"Reading 2000 Storytime" is a reading-based language programme for the primary years, designed to meet the needs of the English Language 5-14 Guidelines, the Northern Ireland English curriculum and the English National curriculum. The programme is based on stories which have been especially commissioned from established and well-loved authors. The stories are all strong in storyline and while some are about distinctive characters in real-life settings, others concern the lives of imaginary people, enabling pupils to project into situations beyond their own experience. This cassette contains readings of selected stories, sounds, songs and rhymes, which should stimulate visual imagery and movement response.