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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February 1, 2014 @ 12:10 pm
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.
February 1, 2014 @ 12:17 pm
my daughter loves a bit of mischief, shes a big horrid henry fan
February 1, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
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
Natasha @ Serenity You
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February 1, 2014 @ 1:19 pm
my son likes roald dahl and the dinosaur cove books
February 1, 2014 @ 1:27 pm
My girls love anything with animals, especially ponies! My boys love adventure stories – in space or pirate ships and finding treasure!
February 1, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
anything with silliness and fart jokes
February 1, 2014 @ 3:53 pm
my kids liked adventure books
February 1, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
Girls love Jacueline Wilson books. Boy :- Books with animals, TV characters (Thomas Tank, SpongeBob, Mickey Mouse etc) mostly.
February 1, 2014 @ 4:41 pm
Funny books or adventure.
February 1, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
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!
February 1, 2014 @ 7:05 pm
My 5 year old really likes Science Fiction and Fantasy 🙂
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February 1, 2014 @ 7:43 pm
Funny ones
February 1, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
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.
February 1, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
Silly/Funny things!
February 1, 2014 @ 10:16 pm
Easy to read
February 2, 2014 @ 10:51 am
Funny books
February 2, 2014 @ 11:08 am
factual books
February 2, 2014 @ 11:35 am
Comedy and animals
February 2, 2014 @ 12:04 pm
Humour and adventure
February 2, 2014 @ 12:05 pm
All things flowers and fairies !!
February 2, 2014 @ 12:21 pm
My boy does like adventure, but you cant beat a bit of laugh out loud mixed in!
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February 2, 2014 @ 12:48 pm
My eldest loves jaqueline wilson books x
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February 2, 2014 @ 1:31 pm
Adventure
February 2, 2014 @ 2:12 pm
funny ones or ones with magical happenings
February 2, 2014 @ 2:25 pm
My son really loves fact books, he’s into horrible histories at the moment
February 2, 2014 @ 2:53 pm
We like roald Dahl and horrid Henry in my house
February 2, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
Anything to do with Trains
February 2, 2014 @ 8:47 pm
My son is just getting into factual books.
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February 2, 2014 @ 9:10 pm
6yo likes the easy to read ones, mainly horrid henry at the moment
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February 2, 2014 @ 9:28 pm
Poems, nonsense, adventure, fun etc
February 2, 2014 @ 9:53 pm
funny books 🙂
February 3, 2014 @ 1:01 am
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).
February 3, 2014 @ 9:33 am
Animals and the wild
February 3, 2014 @ 1:23 pm
Rhyming ones involving monsters/animals
February 3, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
Fantasy adventure
February 3, 2014 @ 8:23 pm
adventure or superhero books
February 3, 2014 @ 8:55 pm
We’re still in the picture book stage of life in our house 🙂
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February 4, 2014 @ 3:18 am
Real Life or Animals in the Wild, anything about animals really!
February 4, 2014 @ 3:10 pm
Laugh Out Loud / Humour
February 6, 2014 @ 8:50 am
humorous
February 6, 2014 @ 8:54 am
Adventure
February 6, 2014 @ 11:25 am
Poem or at least ones that rhyme!
February 6, 2014 @ 6:34 pm
Wimpykid series
February 7, 2014 @ 6:06 pm
Humour books where you can make silly noises when reading
February 8, 2014 @ 1:01 am
Humorous books
February 8, 2014 @ 9:04 am
currently those with a tv tie-in eg Thomas the Tank
February 8, 2014 @ 10:51 am
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…
February 8, 2014 @ 8:37 pm
Animals and the wild
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February 9, 2014 @ 7:54 am
Roald Dhal and David Walliams
February 9, 2014 @ 3:38 pm
Adventure
February 9, 2014 @ 10:13 pm
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 🙂
February 10, 2014 @ 4:06 pm
Anything funny, preferably a bit farty!
February 13, 2014 @ 10:37 pm
My eldest likes comedy. She flew through the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and is currently reading Dork Diaries too.
February 15, 2014 @ 6:41 pm
my boys love fact books
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February 16, 2014 @ 3:49 pm
My son loves anything with animals
February 17, 2014 @ 5:28 pm
ive got my fingers crossed to win for one of my grand children x
February 17, 2014 @ 8:52 pm
David Walliams is a big hit with my daughter
February 18, 2014 @ 11:58 am
My daughter likes fairy tale books with a happy ending, My son is into action/adventure but both love Roald Dahl 🙂
February 18, 2014 @ 2:46 pm
animal books
February 19, 2014 @ 2:54 pm
We like to share funny books, also books about animals are a great hit.
February 19, 2014 @ 3:59 pm
interactive books
February 20, 2014 @ 1:20 pm
My nephews love books that make them laugh! 🙂
February 20, 2014 @ 2:18 pm
my son prefers graphic novels
February 23, 2014 @ 11:57 am
Funny books – David Walliams and Diary of the wimpy kid types
February 24, 2014 @ 2:54 pm
She absolutley loves David Walliams books
February 25, 2014 @ 11:07 pm
funny ones like david walliams
February 26, 2014 @ 11:16 pm
Fairytales 🙂
February 27, 2014 @ 1:12 am
Books about magic and animals
February 27, 2014 @ 8:35 am
Animal stories
February 27, 2014 @ 9:26 am
Puzzle books.
February 27, 2014 @ 10:47 am
My boys love farm and animal stories at the minute
February 27, 2014 @ 11:13 am
He loves funny books like the wimpy kid and horrid henry
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February 27, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
My daughter will read all kinds of fiction as well as nonfiction
February 27, 2014 @ 3:49 pm
my son loves comedy
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February 27, 2014 @ 3:53 pm
Funny ones and animal stories!
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February 27, 2014 @ 4:14 pm
My daughter has a love of funny animal books
February 27, 2014 @ 4:14 pm
My Little Grandsons Love any and all books!! XX
February 27, 2014 @ 10:39 pm
Silly funny books, rhyming helps too!
February 27, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
My little man loves animal books that make him laugh.
February 28, 2014 @ 12:21 am
my son loves fact books he cant get enough of them 🙂 my little girl loves fairy tales
February 28, 2014 @ 1:59 am
Adventure & comedy
February 28, 2014 @ 11:08 am
He loves funny books the most
February 28, 2014 @ 12:42 pm
Lift the flap books 🙂
February 28, 2014 @ 1:23 pm
Real Life
February 28, 2014 @ 4:32 pm
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!
February 28, 2014 @ 10:42 pm
fact books 🙂