Building Communities of Engaged Readers av Teresa (Open University UK) Cremin, Marilyn Mottram, Fiona M. Collins, Sacha (Canterbury Christchurch Unive

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<P>Reading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children''s engagement as self-motivated and socially interactive readers. <I>Building Communities of Engaged Readers </I>highlights the concept of ''Reading Teachers'' who are not only knowledgeable about texts for children, but are aware of their own reading identities and prepared to share their enthusiasm and understanding of what being a reader means. Sharing the processes of reading with young readers is an innovative approach to developing new generations of readers. </P><P></P><P>Examining the interplay between the ''will and the skill'' to read, the book distinctively details a reading for pleasure pedagogy and demonstrates that reader engagement is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Importantly it provides compelling evidence that reciprocal reading communities in school encompass:</P><UL><P><LI>a shared concept of what it me