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Reading Development

Book Start
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/

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/

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