His reading confidence shot through the roof. Initially I read it to him, then he realised that he was able to decipher the words himself so we share read, until finally he was reading it all himself. But when he started in a (British) primary school at the tender age of four and reading became a blur of reading levels and reciting high frequency words, his enthusiasm stopped.īoring and mothballed home readers were killing his desire to read until the day we visited our local bookstore, when Harrison was aged 6, and he picked out Blabey’s Bad Guys. I read countless books daily, one bedtime story was never enough and I was happy to indulge. You see, from babyhood, Harrison loved books. Okay so I’m cheating a little here and choosing an entire series rather than just one book but Blabey’s series about a group of villainous anthropomorphs (who desperately want to be the heroes) was the key to reigniting Harrison’s love of reading. Sian from Teach Investigate Play has shared the books that turned around her son’s reluctance to read.Ī book that my child simply adores is The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey. To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2018, I’ve asked some of my favourite bloggers to share a book that one or more of their children adores.
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