It’s still valuable to read to children even when they’re independent readers: it shows them that books are worth an adult’s attention, and that it can be a fun, shared activity

• Audiobooks are fantastic, especially on car journeys
• Encourage children to join the Summer Reading Challenge or the Winter Reading Challenge at the library
• When you’re reading together, stop on a cliffhanger so that they want to read on! Give them a slightly later bedtime to finish a chapter if they are reading solo

Information about The Summer Reading Challenge, run by The Reading Agency