The Power of a Rich Reading Classroom

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is a UK based children's literacy charity working with primary schools. Our work raises the achievement of children's reading and writing by helping schools to teach literacy creatively and effectively, putting quality children's books at the heart of all learning.

Part 1 - Choosing High Quality Literature in the Primary School Classroom Chapter 1: Texts for Early Readers Chapter 2: Reflecting the realities of readers and the world Chapter 3: Fiction texts in the primary school Chapter 4: Non-fiction texts in the primary school Chapter 5: Poetry in the primary school Chapter 6: Picture books across the primary school Part 2 - Essential teaching approaches for a rich reading curriculum Chapter 7: The reading environment Chapter 8: A read aloud programme Chapter 9: Drama and Storytelling Chapter 10: Art and Illustration Chapter 11: Modelling reading and writing Part 3: Using High Quality Literature across the Primary School - how it works Chapter 12: Developing a rich reading approach in Early Years Chapter 13: Developing a rich reading approach in Key Stage One Chapter 14: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Three and Four Chapter 15: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Five and Six