Scholastic Lucky’s Library
Helping Spread the Joy of Reading in New Zealand’s Hospitals
Helping Spread the Joy of Reading in New Zealand’s Hospitals
This
March Scholastic is delivering 10 new Lucky’s Libraries to children’s wards in
hospitals throughout New Zealand.
Each custom-built library on
wheels contains over 120 children’s books and is packed with a selection of
Scholastic’s most popular titles. Lucky’s Library has something for everyone with
all ages and interests covered.
This
includes classic New Zealand picture books such as Grandpa’s Shed and Grandma McGarvey;
beloved characters Clifford the Big Red
Dog, Scooby Doo and Spiderman; as well as the most popular
fiction series (Goosebumps and Baby Sitters Club), and non-fiction titles.
Scholastic
is donating these libraries as part of our mission to encourage young New
Zealanders to “Read every day, lead a better life”.
Scholastic
Books in Homes Manager Rob Southam has been passionate about this project from
its inception: “We wanted to ensure that books were available to Kiwi kids in hospital.
We understand, as indeed all parents and adults looking after sick children do,
that when there is stress and fear and boredom, when a child is out of his/her
comfort zone and away from home and favourite toys and books, that a book
provided in hospital will really help to brighten up a child’s life.”
For
the past 10 years, Scholastic has been partnering with New Zealand’s two
national children’s hospitals (Auckland’s Starship and KidsFirst) to provide access
to books for sick children. Scholastic is thrilled
to be able to extend this to hospitals throughout New Zealand with Lucky’s
Libraries.
The
districts receiving Lucky’s Libraries for their local hospitals are: Whangarei,
Dargaville, Bay of Islands, Kaitaia, Hokianga, Tauranga, Lower Hutt and Christchurch.
No comments:
Post a Comment