episode 172: Real Talk About Literacy and Literature
Episode 188: Real Talk About Reading
Episode 194: Reading Aloud 101
Our books
The Mapmaker Chronicles series by A. L. Tait
The Ateban Cipher (duology) by A. L. Tait
The Maven & Reeve Mysteries by A. L. Tait
The First Summer of Callie McGee by A. L. Tait
Willow Bright’s Secret Plot by A. L. Tait
Danger Road by A. L. Tait
The Beehive by Megan Daley
Teacher, Teacher (anthology), edited by Megan Daley
Raising Readers by Megan Daley
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Meet Allison Rushby, the third member of #teamyknr. Find out about Allison and her books here.
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