Scott Evans is a primary school teacher, reading for pleasure adviser and enthusiast, and children’s books consultant, content creator, critic and influencer.
He reads, reviews and recommends a range of children’s literature on his website and YouTube channel, both called The Reader Teacher which are designed for teachers, schools, parents and children to find the best books.
He also hosts #PrimarySchoolBookClub – a monthly Twitter-based children’s book club, chat and vote for anyone working in primary education to read the latest literature.
Before training as a teacher, Scott Evans worked in local libraries and is passionate about the importance of school libraries. Scott has previously appeared on and written for the BBC discussing ideas on how to encourage a love of reading and raising children as readers.
He has worked with organisations such as Waterstones, BookTrust and Literature Wales, as well as with many leading and independent children’s books publishers to produce resources for teachers to use in the classroom.
Scott has also been a judge on the panels for the Blue Peter Book Awards, the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Lollies), the Branford Boase Award; the Read for Empathy Collection and the Wales Book of the Year Award.