Janet Evans, Literacy and Educational Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, is a primary specialist, writer and inset provider.Previously a primary school teacher, Janet has worked with children of all ages, students, teachers, parents and governors. She has lectured extensively in England and internationally and has written many articles and books on language, literacy and maths education.
Janet’s latest book, Talking Beyond the Page : Reading and Responding to Picturebooks shows how different kinds of picturebooks can be used with children of all ages and highlights the positive gains to be made from reading, sharing, talking and writing about picturebooks.
Her previous books have focused on the changing nature of literacy in the 21st century, writing and the primary children, and the importance of illustrations in picturebooks.
