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More than half of UK children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals
(www.theguardian.com)
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I remember my local library having reading challenges when I was younger. You'd fill out a little pamphlet with stickers for each book you finished. It was great fun! Do they still do similar things?
I think if my parents hadn't taken me to the library I wouldn't have been nearly as interested in reading.
I remember doing library reading challenges when I was a kid. A trip to the library and stopping at the chip shop on the way home used a be a weekly thing for me.
Sadly about 800 UK libraries have closed since 2010, so many children will no longer have access to a library. They may never have even used one at all.
My childhood experience was very similar - pop to the library and stop off at the café. The local library near me was a beautiful old rectory building covered in ivy and thankfully it's still open.
It's extremely sad to hear about the closures. Funding cuts can be so short-sighted...
Can't speak to nationwide but the local (Leicestershire) Libraries definitely had something going on across the summer holidays in this vein.
When I was in elementary school in Germany there was a funny little mobile library. A truck with some shelves with books in it that directly drove to elementary schools and where kids could borrow books. They could give them back either the next time the mobile library showed up or at any libary directly.
It was not only comfortable, people were basically peer pressured in borrowing a book since everyone was doing it and it was kinda of an event when the mobile library arrived.
This is US-based unfortunately. But our libraries do Summer Reading Challenges. The one near me are based on hours read instead of books finished and have different tiers for age ranges, including adults. There are little prizes for different goals and it really drives engagement with reading for kids when school isn't in session.