In programme one Michael Rosen, a dyed in the wool Arsenal fan, visits the Hawthorns ground, the home of West Bromwich Albion, to report on a new scheme called Reading the Game. It’s a nationwide initiative to encourage reading sponsored by the National Literary Trust and The Premier League. At the West Bromwich ground pupils who find reading difficult take part in a literacy trail, which involves a tour around the ground and a question and answer session with one of the first team players. Also in this week’s show: · An interview with prolific children’s writer Anthony Horowitz the creator of the Alex Rider spy novels. · A feature on how Stormbreaker the first Alex Rider story is being used in one Birmingham Secondary school. · And the panel Grant Bage of NESTA, Winsome Thomas an Education adviser to Birmingham LEA and - Victoria Shaw, a Primary teacher discuss Michael Frayn’s book Spies.

Video Series: Reading Aloud with Michael Rosen
Release Date 2006