Book Start: Books for Babies (Switzerland)

Bookstart is a nationwide project for early language education launched in 2008. Bookstart promotes the first encounter of children with books. The target group of Bookstart are children between 0 and 3 years old and their parents and adult caregivers. 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 …

Reading More – aLer+2027 (Portugal)

We are currently experiencing a change in reading attitudes, embodied in new ways of reading and new social and cultural practices of literacy, implying the reader in various collaborative processes of reading and writing, print and digital. In this new Read More …

Book Time (Portugal)

Everyday reading day in classroom work Kindergarten and schools – 1st cycle Every week reading in classroom work Schools – 2nd , 3rd cycles and secondary The Book Time programme is designed to stimulate children’s and adolescents’ interests in books, Read More …

Live Literature (Scotland)

Live Literature brings books to life and inspires readers through live events with professional writers in communities across Scotland. We give more than 700 writers, poets, playwrights, storytellers, illustrators, graphic novelists and cartoonists the opportunity to meet wider audiences and to Read More …

Reading Scouts (Germany)

How do you awake the joy of reading among pupils? That is the job of a special group of distributors – other pupils trained as reading scouts – who pass on their joy of reading to others. The project makes Read More …

Book Week Scotland

Book Week Scotland is a week-long celebration of books and reading that takes place in every community in Scotland in November each year. During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life come together in libraries, schools, community Read More …

Magazines into schools (Germany)

The reading promotional and media educational project is targeted country-wide at the classes 5 to 12. The initiative counts as one of the most important reading promotion projects in Germany. In the magazine month of April 2012 more than 450,000 Read More …

The Avid Reader Award (Norway)

Bokslukerprisen (the Avid Reading Award) is a reading incentive award for 6th grade students, which focuses on the joy of reading. The award was established in 2014. The participating classes receive anthologies of Norwegian novels written for the age group Read More …

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 …