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Louise Stokes - Editorial Expert
Louise Stokes has over 20 years of teaching and leadership experience in primary education. Now working as an English consultant with The Literacy Company, Louise is dedicated to helping schools ignite a genuine love of reading. Louise is passionate about engaging pupils with books that excite, challenge and inspire them and is always on the lookout for new children’s titles to bring into classrooms and share with teachers.
Reading is at the heart of both Louise’s professional and personal life. She adores children’s literature and spends many happy hours reading with her young daughter, discovering stories that spark curiosity and imagination. While Louise’s work centres on children’s books, she is also a wide and enthusiastic reader enjoying everything from gripping crime dramas to immersive fantasy novels.
Whether supporting schools, curating texts, or championing reading for pleasure, Louise’s mission is always the same: to help every child find the books that make them fall in love with reading.
Latest Reviews By Louise Stokes
Adaptive Teaching: Culture to Classroom is an important contribution to the growing conversation around inclusion. Andrew Young demonstrates that adaptive teaching is not about creating separate pathways for some pupils but about designing learning environments where all pupils can thrive.
Young presents complex ideas in an accessible and engaging style, making the book easy for busy teachers to read and apply. The text is well organised into four key sections: culture, brains, teaching and curriculum. This structure allows readers to dip into specific areas for quick reference without needing to work through the entire book sequentially.
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Little Ghost Goes Boo! by Sunita Nahar is a joyful picture book perfect for early years settings. It stars a lovable, friendly ghost who is trying to find his voice. Little Ghost is excited for Halloween, but when the day arrives, he can’t remember the words he is supposed to say to scare everyone. He tries lots of silly alternatives — LOO? GOO? POO?! — that will make young listeners laugh and join in. Eventually, Little Ghost meets a kind friend who helps him find the right words he needs.
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