Reading Gladiators has had a huge impact not just on the children taking part but also on the wider school community. I would recommend to all schools as an excellent way to develop and promote reading.

I had a parent come up to me thanking me for getting her son to read books that he wouldn’t usually pick up. The children are reading more and are enjoying the discussion with their friends. A bit of positive peer pressure works wonders!

I feel we are seeing better cohesion, more adventurous vocabulary choices and improved awareness of audience.

I just wanted to say a big thank you to you and everyone at Just Imagine for supplying the amazing books for our new library, it’s had the most amazing response and I’ve honestly never seen the children so excited! I really appreciate all your help.

Choosing to use Take One book has been one of the best decisions we have made as a trust. Our children are not only enjoying the well selected texts but also the rich discussion and deep thinking the programme brings to the lessons.

Take One Book has been great to increase teacher confidence in reading. Staff get a bank of well-researched activities based in sound pedagogy to use with their students.

Take One Book has also improved my teachers subject knowledge and pedagogy of how to teach reading beyond systematic phonics and decoding. It is also a big winner on teachers’ workload.