Reading for Pleasure: International Perspectives by Teresa Cr... - 9781032856155

Reading for Pleasure: International PerspectivesAuthor(s): Teresa Cremin, Sarah McGeown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032856155, 978-1032856155\nSynopsis\nGrowing evidence of the vital role reading for pleasure plays in children and young peoples academic outcomes and socio-emotional wellbeing has placed it high on the agenda in both educational policy and practice.\n\nThis valuable collection draws upon a range of disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches, to explore how reading for pleasure is experienced and enacted, and highlights the implications and benefits of such volitional reading in the lives and learning of children and young people. It offers contributions from leading international researchers on current evidence and literature within the field, identifying the causes and consequences of reading for pleasure, and framing this within the context of understanding readers and applying .