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Reading with your Child

Bookstart
Find out more about Book Start, a national programme set up to encourage and inspire parents and carers to read books to their children. It aims to give a free pack of books to every child in the UK at three key stages before they start school.
http://www.bookstart.org.uk/

Love My Books
Lovemybooks brings together brilliant books with creative reading activities specially designed to engage and excite young children’s interest.
http://www.lovemybooks.co.uk/

The Reading Agency
An independent charity whose mission is to inspire people to read. This site brings together information about reading initiatives with libraries, publishers, businesses the media and prisons. Information about events and awards including the Summer Reading Challenge for children and the Six Book Challenge for Adults.
http://www.readingagency.org.uk/

Young Readers' Programme
A National Literacy Trust initiative that helps children and young people, living in disadvantaged areas, realise their potential by motivating them to read.
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/nyrp

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