Throughout 2008, Booktrust's many projects for readers of all ages will tie in with the National Year of Reading.
Our specific NYR activity
New Bookstart Book Crawl certificates
In support of the 2008 NYR and the National Library Membership Campaign, Bookstart has produced 10 new Bookstart Book Crawl certificates.
Bookstart Book Crawl is a national library joining incentive. Each time a child visits a library with their parent/carer they receive a sticker. Once they've collected four stickers they will receive a beautiful illustrated certificate.
The new certificates are illustrated by new children's book illustrators who are not yet published or have had their first book published in 2000 or afterwards. They are Gwen Millward, Mini Grey, Mei Matsuoka, Jim Copplestone, Nathan Reed, Rebecca Harry, Petr Horacek, Gordon Hunt, Miriam Latimer and Rob Scotton.
Come along to your local library to start collecting these beautiful Bookstart Book Crawl certificates now! www.bookstart.org.uk
Children’s Book Week
6 – 12 October 2008
The theme of this year’s Children’s Book Week is Rhythm and Rhyme, to link in with the National Year of Reading theme for July. The free teachers’ pack will be sent to all state primary schools and public libraries in England in June, and will be available to download from the website: www.childrensbookweek.org.uk
The pack contains a wealth of ideas and activities for an exciting Book Week, including a new poem by Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen with his top tips on how to create poetry-friendly classrooms and book-loving schools.
To request a free Children’s Book Week poster featuring an illustration by Lydia Monks, please contact education@booktrust.org.uk
Our other work, all of which supports the NYR:
> our nationwide book-gifting programmes (Bookstart, Booktime and Booked Up and the Letterbox Club)
> our campaigns (Children's Book Week; the Children's Laureate; the Big Picture; Get London Reading; Story; translated fiction)
> our prizes and awards (Booktrust Early Years Awards; the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; the Booktrust Teenage Prize)
> our online book recommendations for readers of all ages and abilities
> our resources for schools
Keep up to date with what we're doing on our news page.
Find out what other organisations around the country are doing for the 2008 National Year of Reading.
