Heather Wheeler MP supports the national campaign to get every child in South Derbyshire to join a local library and share their love of reading,
The campaign is run by the charity The Reading Agency who aims to encourage all primary school children to join their local library and take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge - the UK’s largest reading for pleasure promotion for primary school children.
Heather said: “I hope parents, grandparents and carers in South Derbyshire will take their children to the library to sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge. It’s free, inclusive and makes reading fun - a vital ingredient in building literacy.
"Last year 10998 children in Derbyshire took part in the Challenge. I hope we can increase that number this year and show local libraries what a valuable asset they are to us and our community.
"This scheme is also a fantastic way to encourage children to read more, which research shows is incredibly beneficial to their education” finished Mrs Wheeler.
Each year the Challenge uses a new theme to inject fun and creativity into reading. The 2014 theme is “Mythical Maze”, illustrated by award winning Sarah McIntrye. Children sign up at the library and receive a mythical maze poster. As they borrow and read library books over the summer, children collect stickers of mythical creatures to complete their poster and discover facts about the creatures as they go. It’s a highlight of the holidays for thousands of children and families.
Children can go on the website summerreadingchallenge.org.uk to create a profile, chat about books, and get help on what to read next, via the digital Book Sorter which already offers over 300,000 peer to peer children’s book recommendations in child-friendly categories.
Follow the Summer Reading Challenge on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SummerReadingChallengeUK
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