Admirable new idea coming from England. I'd be intrigued to see how effective it'll be. The idea: Give 11-year-olds books for free to encourage them to continue reading for pleasure at an age when many give up.
From The Guardian:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2107375,00.html
For me, my pleasure of reading started about that age with a leather-bound edition of Jack London's short stories that I found sitting on the bookshelf in my dad's den, along with all his history books. His story "To Build a Fire" built a fire under me to read and, further, write.
So, youngsters, pick up a book and discover worlds far beyond you and, better, far within you!
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