I Spy a Great Reader

Australian Children's Laureate, book lover and dyslexia sufferer Jackie French gives a wonderful insight into how you can help your child discover a world of books. Does your child love books, but can't stay still long enough to focus on reading one? Would you like to improve your child's reading ability? Don't know where to begin to stimulate a greater love of reading in your child? Award-winning author Jackie French knows what it is to struggle with reading and literacy.

Drawing on her own experience with dyslexia, Jackie has written this book to help parents identify the possible reading difficulties their children may have. All children learn differently, and Jackie offers many fun and rewarding way s to help launch your child into literacy. These include games for coordination, concentration and focus as well as helpful steps to kickstart your child into reading and to foster a life-long love of books. I Spy a Great Readeris filled with a wealth of advice, anecdotes and activities - it's a book every parent should own.

About the Author

Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French (born 29 November 1953) is an Australian author. She has written well over one hundred books, chiefly children's fiction and books on gardening. Her novels Hitler's Daughter and To the Moon and Back have been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers and Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books respectively. Some of her other books have received CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award honours and have been shortlisted for the prizes.