Pupils at Greenvale Primary receive a £1,000 brilliant box of books from Read for Good
From football heroes to time travellers in faraway galaxies, the children at Greenvale have received a massive boost to their reading adventures in the form of £1,000 worth of books for fun from the children’s charity, Read for Good.
Mrs Powlesland applied for the charity’s new ‘Brilliant Box of Books’ scheme containing some 150 titles aimed at children in Y4 and above, ranging from graphic novels to the latest series’ and firm favourites.
Read for Good has motivated millions of children since 1984 to read for fun through its sponsored read in schools, with Roald Dahl being a former chair. The national charity has given £1 million worth of book vouchers to schools in partnership with Scholastic Book Clubs since 2010. Now a new programme to fill a particular gap in the provision of reading for fun books to schools in need is being rolled out by the Gloucestershire-based charity.
Read for Good's chief executive, Justine Daniels said: “Our mission at Read for Good is to support children to love reading, but with school libraries still not statutory and schools reporting book stock decimated by the pandemic, we have a real concern that this generation - more than any other - will struggle to access the brilliant books that could hook them into reading, even during this golden age of children’s literature.”
“We want our children to find books nestled on our library’s shelves that will become lifelong favourites and help spark or reinvigorate that love of reading, which will set them up in so many ways. Books can show children other worlds and possibilities, encouraging them to dream big. It is really important that we have appealing, attractive modern titles that will grab their attention. This box of books really is a lifeline.”
The new programme has been funded by Trusts and Foundations and supported by Scholastic Book Clubs.
For more information visit www.readforgood.org/brilliantbooks
