The book covers research, theory and practical application of developing higher level readers within the primary classroom.

Suzanne Horton is subject leader for Primary English at the University of Worcester and teaches on a range of postgraduate and undergraduate modules. She is currently involved in the Lifelong Readers Project in cooperation with a number of European partners, funded with support from the European Commission.

Reading at greater depth
Reading for pleasure
Variety of texts
Accessing texts
Analysing texts
Questioning a text
Intertextuality
Interpretation of texts
Thematic approaches
Reading and assessment