Speechmark Literacy Brochure 2025

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Bestselling Literacy Titles from ABC School Supplies

Welcome

Welcome to our catalogue where we are pleased to present a selection of recently published and bestselling Routledge Literacy titles* in partnership with ABC School Supplies.

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3RD

Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition

Edited by Steve Graham Arizona State University, United States, Charles A. MacArthur University of Delaware, United States, Michael A. Hebert University of Nebraska?Lincoln, United States

Well established as a definitive text and now revised and updated with eight new chapters this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K 12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing; using digital tools; helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction; teaching evaluation and revision; connecting reading and writing instruction; teaching vulnerable populations; using assessment to inform instruction; and more.

Descriptosaurus Grammar Companion Ages 9 to 12

A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing

Routledge February 2024 : 446pp

Pb: 978-1-032-66283-1 : €32.99

Alison Wilcox School writer and researcher, UK

This Grammar Companion supports the main Descriptosaurus book and scaffolds students in their journey through the world of language. It is a flexible grammar toolkit based on current research about effective strategies for teaching grammar tools and sentence construction (investigation, imitation, combining and expansion). It includes guidelines, exercises, scaffolds and models, and by showing a clear progression route to the acquisition and consolidation of increasingly more complex grammar tools, provides teachers and students with a road map that makes learning about sentence construction and revision visible.

Guilford Press

March 2019 : 416pp

Pb: 978-1-462-53796-9 : €51.99

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2ND EDITION

Brain Words

How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching

Routledge

November 2024 : 192pp

Pb: 978-1-032-75394-2 : €34.99

J. Richard Gentry , Gene P. Ouellette

Written for beginning or seasoned teachers, homeschoolers, teacher educators, and parents who want to fully engage in their child s literacy development, this updated and highly readable new edition presents brain science, reading research, and theory that can be directly applied in teaching, leading to efficacious literacy instruction. Building on their science of reading based framework of brain words dictionaries in the brain where students store and access word spelling, pronunciation, and meaning  Gentry and Ouellette offer a wealth of information to transform your thinking and practice.

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Building Communities of Engaged Readers

Reading for pleasure

Teresa Cremin The Open University, UK, Marilyn Mottram , Fiona M. Collins , Sacha Powell Canterbury Christchurch University, UK, Kimberly Safford The Open University, UK

Reading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children s engagement as selfmotivated and socially interactive readers. Building Communities of Engaged Readers highlights the concept of Reading Teachers who are not only knowledgeable about texts for children, but are aware of their own reading identities and prepared to share their enthusiasm and understanding of what being a reader means. Written by experts in the literacy field and illustrated throughout with examples from the project schools, it is essential reading for all those concerned with improving young people s enjoyment of and attainment in reading.

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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

Routledge September 2021 : 86pp

Pb: 978-1-032-04084-4 : €14.99

Adam Bushnell

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl is part of a short series of age specific, beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualized resource, containing a step by step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to its age group. It explores the impact of punctuation on reading, understanding, meaning and effect, and can be used as a basis for pupils own punctuation or included in their Writer s Toolkit.

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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 2: Captain Moody and His Pirate Crew

Routledge September 2021 : 106pp

Pb: 978-1-032-04079-0 : €14.99

Adam Bushnell

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 2: Captain Moody and His Pirate Crew is part of a short series of age specific, beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualized resource, containing a step by step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to its age group. It explores the impact of punctuation on reading, understanding, meaning and effect, and can be used as a basis for pupils own punctuation or included in their Writer s Toolkit.

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Routledge June 2014 192pp

Pb: 978-1-138-77748-4 : €47.99

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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 3: Ruby Red

Routledge

September 2021 : 92pp

Pb: 978-1-032-04087-5 : €14.99

Alison Wilcox

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 3: Ruby Red is part of a short series of age specific, beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualized resource, containing a step by step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to its age group. It explores the impact of punctuation on reading, understanding, meaning and effect, and can be used as a basis for pupils own punctuation or included in their Writer s Toolkit.

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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang

Routledge September 2021 : 180pp

Pb: 978-1-032-04095-0 : €14.99

Alison Wilcox

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang is part of a short series of age specific, beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualized resource, containing a step by step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to its age group. It explores the impact of punctuation on reading, understanding, meaning and effect, and can be used as a basis for pupils own punctuation or included in their Writer s Toolkit.

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Descriptosaurus Story Writing

Language in Action for Ages 5 9

Routledge December 2020 : 226pp

Hb: 978-0-367-55911-3 : €31.99

Alison Wilcox , Adam Bushnell

This book provides a resource for younger pupils that expand their descriptive vocabulary and provide them with models that demonstrate language in action , in a genre that is familiar to children ages 5-9. Providing the essential building blocks to create a narrative text, alongside contexualised banks of vocabulary, phrases and sentence types this book is designed to provide young pupils with the opportunity to see how a text is constructed using words, phrases and sentences. This is an ideal resource to dramatically improve children s knowledge and understanding of language, grammar and punctuation for all KS1 and KS2 primary English teachers, literacy coordinators and parents.

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Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure

Routledge August 2015 : 252pp

Pb: 978-1-138-85869-5 : €29.99

Alison Wilcox School writer and researcher, UK

Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestselling Descriptosaurus, and within the context of adventure stories develops the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful cinematic writing. This essential guide will enable children to take their writing to the next level, to combine their descriptions of setting and character, and show how they interact, so that they can experiment with their own adventure stories, armed with the skills, techniques and vocabulary necessary to describe their action scenes in a way that the reader can feel the character s fear and excitement, and visualise the action within the setting.

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Descriptosaurus: Fantasy

Routledge May 2016 : 296pp

Pb: 978-1-138-85875-6 : €29.99

Alison Wilcox School writer and researcher, UK

Descriptosaurus: Fantasy Stories aims to build on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in Descriptosaurus, and develop the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful, cinematic writing within the context of fantasy stories. An essential guide for creative writing, Descriptosaurus: Fantasy Stories will enable children to combine their descriptions of setting and character, and show how they interact so that the reader can use the power of invention to visualise the extraordinary as they enter the land of fantasy.

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Descriptosaurus: Ghost Stories

Routledge August 2015 : 294pp

Pb: 978-1-138-85873-2 : €29.99

Alison Wilcox School writer and researcher, UK

Descriptosaurus: Ghost Stories builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestselling Descriptosaurus, and within the context of ghost stories develops the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful, cinematic writing. This essential guide will enable children to take their writing to the next level, to combine their descriptions of setting and character, and show how they interact, so that the reader can feel the character s fear and visualise the source of their terror within the setting.

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Descriptosaurus: Myths & Legends

Routledge

January 2016 274pp

Pb: 978-1-138-85871-8 : €29.99

Alison Wilcox School writer and researcher, UK

Descriptosaurus: Myths and Legends aims to build on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in Descriptosaurus, and develop the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful, cinematic writing within the context of myths and legends. An essential guide for creative writing, Descriptosaurus: Myths and Legends will enable children to combine their descriptions of setting and character, and show how they interact so that the reader can experiment with heroes, gods and supernatural beings to create a legendary story.

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Emerging Literacy: Unlocking Instruction for Every Child

James McTaggart , James Cook , Rebecca Castelo , Jennifer Pickering

This book focuses on five core emerging literacy skills that underpin successful learning for children: concepts of print; phonological awareness; oral language; working memory and executive function; and pencil control. Chapters guide readers on building the foundations of lifelong literacy, as well as easy and unintrusive ways to assess learners. They contain inexpensive but effective ways to develop the skills in an ordinary classroom or home, and are accompanied by a downloadable practical toolkit of resources to use with children. This book is crucial reading for early years educators, primary classroom practitioners, educational psychologists, and speech and language therapists.

Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks

A guide for primary and early years students and teachers

Routledge

June 2014 210pp

Pb: 978-0-415-72772-3 : €47.99

Mary Roche St Patrick s College, Thurles, Ireland

This accessible text will show students and class teachers how they can enable their pupils to become critical thinkers through the medium of picturebooks. By introducing children to the notion of making-meaning together through thinking and discussion, Roche focuses on carefully chosen picturebooks as a stimulus for discussion, and shows how they can constitute an accessible, multimodal resource for adding to literacy skills, while at the same time developing in pupils a far wider range of literary understanding.

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Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years

Growing into Writing

Routledge March 2020 : 284pp

Pb: 978-0-367-89375-0 : €34.99

This book addresses how children become writers and how teachers teach writing effectively across the compulsory schooling years. The book is structured according to three key stages of writing development: early, primary and secondary years. Each section addresses two broader themes: becoming a writer with a child-oriented focus and writing pedagogy with a teacher-oriented focus. The work brings together rigorous research and deep professional understanding of the writing classroom from leading researchers in Australia and the UK. This book will help increase confidence in the teaching of writing and enable teachers to create communities of writers in which children can thrive.

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Speechmark

November 2024 : 176pp

Pb: 978-1-032-60026-0 : €23.99

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2ND EDITION

Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension, Second Edition

A Guide for Educators

Guilford Press April 2023 : 379pp

Pb: 978-1-462-55149-1 : €47.99

This pioneering book is now in a revised and expanded second edition featuring the latest neuroscientific knowledge and instructional strategies. It provides a teacher-friendly explanation of executive skills--such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control--and their role in reading comprehension. Detailed examples illustrate how each skill is deployed by strong comprehenders and ways to tailor instruction for students who are struggling. The companion website features reproducible planning and assessment forms from the book as well as supplemental card sorts to teach and assess cognitive flexibility, ready to download and print in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

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From Tragic to Magic: A Phonological Fairy Tale and Guide to Prepare Children for Literacy

Speechmark May 2021 : 54pp

Pb: 978-0-367-68592-8 : €20.99

This engaging and colourful story and guide has been created to prepare children for reading and spelling, through the recognition of phonological patterns such as rhyme and alliteration and the awareness of syllables and phonemes within words. A prequal to the storybook, Who Put the Spell into Spelling?, it tells the story of three siblings who set out to rescue their teacher, Miss Tragic. With beautiful accompanying illustrations, this fun fairy tale provides an exciting and imaginative way of preparing children up to seven years old for phonics, reading and spelling at primary school. It is an essential resource for parents, carers, grandparents and early educators.

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Grammar Survival for Primary Teachers

A Practical Toolkit

Routledge

May 2017 : 102pp

Pb: 978-1-138-28462-3 : €29.99

Grammar Survival for Primary Teachers provides you with the knowledge and tools that are essential to teach grammar effectively. It includes over forty separate grammar topics as well as teaching hints, ideas for the classroom and clear examples throughout. Making explicit links between grammatical knowledge and its application into practice, the book places the teaching of grammar within the context of childrens reading and writing. Practical and engaging, it is ideal for busy teachers looking to improve both their own and their pupils understanding of grammar.

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2ND EDITION

How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum:

Ages 8-14

Sue Palmer Writer, Broadcaster and Consultant, UK

Series: Writers' Workshop

Now in an updated second edition How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-12 provides practical suggestions for teaching non-fiction writing skills and linking them to children s learning across the curriculum. Emphasising creative approaches to teaching children s writing in innovative ways, it provides: Information on organisation and language features of six main non-fiction text types Suggestions for cross-curricular learning as a basis for writing Planning frameworks Advice on organisational issues Examples of non-fiction writing Suggestions for talk for learning and talk for writing Information on transitions from primary to secondary

4TH EDITION

Lenses on Reading, Fourth Edition An Introduction to Theories and Models

Diane H. Tracey Kean University, United States, Lesley Mandel Morrow Rutgers University, United States

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition incorporating advances in research and instructional practices, this wellestablished text accessibly introduces theories and models related to reading. Coverage ranges from classical approaches to contemporary cognitive, social learning, physiological, and affective perspectives. The book emphasizes that the more lenses educators possess for examining reading processes, the better equipped they will be to understand and facilitate children's literacy development. Pedagogical features include framing and discussion questions, learning activities, teacher anecdotes, and examples of how each model is applied in classroom practice and research.

Routledge August 2010 : 112pp

Pb: 978-0-415-57991-9 : €34.99

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2ND EDITION

Language for Life

Where Linguistics Meets Teaching

Routledge

September 2024 : 302pp

Pb: 978-1-032-60177-9 : €32.99

This new edition of the bestselling Language for Life shows how language can be mastered by children and how what they have learned can be carried throughout their lives.

Brimming with vital information suitable for both basic and advanced level students, this book is an essential tool for all teachers wishing to give their pupils the best preparation possible to meet the demands of the modern world. Photocopiable worksheets throughout the book put teachers in the position of linguistic expert, guiding pupils through an enriching journey of language discovery and creativity.

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Guilford Press August 2024 : 314pp

Pb: 978-1-462-55466-9 : €45.99

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Literacy Learning Journeys

An Educator s Guide to Dyslexia, Ages 0-18

Speechmark February 2025 : 214pp

Pb: 978-1-032-65904-6 : €23.99

Helen Ross

This easy-to-read book equips educators with essential knowledge and guidance to ensure that all dyslexic students can access the curriculum effectively. It includes practical strategies to help students with dyslexia engage with the curriculum, make progress, and enjoy learning across their entire educational journey, as well as case studies, further reading suggestions and reflection prompts to help you consider your own learners. The book champions kindness and takes a positive approach to dyslexia to help children and young people thrive in the mainstream classroom. It is essential reading for teachers, teaching assistants and anyone working with learners with dyslexia.

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8TH EDITION

Literature and Literacy for Young Children

Envisioning Possibilities in Early Childhood Education for Ages 0 - 8

Routledge January 2024 : 288pp

Pb: 978-1-032-43282-3 : €76.99

Cyndi Giorgis

The 8th edition of this bestselling text provides a framework and instructional strategies for identifying, selecting, and teaching high-quality children s literature for ages 0 - 8. This new edition s emphasis on diverse literature will assist in positively impacting the lives of all young people. This book is a foundational text for graduate and undergraduate students in early childhood education, early literacy, literacy methods, children s literature, and literature instruction.

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On the Write Track

A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing in Primary Schools

Routledge

October 2022 : 316pp

Pb: 978-0-367-69596-5 : €27.99

James Clements

On the Write Track puts teachers autonomy and their knowledge of what is right for their pupils at the heart of teaching writing. It explores a set of research-based principles, before illustrating these with case studies and examples of classroom practice. While every child, teacher, and classroom are different, approaches to teaching writing can feel prescriptive, whether they are based on a particular curriculum model, assessment system or underlying philosophy. Through considering these different tracks and thinking about how to weave them together into a coherent whole, teachers can help every child to make the journey to being a confident, skilled, keen writer.

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2ND EDITION

Phonological Awareness, Second Edition

From Research to Practice

Guilford Press

January 2018 272pp

Pb: 978-1-462-53288-9 : €41.99

Gail T. Gillon University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Series: Challenges in Language and Literacy

Translating cutting-edge research into practical recommendations for assessment and instruction, this book has helped thousands of readers understand the key role of phonological awareness in the development of reading, writing, and spelling. It clearly shows how children's knowledge about the sound structure of spoken language contributes to literacy acquisition. Evidence-based strategies are described for enhancing all learners' phonological awareness and effectively supporting those who are struggling (ages 3 17).

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Reading for Life

High Quality Literacy Instruction for All

Routledge December 2018 : 224pp

Pb: 978-1-138-59092-2 : €23.99

Lyn Stone

Nonsensical ideas about teaching reading and writing are alive and well and in schools all over the world. Yet we have known for many years what the most effective, low-cost methods are. It s time for you as a teacher, a parent, as a human to take the reins and demand quality literacy teaching for all. This book contains the tools you will need to get that job done. This book aims to bridge the researchpractice divide, making the findings of reading science available to all and provide a common platform on which teachers and parents can exchange ideas about doing the best possible job of teaching people to read and write.

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Reading Teachers Nurturing Reading for Pleasure

Routledge

August 2022 : 220pp

Pb: 978-1-032-10502-4 : €29.99

Edited by Teresa Cremin , Helen Hendry , Lucy Rodriguez Leon , Natalia Kucirkova

This text offers primary school educators a way forward on their mission to nurture the life-changing habit of reading in childhood. It accessibly demonstrates how teachers who are motivated and reflective readers themselves, can develop new understandings of reading for pleasure and make a difference to young learners. Drawing on a range of research evidence, including studies and work with over 150 schools developing communities of readers, this book provides an accessible overview of international research alongside a highly practical classroom focus. It enables practitioners to develop principled practice, helping all children find pleasure and purpose in reading.

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Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing

Bruce Saddler University at Albany, United States

Series: What Works for Special-Needs Learners

This practical book provides explicit instructions for teaching sentence-level skills to students who have difficulties in this area. The author explains the key role of sentence combining in the writing process and presents effective techniques for instruction and assessment. Numerous sample lessons, practice activities, planning tips, and grammatical pointers make it easy for teachers to incorporate sentence combining and construction into the writing curriculum at all grade levels (2-12). Accessible and engaging, the book helps teachers and students experiment with different ways to arrange thoughts and produce meaningful written work.

Guilford Press

October 2012 : 176pp

Pb: 978-1-462-50677-4 : €35.99

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Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School

A Whole School Approach

Routledge February 2025 : 336pp

Pb: 978-1-032-30120-4 : €29.99

Eithne Kennedy , Gerry Shiel

The capacity to write well is fundamental to success in school and beyond. Yet many children struggle to become proficient writers. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the theory, practice and pedagogical research behind teaching children to write. Filled with strategies for teaching, this practical and engaging book will be an essential resource for anyone working within primary schools, including classroom teachers (both new and more experienced), teaching assistants, subject leaders, literacy coordinators, and senior leadership.

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Teaching English Creatively

Routledge November 2022 : 224pp

Pb: 978-0-367-51838-7 : €33.99

Teresa Cremin The Open University, UK

Series: Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series

This text encourages and enables teachers to adopt a more creative approach to the teaching of English in the primary school. Fully updated to reflect the changing UK curricula, the third edition of this popular text explores researchinformed practice and offers new ideas to imaginatively engage readers, writers, speakers and listeners. Inspiring, accessible and connected to current challenges and new priorities in education, Teaching English Creatively puts contemporary and cutting-edge practice at the forefront and includes a wealth of innovative ideas to enrich English teaching.

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5TH EDITION

Teaching English, Language and Literacy

Routledge September 2023 : 288pp

Pb: 978-1-032-39056-7 : €35.99

Dominic Wyse Institute of Education, University College London, UK, Helen Bradford , John-Mark Winstanley St.Ives, Cambridgeshire, England

Are you looking for one book that gives a comprehensive account of primary/elementary and early years English, language and literacy teaching? This essential textbook critically evaluates curriculum policies and provides guidance for teachers on implementation of evidencebased teaching in classrooms. Designed to help inform trainee teachers and tutors, but also of great use to those teachers wanting to keep pace with the latest developments in their specialist subject, this is an indispensable guide to the theory and professional practice of teaching English, language and literacy.

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Teaching Literacy Effectively in the Modern Classroom for Ages 5 8

A Practical Guide for Teaching Reading and Writing in Diverse Learning Environments

Routledge August 2024 : 200pp

Pb: 978-0-367-67315-4 : €32.99

Sue Dymock University of Waikato, New Zealand, Tom Nicholson Massey University, New Zealand

Designed as a one stop shop for classroom teachers, this book covers assessment, planning and progression of writing, spelling, decoding and comprehension to expand the teaching toolbox. Dymock and Nicholson explore major focus areas in literacy instruction for teachers based on datadriven research advances. A resource-filled book that will appeal to teachers, professionals and researchers in teacher training, with a focus on the needs of the teacher, providing practical and insightful ways to teach effectively in diverse classroom settings.

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2ND EDITION

Teaching Primary English Subject Knowledge and Classroom Practice

Routledge July 2023 : 544pp

Pb: 978-1-032-31181-4 : €44.99

Eve Bearne , David Reedy United Kingdom

Now in its second edition, Teaching Primary English is a bestselling, comprehensive, evidence-informed guide designed to support and inspire teaching and learning in the primary school. Written in a clear and accessible way, it draws on the very latest research and theory to describe and exemplify a full and rich English curriculum. With a focus on connecting all modes of English, the global and the local, and home and school experience, this detailed, uplifting book, includes inspiring case studies throughout and will support you in developing a curious, critical approach to teaching and learning English.

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Teaching with Children's Literature Theory to Practice

Margaret Vaughn Washington State University, United States, Dixie D. Massey University of Washington, United States

This concise practitioner resource and course text helps teachers make informed choices about using children's literature in their classrooms, from selecting high-quality texts to planning instruction and promoting independent reading. The authors present relevant theories (such as reader response and culturally responsive pedagogy) and show how to apply them in practice. Key topics include teaching narrative and expository texts, engaging students by tapping into their interests, and conducting text-based writing activities and discussions. Every chapter features case examples, reflection questions, and learning activities for teachers; appendices list exemplary children s literature.

Guilford Press October 2021 : 164pp

Pb: 978-1-462-54722-7 : €33.99

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3RD EDITION

The Joy of Children's Literature

Routledge December 2023 : 632pp

Pb: 978-0-367-85905-3 : €44.99

This book provides in-depth coverage of children's literature with integrated reading methods in a concise, accessible format. Johnson emphasizes that reading, writing, discussing, and finding pleasure in children's books are essential tools in being able to recognize and recommend literature, and to being able to share the joy of children's literature with children themselves. This fully updated third edition includes up-to-date research, new book titles within each chapter, a greater focus on diversity and inclusion, and new sections on Activities for Professional Development and Print and Online Resources.

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The Reading Aloud Resource Book

A Practical Guide for Developing Speech and Language Using Picture Books

Speechmark May 2023 : 140pp

Pb: 978-1-032-20272-3 : €23.99

Walsh Talking Buddies, Ireland, Maria Bracken Talking Buddies, Ireland

This practical guide is the ideal tool for the busy practitioner or speech and language therapist to provide an effective, meaningful, and contextualised approach to language development using picture books. Language skills are essential for academic, social and communication success and this reading aloud resource will be valuable reading for early year educators, primary teachers, and speech and language therapists working with young children aged 0-7.

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Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing ..

Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Primary School

Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition .. 2 Brain Words ..

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Building Communities of Engaged Readers .. 2

Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure ..

Descriptosaurus: Fantasy ..

Descriptosaurus: Ghost Stories ..

Descriptosaurus: Myths & Legends ..

Descriptosaurus Grammar Companion Ages 9 to 12 ..

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl ..

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 2: Captain Moody and His Pirate Crew ..

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 3: Ruby Red ..

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang ..

Descriptosaurus Story Writing ..

Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks ..

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Teaching English, Language and Literacy

Teaching English Creatively

Teaching Literacy Effectively in the Modern Classroom for Ages 5

Teaching Primary English

Teaching with Children's Literature

The Joy of Children's Literature

The Reading Aloud Resource Book

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Developing Writers Across the Primary and Secondary Years ..

Emerging Literacy: Unlocking Instruction for Every Child ..

Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension, Second Edition ..

From Tragic to Magic: A Phonological Fairy Tale and Guide to Prepare Children for Literacy .. 4 G ..

Grammar Survival for Primary Teachers .. 5 H ..

How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 8-14 ..

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Language for Life ..

Lenses on Reading, Fourth Edition ..

Literacy Learning Journeys ..

Literature and Literacy for Young Children .. . 5 O ..

On the Write Track

Phonological Awareness, Second Edition ..

Reading for Life ..

Reading Teachers

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Bushnell ..

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Chen, Myhill, Lewis ..

Clements ..

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Dymock, Nicholson ..

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Gentry, Ouellette ..

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Graham, MacArthur, Hebert

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Kennedy, Shiel

Saddler

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Tracey, Morrow

Vaughn, Massey

Wilcox, Bushnell

Wyse, Bradford, Winstanley

McTaggart, Cook, Castelo, Pickering

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