Transform your literacy outcomes and engage your whole school

in reading. Inspire and delight your children with contemporary,

diverse and engaging texts that will spark a lifelong

love of reading for pleasure.

Get the most out of best-loved children’s books with our bestselling

Read & Respond series - the perfect way to explore

favourite stories in your classroom. This resource book brings you

a wealth of inspiring activities, discussion ideas and guided reading

notes based on Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.

Stimulating content mapped to curriculum objectives

Phonics section

Shared reading and whole-class guided reading section including

non-fiction extracts

Time-saving lesson plans, activities and assessments

Huge variety of speaking, listening and creative activities.

Our Read & Respond series now has a dedicated online space

containing:

Curriculum and teaching overviews with recommendations on

books to read for pleasure

Classic small-group guided reading notes and resources

Teaching reading resources such as ideas for vocabulary and fluency

Access to the additional content referenced in the teacher’s

book. Including media resources and interactive activities (this

content was previously available via a CD-ROM, it is an installable

desktop program for Windows).

Read & Respond helps you build a whole-school literacy

programme based on timeless children’s stories, chosen to inspire

reading for pleasure. Fun-filled activities help children to fully

engage with each story, encouraging a love of reading and building

a range of skills.

Underpinned by a wealth of research the teacher’s guides provide

activities with a strong focus on all of the ‘big five’ plus

oracy and reading for pleasure, as well as concentration on grammar,

punctuation & spelling and writing

Foster reading for pleasure with stories from acclaimed and award-winning

authors

Prepare with confidence with essential teacher’s books and supportive

resources

Save hours of preparation time with ready-to-use print and digital

resources

Boost guided reading in every year group with detailed teachers

notes.

PRAISE FOR READ & RESPOND

‘The resources are wonderful. I like the fact that it has a

mix of fiction and non-fiction activities … and how material can

link to other areas of the curriculum, not just literacy.’

Miss North, teacher

‘Reading for enjoyment and writing for enjoyment are two of

the most powerful ways of getting children interested in books.

Read & Respond provides exactly this.’ Michael Morpurgo, author

‘[Read and Respond] makes it easy to explore texts fully and

ensure that the children want to keep on reading more.’ Chris

Flanagan, Primary teacher.