Although based on a study of doctors in primary care this book has lessons about listening for anyone in the caring profession. It combines theoretical argument, anecdotal evidence and analysis.

The contemporary young reader learns from a very early age to read and interpret through a broad range of media. This book explores how a group of boys and girls, aged from ten to fourteen, make sense of narratives in a variety of formats, including print, electronic book, video, DVD, computer game and CD-ROM.

This text on implementing the Literacy Hour in primary schools includes: a demonstration of how to meet the teaching objectives through well-chosen fiction and poetic texts; appropriate activities at whole text, sentence and word level; and practical ideas to aid the planning of the Literacy Hour.