Free books for secondaries to get pupils 'hooked on reading'
Each school in England is to receive 15 books from a specially designed list to try to get more pupils reading as a hobby
More than 53,000 free books, by authors from Charlotte Brontë to England goalkeeper David James, are to be sent to secondary schools to try to get more pupils interested in reading as a hobby, ministers announced today.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 31 December, 2009
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