Reading for Pleasure International Perspectives

Reading for Pleasure: Exploring the Concept, the Causes and Consequences Part I: Understanding Readers 1. Reading Motivation: Embracing Multiple Perspectives 2. Girls and Boys as Readers: Challenging Binary Beliefs 3. Reading Identities and Recreational Reading Part II: The Nature of Texts 4. Sensory Literacies to Foster Reading for Pleasure 5. Fiction Books and Benefits to Wellbeing 6. Connected Digital Reading among Adolescents Part III: Pedagogies and Practices Conducive to Reading for Pleasure 7. Agency within Pleasure Reading 8. Informal Book Talk 9. Shared Reading Aloud Part IV: Environments Conducive to Reading for Pleasure 10. Home, Parents and Siblings 11. School Libraries: A Systematic Review 12. Lifelong Reading Journeys 13. Reading Communities: A Pluralist Perspective Conclusion and Reflections for Research, Practice and Policy