Paul Gardner is the Co-ordinator for Primary English at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.

• List of figures List of tables List of boxes Acknowledgements Introduction – Q8 Rules, O.K.? 1. Janus: looking at English past and future 2. English as a creative process 3. Who’s talking now? 4. ‘The play’s the thing…’ 5. Scene one, take three 6. Story, story, story 7. Reading outside the box 8. Poetry 9. Reading for meaning

Paul Gardner is the Co-ordinator for Primary English at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.

• List of figures List of tables List of boxes Acknowledgements Introduction – Q8 Rules, O.K.? 1. Janus: looking at English past and future 2. English as a creative process 3. Who’s talking now? 4. ‘The play’s the thing…’ 5. Scene one, take three 6. Story, story, story 7. Reading outside the box 8. Poetry 9. Reading for meaning

Paul Gardner is the Co-ordinator for Primary English at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.

• List of figures List of tables List of boxes Acknowledgements Introduction – Q8 Rules, O.K.? 1. Janus: looking at English past and future 2. English as a creative process 3. Who’s talking now? 4. ‘The play’s the thing…’ 5. Scene one, take three 6. Story, story, story 7. Reading outside the box 8. Poetry 9. Reading for meaning