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READ!

• A reading development project for all Malmö

Children in grades two and five, 2006-2008

• A cooperation between the libraries in Malmö

and the Pedagogical center

• Sponsored by the Skåne Savings Bank

Foundation, with 1.8 million SEK and Swedish

Arts Council with 300 000 SEK

READ! in numbers

• 3 years

• 20 children’s librarians

• 20 school librarians

• 200 teachers

• 8 networks in 10 city districts

• 24 000 children!

READ! Overall goal

• To bring forth the joy of reading.

• To actively work to give children more space

for reading, both in school and during leisure

time.

• To create networks between various actors in

Malmö with interest in reading matters.

• Detective relay

500 children in grade two

created a detective story in

spring 2007

• Tiger Prince

An art and storytelling project

for 500 children in grade two in

spring 2008

Two of our subprojects

To create a detective

story…

The writing process

The story was converted

into a play

The result

Tiger Prince – to paint a story

Living with the tiger…

Tiger Prince – the exhibition

And now?

• A common platform

• Networks outside the library

sphere

• The joy of reading

• Spreading our methods

• Contact us:

hanna.sjoberg@malmo.se

gorel.reimer@malmo.se

• Download the brochure:

http://www.malmo.se/filearchive/Bib

lioteken/LAS.pdf