Love to Read: A Co-Designed Intervention to Motivate And Engage Child Readers, 2021-2022

Interest in school-based practices to increase children’s book reading motivation and engagement has intensified, due to growing recognition of declines in children’s reading attitudes and regular reading outside of school, yet evidence of the wide range of benefits associated with reading books. This project aimed to co-create a programme, Love to Read, by drawing upon research, children's insights (Phase 1), and teachers' professional and pedagogical expertise (Phase 2), before assessing acceptability and feasibility and initial evidence of effectiveness (Phase 3). Framed around six key principles: access, choice, time, connection, social and success, the programme was co-created and evaluated. Data associated with Phase 1 (59 children) and Phase 3 (425 children) is anonymised and uploaded. Phase 2 data cannot be uploaded as requests to make data publicly available were not made due to the small sample size and anonymity concerns (6 teachers).