Group Photo!

From left to right: Ryan, Pippa, Lucie, Lydia, Walter

Children who can read, but don't

An interesting wee article on why kids don't read, and what to do and not to do to get them reading.

http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/articles/children-who-can-read-but-dont.htm

-Ryan

Wellington City Library "Summer Reading Challenge" 2013

Just found this on the Wellington City Library's 'Kid's Blog'; basically is a timeline of the Summer Reading Challenge which the Wellington library hosted last year!

http://www.wcl.govt.nz/blogs/kids/index.php/category/summer-reading-challenge/

Could be useful to look at, especially when trying to gauge the level of interest in a project like this?
I also had a look to see if the Upper Hutt City Library had a kids blog similar, but all I could find was this kids page, http://www.upperhuttcity.com/kids, which wasn't that helpful (and you guys have probably seen it).

- Pippa

National Library – recommendations

Here's another link (National Library) that outlines a few possible strategies and recommendations for teachers, libraries and families. In the wider context, it's a big problem and it appears there's no centralised effort to address it.  – Walter

http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/creating-readers/community-readers/summer-slide-and-holiday-reading

NZ Research Paper on summer reading

Here's a link to some great research on what the problem is.  – Walter

http://www.tlri.org.nz/sites/default/files/projects/9292-Summaryreport.pdf