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25th July 2007

KITTY USSHER MP BOOKS INTO SUMMER READING CHALLENGE - MP DONATES FREE BOOKS TO BURNLEY LIBRARY.


Burnley MP Kitty Ussher is backing the Big Wild Read, a campaign to get children along to libraries and keep them reading through the long summer holidays. At a meeting held in parliament last week kitty received a donation of library books to give to Burnley Library.

The campaign organised by the Reading Agency aims to encourage children to visit their local libraries during the summer holiday period so they do not lose any reading skills during the break from school teaching.

Kitty said:


“I fully support this campaign - our libraries and librarians help children get the reading habit early, are a great place to spend time and learn to enjoy books. While children are having a great time, they are also reinforcing all the educational achievements in reading. Holidays are a good time to enjoy reading for all of us, and I urge everyone to go along to one of our fabulous libraries to pick up a book this summer. I've received a donation of three adventure books that I'll be donating to the library to help things along!"

Lyn Brown MP, a member of the Parliamentary Libraries Group said local libraries always have an important part to play in children’s development, but never more than in the long summer holidays. She said research from The Reading Agency** showed that children can take a step back in their reading during the summer holidays, and that by visiting libraries and reading regularly reading levels could improve before children return to school in September.

Lyn said the launch had been a great success, and thanked MPs including Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls, Libraries Minister Margaret Hodge and Minister of State for the Third Sector, Ed Miliband, for promoting the campaign.

Every year, more and more children take part in the Summer Reading Challenge, undertaken in partnership with public libraries and supported by children’s publishers. This summer a staggering 700 000 children are expected to take part, and an estimated 16 million books will be borrowed.




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