I’ve been taken aback by the number of questions I’ve received over the past few weeks asking for advice about how to inspire reluctant readers, usually boys of 10 and above, as well as recommendations for children with dyslexia.

Clearly these are huge and often interlinked issues, to which I’ll be returning over the coming weeks, but I thought I’d start with a question at the extreme end of the dyslexia spectrum.

You don’t say whether you’ve tried any of the books from the specialist dyslexic publishers, such as Barrington Stoke or the Edge list at Franklin Watts, but I would definitely recommend these as places to start.