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Reading Programme

Designed to capture the imagination and build the confidence of beginner and reluctant readers.

Choose a level, or find out more about the Reading Programme below.

Supported by experts

The Usborne Reading Programme has been developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, a leading expert in the teaching of reading, who helped to draw up the eight-level framework and reads every title before publication.

Alison helped to establish the key principles of the Usborne Reading Programme: exciting, engaging narrative that both appeals to readers and provides inspiration for their own writing, and lively, detailed design and illustration.

Non-fiction titles also draw on the expertise of specialists in the relevant areas. A number of these tie in with key topics in the UK National Curriculum, especially for history.