This is great news. Gary Northfield’s rather lovely Derek The Sheep is getting paperback treatment and has been selected for the annual Booked Up scheme for secondary schools. Big kid and little kid (me and Molly) enjoyed the book greatly (review here)and it’s nice to see that it’s being included on something as important as this initiative to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading. Even nicer to think that some of them may well develop a lifetime love of reading comics after this. Over to Gary:
Had some great news the other day as I unexpectedly received a paperback version of Derek The Sheep; apparently the book has been chosen as the picture book option for the Booked Up scheme, from Booktrust! All year 7 children entering participating Secondary Schools will be able to choose a free title from a small selection of books to encourage them to read.
From what I’ve read elsewhere 98% of schools took part last year with over 2 million children getting a free book. So of course, if they are in the scheme, your children and all their friends are duly encouraged to plump for Derek!
Sat, Jun 13, 2009
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