The Book Searcher is a website where readers between the ages of 0 and 18 find reading suggestions that suit their frame of mind or interests. The site is a joint venture between the Nederlandse Taalunie and Stichting Lezen. This Read More …
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Bookbug (Scotland)
The Bookbug Programme supports every child to develop a love of books and reading by providing free Bookbug Bags to every family in Scotland, ensuring all families have books in the home. Bookbug uses stories, songs and rhymes to encourage Read More …
BookTrust’s prizes (United Kingdom)
Children’s Laureate The role of Children’s Laureate is awarded once every two years to an eminent writer or illustrator of children’s books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field. Lauren Child is the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2017-2019 after being honoured Read More …
Book World Prague 2019 (Czech Republic)
As it celebrates its first quarter-century, Book World Prague will explore memory and reminiscence and the colour and variety of Latin America The Book World Prague international book fair and literary festival is celebrating a jubilee year. Between 9th and Read More …
Children’s Book Month (Belgium)
Children’s Book Month is an annual event, held in March, and is the major book festival for children between the ages of 4 and 12. Each spring we celebrate the best children’s books on that year’s chosen theme. This unfading project Read More …
Children’s Jury – Kinder- en Jeugdjury (Belgium)
The Children’s Jury is the biggest reading group in the country. Large numbers of children are actively involved. In order to vote, they have to read a list of ten books. With the support of an extensive network of adult Read More …
Faktafyk (Norway)
Faktafyk is a non-fiction magazine for middle school students, which was established in 2012. The magazine is published once a year and is distributed to more than 70% of middle school students in Norway. Faktafyk contains articles, interviews and excerpts Read More …
Growing with the Book (Czech Republic)
The Growing with the Book campaign was launched in 2005 by Svět knihy as a response to research that showed a sharp fall in interest in book-reading among the young. The situation inspired us to search for a solution to Read More …
Non-use of public libraries in Germany
The German reading foundation Stiftung Lesen and the German Library Association have released a representative telephone survey on the reasons for the non-use of public libraries. For the first time, it has been examined why adolescents and adults do not Read More …
O Mundo – the World in a Library (Beglium)
With O Mundo Stichting Lezen brings a selection of ten children’s books from ten countries (Portugal, Turkey, Poland, Ghana, Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Iran and Morocco) to multicultural classrooms in Flemish primary schools. The selected books enable migrant children to Read More …