Ararat Rural City Library will this year participate in the BIG Summer Read, an annual reading campaign aimed at encouraging young people to read and engage with their local public library.
The collaborative Public Libraries Victoria initiative is the largest public-library-supported reading challenge in Australia and focuses on ensuring all children have access to resources they need to maintain literacy skills during the summer school holidays.
Now in its fourth year, the campaign seeks to encourage children to read for pleasure and addresses the issue of ‘summer slide’, which refers to the loss of literacy experienced during the long summer break if children are not exposed to books or reading.
Ararat Rural City Council Mayor Jo Armstrong encouraged local children to participate in the program.
