Take your pick.  Which books were your favourites?  Why should other children read these books?

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Take your pick

 Which books were your favourites?  Why should other children read these books?

 Which genre do you like?  What is it about your genre that you like?  Create a mind map detailing what you find in the genre of your choice  Give 3 examples of your favourite genre

 What was the book about?  What was it about the book that made is so compelling?  Think about:  Language  Style  Plot

 Has there ever been a film you had loved, but not enjoyed the novel?  What did you like about it?

 Which novel are they found in?  What makes the character so interesting?  List 5 things you’d like to ask your fictional character

 Which novel are they from?  What things do you want to know about the character?  What adventures would they have?

 Which novel was it?  Why did it make you angry?  Do other people agree with you?

 Look at the shiny!  What did you like?

 And not just because it was very thick!

“It is well to read everything of something and something of everything.”  Is there a genre you doubt you will ever read?  Why?

 What about the book made you cry?  Remember:

 Why do you like this character?

 What are the most books you have read by one single author?

 Why do you think you couldn’t finish the novel?

 List 5 reasons why you like the book or author

 Why are they so good?

 Which novel do you read again and again?  What is it about that book that draws you back?

 Where would you go?  What would you read?

 What is remarkable about the illustrations?  How do the illustrations make the book better?

 Create a mind map about why people read horror novels

 Why are they so interesting?  Did you read them one after the other?

 Why do you like them so much?

 What is it about the novel that you liked so much?

 What makes the novel so exciting?

 Where do they go?  What makes it exciting?

 Did a novel ever promise to be really exciting, only to become a really boring read?  How did you feel?

 Unrealistic expectations?

 List 5 reasons why people should read