PRIMARY school children are being encouraged to tackle climate change while also enjoying a good read.
ABC To Read has launched a contest asking pupils to review a book on the hot topic.
The review should encourage others to pick up a copy.
Prizes include a whole class video chat and/or school visit with poet AF Harrold, school library as well as individual book vouchers – donated by Fourbears Bookshop in Caversham – climate change themed books – donated by ABC to Read – and published reviews.
Marcia Rowlinson, ABC to Read CEO, is excited about the contest.
“Not only will this encourage more of our local children to read, but it will also help inform them about critical issues that are relevant to them,” she said.
“Offering opportunities, and permission, to critique and discuss books lays the foundations for a generation who understand that reading, being informed and engaging passionately in global issues can create genuine and lasting change – and that they can be a part of it.”
The charity offers mentoring to schools, with volunteers visiting to help support children get to grips with literacy.
It says that its team invests an average of 12,000 hours into improving not only children’s reading ability but their enjoyment of the pastime as well as their general attitudes and confidence.
This competition is aimed to boost both.
If children haven’t already read any books on the topic, they are being encouraged to do so with books about forests, human activity and more recommended.
Be a Book Critic for a Day will open during Storytelling Week, which starts on Saturday, January 30, and will close at the end of World Book Day in March.
For more details, log on to: abctoread.org.uk
