Read & Respond Engage: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Elspeth Graham (author), Paul Hollin (author), Liz Miles (author), Russ Payne (author), and Donna Thomson (author)

To get started with Read & Respond all you need to do is:

1. Choose a children’s book, from Owl Babies to Kensuke’s Kingdom, to study with your class
2. Order the corresponding Read & Respond Teacher Resource Book
3. Add a Read & Respond Interactive CD-ROM to really get your lessons buzzing!

Read & Respond Teacher Resource Titles

In-depth analysis of each book to get the whole class thinking about the story—and expressing their thoughts aloud and in writing. Within each Teacher Resource Book you’ll find:

• Background information
• Detailed chapter notes
• Plot, character and setting activities
• Shared reading section, with three extracts to read as a class
• ‘Talk about it’ section to get the children discussing feelings and ideas around the book
• ‘Get writing’ activities to help children structure and express their views about the book
• Assessment activities*

Read & Respond Interactive

These multimedia CD-ROMs can be used as standalone products, or to expand upon the corresponding Read & Respond teacher’s book. Read & Respond Interactive is ideal for exploring cross-curricular themes and for inspiring reluctant readers.

Each CD-ROM contains:

• Teaching notes, including lesson plans, differentiation, cross-curricular links and editable notes
• An author interview or biography
• Audio clips
• Text extracts
• Cross-curricular photos and video clips to help put the story into context
• A word bank – linked to the text extracts – containing audio and text definitions
• A selection of interactive whiteboard activities.

Children’s Books

We can supply each children’s title covered by the Read & Respond series as a pack of 6 or 30 books, or as a single purchase.