Pearsons have launched a new reading challenge for school children aged 7-13 which can be found at www.readformyschool.co.uk. They are challenging children to read many books as they can in the next 2 months, either online from a free digital library, or offline. There are 8 categories of books on the Read For My School website and children are encouraged to read at least one from each category:
- Laugh out Loud/Humour
- Film and TV
- Historical
- Mystery and Horror
- Real Life
- Adventure
- Sci-fi and Fantasy
- Animals and The Wild.
A review of last year’s competition found that Laugh out loud humour was the most popular category, with over 81,000 books read. A massive range of e books is available for free on the website, so it makes it very easy for children to take part and choose something to suit their interests.
International bestselling children’s author Jeremy Strong is an ambassador for the 2014 Read for My School competition. The writer, who has published over 30 humorous books including My Brother’s Famous Bottom and The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog, said:
“Adding a sense of fun to stories is one of the best ways to turn a child into a reader and gain a love of reading. Funny stories are hugely effective in creating life-long readers. This is apparent from the very positive letters I regularly receive from parents, teachers and children themselves.”
As part of the competition, children have the option to enter a short writing competition by writing a letter to the children in Tanzania who will benefit from Book Aid International’s Library in a Box programme.
Now for our blog competition! For a chance to win a Jeremy Strong book for your child, from the Laugh Out Loud category, enter via the Rafflecopter below:
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Laugh out loud/humour.My son is just 6 and has just started to read some Jeremy Strong books by himself.He also loves David Williams.
my daughter loves a bit of mischief, shes a big horrid henry fan
My son is almost 9 and really into books at the moment, He like’s humour and adventure. His fav book is Diary of a wimpy kid
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my son likes roald dahl and the dinosaur cove books
My girls love anything with animals, especially ponies! My boys love adventure stories – in space or pirate ships and finding treasure!
anything with silliness and fart jokes
my kids liked adventure books
Girls love Jacueline Wilson books. Boy :- Books with animals, TV characters (Thomas Tank, SpongeBob, Mickey Mouse etc) mostly.
Funny books or adventure.
My daughter loves a poetry book called ‘please Mrs Butler’ that I used to read it as a child too, bringing both our childhoods together!
My 5 year old really likes Science Fiction and Fantasy 🙂
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Funny ones
Anything funny, and also some non-fiction but comedy books keep her interested in reading and a subscription to the Beano means she reads something regularly.
Silly/Funny things!
Easy to read
Funny books
factual books
Comedy and animals
Humour and adventure
All things flowers and fairies !!
My boy does like adventure, but you cant beat a bit of laugh out loud mixed in!
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My eldest loves jaqueline wilson books x
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Adventure
funny ones or ones with magical happenings
My son really loves fact books, he’s into horrible histories at the moment
We like roald Dahl and horrid Henry in my house
Anything to do with Trains
My son is just getting into factual books.
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6yo likes the easy to read ones, mainly horrid henry at the moment
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Poems, nonsense, adventure, fun etc
funny books 🙂
my children are currently big fans of Winnie the Witch – especially her expressive cat Wilbur! Think they’re too little to like particular categories (they’re 3 and 4).
Animals and the wild
Rhyming ones involving monsters/animals
Fantasy adventure
adventure or superhero books
We’re still in the picture book stage of life in our house 🙂
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Real Life or Animals in the Wild, anything about animals really!
Laugh Out Loud / Humour
humorous
Adventure
Poem or at least ones that rhyme!
Wimpykid series
Humour books where you can make silly noises when reading
Humorous books
currently those with a tv tie-in eg Thomas the Tank
My little girl is in Year One at school so she’s just started out on her reading journey. She loves a book with a little humour in to make a change from her boring school books!
Great competition!
Kate
Just Pirouette and Carry On…
Animals and the wild
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Roald Dhal and David Walliams
Adventure
My son seems to like any sort of book to be honest. I haven’t found a book that he wont read or doesn’t like yet 🙂
Anything funny, preferably a bit farty!
My eldest likes comedy. She flew through the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and is currently reading Dork Diaries too.
my boys love fact books
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My son loves anything with animals
ive got my fingers crossed to win for one of my grand children x
David Walliams is a big hit with my daughter
My daughter likes fairy tale books with a happy ending, My son is into action/adventure but both love Roald Dahl 🙂
animal books
We like to share funny books, also books about animals are a great hit.
interactive books
My nephews love books that make them laugh! 🙂
my son prefers graphic novels
Funny books – David Walliams and Diary of the wimpy kid types
She absolutley loves David Walliams books
funny ones like david walliams
Fairytales 🙂
Books about magic and animals
Animal stories
Puzzle books.
My boys love farm and animal stories at the minute
He loves funny books like the wimpy kid and horrid henry
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My daughter will read all kinds of fiction as well as nonfiction
my son loves comedy
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Funny ones and animal stories!
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My daughter has a love of funny animal books
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Silly funny books, rhyming helps too!
My little man loves animal books that make him laugh.
my son loves fact books he cant get enough of them 🙂 my little girl loves fairy tales
Adventure & comedy
He loves funny books the most
Lift the flap books 🙂
Real Life
My son isn’t a fan of reading but a book that isn’t too long and also makes him laugh is just about acceptable!
fact books 🙂