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Sharing The Love of Reading!

Monday, October 11, 2010

OCTOBER READING GUIDE

Posted by Elohor Turtoe at 7:43 PM

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FACTS

80% of low-income families in Nigeria have no books in their homes for their children.

43% of adults with the lowest level of literacy proficiency live in poverty.

Only 4% of adults with strong literacy skills live in poverty.

55% of children have an increased interest in reading when given books at an early age.

Children with a greater variety of reading material in the home are more creative, imaginative, and proficient in reading. They are also on a better path toward educational growth and development.

There is only 1 age-appropriate book for every 500 children in low-income neighborhoods compared to 13 books per child in middle-income neighborhoods.

TAKE ACTION TODAY

Go through your bookshelves and pull out books that you will never read again or have owned for more than 2 years and haven’t read yet.

Pack the books in a box.

Call your us, local library, school, or children’s organization to donate the books.

Deliver the books.

If you don’t have any books at home, purchase some to donate or find an organization that accepts financial donations and will purchase books and deliver them where they are needed.

Having access to books is the key to literacy, yet the majority of children in low-income neighborhoods often lack libraries and bookstores. By donating your books, especially children’s books, you can impact some of the 40 million children who don’t have books at home. Otherwise, these children simply won’t learn to read. Imagine if you couldn’t read this note.