Pilot scheme to send book parcels to children in care
Trust established by Siobhan Dowd soon before her death is testing out plans to send 11 to 13-year-olds books by authors including JRR Tolkien and Rick Riordan
Carnegie medal-winning children's author Siobhan Dowd believed that "if a child can read, they can think; and if a child can think they are free". Now the trust the late Irish author established in the few days before she died is launching a pilot scheme that will bring JRR Tolkien and other writers to children in care.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Monday, 19 July, 2010
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