I thought I should pass on the information below, which I have borrowed from Siobhan Dowd’s website. It was lovely of her to be thinking of others when she was so ill. I hope some of you will be able to support her wish to help children to read.
“A trust has been set up to manage all the proceeds from her literary work. The aim of the trust will be to help disadvantaged children improve their reading skills and experience the joy of reading. It will offer financial support to: public libraries; state school libraries (especially in economically challenged areas); children in care; asylum seekers; young offenders and children with special needs.
Cheques to be made payable to The Siobhan Dowd Trust and addressed to The Siobhan Dowd Trust c/o Polly Nolan, Flat 10 Hendred House, Hendred Street, Oxford OX4 2ED.”
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pbmum // November 14, 2007 at 11:29
My children are at a school in a deprived area with a very sparse library. It’s a typical inner city school with over 40 different languages and some real struggles. However, thanks to a Guardian Education competition (which I entered on their behalf) they do have a copy of the London Eye Mystery and are currently having it read to them every Monday during assembly. As my kids have already read, and loved, the book earlier in the summer, I have had to swear them to secrecy about the ending so as not to spoil it for their school friends. I have no idea at the quality of the reading (I can’t imagine what it’s like being read to in assembly) but I like to think that the author would have delighted in thinking of all these children caught up in her words at the start of the week.
bookwitch // November 14, 2007 at 17:24
I’m sure Siobhan would have loved that.
I have also entered and won one of those Guardian book offers, but I’m sure your children’s school is the more deserving one. On the other hand, whereas parents at “our” secondary can afford to buy books, they don’t seem to believe in it.
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