A good initiative to encourage reading amongst children - refer to attached site:
http://www.worldbookday.com/
The core activity of World Book Day (WBD) is to spread the habit of reading - covering schools and pre-schools. On World Book Day - 1st of March - participating bookshops/publishers will distribute schools packs, display material and distribute World Book Day £1 or €1.50 Book Tokens. These tokens can be used to exchange for books that are specially published for the occasion. These books are priced at £1 or €1.50 hence the name. As a special contribution to World Book Day’s 10th Birthday celebrations there will be ten rather than six specially created £1 Books, pre-schools and secondary schools need to register to participate, as in previous years.
Other activities of WBD are:
Spread the Word - aimed at older children and adults - to ensure that the whole population is encouraged to be involved in reading
Quick Reads - where special titles will be published on World Book Day for those who have lost or are yet to develop the habit of reading for pleasure
Better by the Book - which will enable people or organisations to donate NEW books to hospitals, hospices and other settings via the bookshops themselves
I think it's about time that Malay/Muslim book-literature-related organisations come up with creative activities to encourage reading.
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