The Reading Bug...& How You Can Help Your Child To Catch it by Paul Jennings, ISBN 9780143007456

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Reading aloud to your children is an act of love. An act of love that goes both ways.' The Reading Bug , PAUL JENNINGS This infectiously inspiring book explains the role parents or carers can play in developing a love of reading in their children, while later chapters examine phonics and spelling in a clear and practical way. The fully revised edition includes a brilliant new chapter from Paul on the important topic of boys and reading, and more of Andrew Weldon's irresistible cartoons, plus an extended and updated reading list. In writing this warm and unstuffy book, Paul Jennings drew extensively on his personal experience as a parent of six, and on his professional experience as a teacher, an academic and a writer. Every bit as readable as his stories, THE READING BUG is scattered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing illustrations by Andrew Weldon. This is an immensely valuable book for all parents or teachers of young children. THE READING BUG is the cumulation of a lifetime's work in helping raise literacy levels in children. This book also contains much information about the writing process which will fascinate any fan of Paul Jennings, or anyone interested in writing for children.

RRP: $29.95

About the Author: Paul Jennings

Paul Jennings AM (born 30 April 1943) is a best-selling Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist.

Paul Jennings was raised in Heston, London, and at the age of 6 emigrated to Melbourne, Australia with his family. He attended Bentleigh West Primary School and Caulfield Grammar School. After graduating from school, he went to Frankston Teachers College (now part of Monash University) and became a teacher. He taught students at Frankston State School, Kangaroo Flat State School, the Turana Youth Training Centre, and the Royal Children's Hospital State School in Mount Eliza. He later went on to study at the Lincoln Institute of Health Science (now part of LaTrobe University) and became a speech pathologist, then worked as a Lecturer in Special Education at Burwood State College (now part of Deakin University). In 1979 he became Senior Lecturer in Language and Literature at Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education (now part of Deakin University).

In 1985, Jennings' first book of short stories, Unreal! was published, during which he worked as a lecturer and wrote part-time; in 1989, he made the decision to devote his full time to writing. Many of his short stories, published between 1985 and 1991, were also adapted into the first and second series of the popular Australian television show Round the Twist

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