The Reading Bug... and How You Can Help

Paul Jennings

Penguin Group Australia, Mar 3, 2008 - Education - 272 pages

This new edition of the bestselling guide contains a supplementary chapter, plus fully updated booklists.

'No matter where they go, children lost in books will always find their way home.'

Your child deserves the best reading teacher in the world. And the one person who will read more than anyone else to help your child learn to read... is you.

In this clear and humour-filled guide, Paul Jennings cuts through the jargon and the controversies to show every parent practical and effective ways for helping their child to catch the reading bug.

This legendary children's author has spent years teaching, lecturing, writing and parenting. Now you can benefit from his advice.

In this book:

• brilliant booklists for your child - now updated and expanded
• the whole reading experience explained
• great cartoons and anecdotes
• supplementary chapter on the special reading needs of boys

About the author

Australian writer, Paul Jennings was born in England on April 30, 1943. He moved to Australia when he was six years old. He attended Frankston Teachers College and became a teacher. He then attended Lincoln Institute and became a speech pathologist. In 1989, he decided to become a full-time writer. His first title Unreal!, winner of a Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA), was published in 1985. His other works include the Singenpoo series, the Wicked! series, the Deadly! series, and The Nest. He has won numerous awards including the Kids Reading Oz Choice Award, the Books I Like Best Yearly Award, the Angus and Robertson Bookworld Award and a COOL Award for his title The Paw Thing. He also received the Golden Puffin Award in 1992 for selling 1 million books in Australia. In addition to writing, he visits school and lectures at conferences and seminars on encouraging children to read.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Reading Bug... and How You Can Help
• Author: Paul Jennings
• Illustrated by: Andrew Weldon
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Penguin Group Australia, 2008
• ISBN: 0143007459, 9780143007456
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Education / Parent Participation; Family & Relationships / Education; Juvenile Fiction / General; Literary Criticism / Children's & Young Adult Literature