No more ‘nice’ books: Jackie French’s Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 14 January 2015 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
‘Each time I visit schools I ask the teachers to please close their eyes while the children raise their hands when asked, “Hands up, who hates reading?” At least 30 per cent of the students put up their hands. Why? Because they are being given children’s books. Nice books. And, quite rightly, they are very bored indeed.’ Read an extract from Jackie French’s Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture online here.
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