LiveWire supports national Just Read campaign

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PADGATE Library is giving away 50 copies of bestselling book Diary of a Wimpy Kid as part of Good Morning Britain’s “Just Read” campaign.
The campaign encourages parents and carers to spend 10 minutes reading with their children every day, and Padgate Library is one of 200 libraries across the UK taking part in the giveaway.
The books will be given away to local children on Saturday September 13th, when there will also be a Wimpy Kid themed treasure hunt and craft activities at the library, between 10am and 12noon.
Chris Everett LiveWire’s Development Librarian – Reading said; “We will have a great fun morning celebrating the hugely popular Wimpy Kid books.
“Padgate library will be full of families who love sharing stories and we are really excited to be part of such a great nationwide initiative to spread the love of reading. “
Supported by national charity The Reading Agency and and children’s publisher Puffin, the campaign comes as a coalition of leading charities, teachers, parents and businesses have come together to form a coalition called ‘Read On. Get On.’
The coalition has launched a national mission to support parents and teachers to get all 11 year olds reading well by 2025. Read On. Get On. has published a report that reveals hundreds of thousands of kids are leaving school without adequate reading skills and that one in seven children aged 8 – 11 years do not own a book of their own at home.
The giveaway will highlight how vital libraries are for the nation’s literacy and that books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid can really help children on their reading journey. Millions of children are readers because of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Jeff Kinney’s work is perfect for turning reluctant readers on to books. With 50% words and 50% cartoons, the books are 100% hilarious and children agree – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck was voted by children as ‘Favourite Book’ in the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
Later on in the week, Good Morning Britain will aim to set a Guinness World Record for the most number of parents reading with their children in the same place, at the same time.


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