Do teachers feed gender stereotypes? What does your World book Day look like? and an interview with Helen Rutter, author of Reggie Houser has the Power.

Join Heather and Jane for discussions around how teachers treat boys and girls differently and pupil choice and time to read as a focus for World Book Day, and a great interview with Helen Rutter around her great new book featuring a boy with ADHD.

This week, Jane is grateful for jokes from pupils, while Heather is grateful for emails from listeners and school dog stories.

Our guest this week is Helen Rutter, award winning author, chatting about under dog characters, writing with honesty and wit, and a bit about trampolines and wetting yourself!

In Sentence of the Week, Jane shares research and thinking around gender stereotypes, while Heather provokes some thought around World Book Day plans.

In this week’s Wonder of Words, Jane shares a poem about friendship, while Heather shares a picturebook about unconditional love.

Big Love from Heather and Heartbursts from Jane xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/
Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/
Find Helen at https://x.com/helenrutteruk?s=21&t=-DJPB9i0hRpBkUnj88wBew

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Links from the show:

Reggie Houser has the Power -

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9780702314650

Helen Rutter Virtual Author Event - https://wherereadingrocks.com/event/helen-rutter-author-event/

Gender identity and perceptions of achievement and underachievement - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240530241_'Troublesome_boys'_and_'compliant_girls'_Gender_identity_and_perceptions_of_achievement_and_underachievement

World Book Day Overcoming Barriers series -

https://www.worldbookday.com/about-us/our-approach/overcoming-barriers-to-reading-for-pleasure/

Reading and Writing for Pleasure Framework -

https://cdn.ourfp.org/wp-content/uploads/20231212163945/Reading-and-Writing-for-Pleasure-REVIEW_04Dec-FINAL.pdf

https://www.mercers.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/Reading%20and%20Writing%20for%20Pleasure%20-
%20Framework%20for%20Practice.pdf Reader’s Theatre -

https://d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/eef-guidance-reports/literacy-ks2/KS2-Lit-Readers-theatre.pdf?v=1637856977

Snail in Space - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781471199462

I Love you More - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781839944178