Karen Buck MP is backing the Big Wild Read, a campaign to get children along to libraries and keep them reading through the long summer holidays.

Last Tuesday Karen joined more than 100 colleagues at a reception held by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Libraries in the House of Commons.  The campaign organised by the Reading Agency aims to encourage children to visit their local libraries during the summer holiday period so they do not lose any reading skills during the break from school teaching.  To support this initiative Karen Buck will be donating books, courtesy of The Reading Agency’s publishing partners, to a local library.

Karen said: “I fully support this campaign, and my local libraries, and am delighted to be donating books to support their excellent work. Our libraries and librarians help children get the reading habit early, are a great place to spend time and learn to enjoy books.
“While children are having a great time, they are also reinforcing all the educational achievements in reading.