Kids 5 - 12

How to help children enjoy reading

Many parents have a common complaint: their children don't read, resist reading or don't enjoy reading. Instead their children turn to the television or to games for amusement.  This is unsettling. Reading is one of the activities that is most likely to develop the ability to think, to be creative and to communicate. Reading is also a key requirement for doing well at school. What can parents do to help their children enjoy reading? Here are some very successful suggestions that I have tested.

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What do you do when your young ones want to share your passion for horror? Do you hand them your copy of Dracula and hope for the best? Take a look at these selections to keep young minds amused...

Jasper Fforde's top 10 bedtime stories

Bedtime stories are part of the fabric of life, says Jasper Fforde. Here he picks 10 of the best books to read aloud – from The Cat in the Hat to Now We Are Six.

Kindle books

Tove Jansson (For younger children and imaginative adults)
Comet in Moominland
Finn Family Moomintroll
The Exploits of Moominpappa
Moominsummer Madness
Moominland Midwinter
Moominpappa at Sea
Moominvalley in November
Tales from Moominvalley

Tim Collins
Adventures of a Wimpy Werewolf: Hairy but not Scary
Prince of Dorkness

James Howe
Bunnicula
Bunnicula Strikes Again!
The Celery Stalks At Midnight (Bunnicula)
Howliday Inn (Bunnicula)

Megan McDonald
Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk
Stink: Solar System Superhero
Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

Sienna Mercer
My Sister the Vampire #1: Switched
My Sister the Vampire #2: Fangtastic!
My Sister the Vampire #3: Re-Vamped!
My Sister the Vampire #4: Vampalicious!

Stepping Stones editions
Dracula
The Curse of King Tut's Mummy
Frankenstein
The Green Ghost
Knights of the Round Table
The Magic of Merlin
Tales of Terror (Poe)

Lee Weatherly
Sophie and the Shadow Woods #1: The Goblin King
Sophie and the Shadow Woods #2: The Swamp Boggles
Sophie and the Shadow Woods #3: The Spider Gnomes
Sophie and the Shadow Woods #4: The Fog Boggarts
Sophie and the Shadow Woods #5: The Icicle Imps
Sophie and the Shadow Woods #6: The Bat Sprites


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