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Objective
To stimulate the interest of children and youth in reading, to develop
their reading habits, to widen their scope of reading and knowledge, to
enhance their ability in language usage and to encourage parents?active
participation in paired reading.
Programme details
- Applicant may join individually or through the nomination of a school
or an organization, either in the individual category or the family
category (only for children of age 4 - 9).
- Member joining the family category is encouraged to read books in
paired with the parents.
- Member will be given a record book once he/she joined the programme
in order to record the books read, book reports submitted and books
recommended. All records would be recognized by a stamp from Hong Kong
Public Libraries or school libraries.
- At the end of the year, member will be given a merit certificate to
certify the number of books read within the period ; member will also
be awarded a 'gold' certificate if he/she has read 100 books or above;
the top 50 members who have read the most number of books will be presented
prizes ; the most active participating school / organization (with the
accumulated numbers of books read by nominated members) will also be
presented a plaque.
Application
- Applicants must be aged between 4 - 19 and are registered members
of the Hong Kong Public Libraries.
- Application forms are available at any Hong Kong Public Libraries
or downloaded from the library home page (http://www.hkpl.gov.hk).
When submitting application, applicant should
- produce a valid Hong Kong Public Library card
- have the application endorsed by stamp chop of the school or the
organization if the applicant is nominated by a school/organization.
Reading Activities:
(1) Book Report - Star of the Month
Having read books borrowed from Hong Kong Public Libraries or school
libraries, member may submit a book report of not more than 400 words
for recommendation by public librarian /school librarian to participate
in the selection of the 'Star of the Month' programme.
Details are as follows:
- Categories:
Family (Kindergarten - Primary 3)
Upper primary (Primary 4 - 6)
Junior secondary (Form 1 - 3)
Senior secondary (Form 4 - 7)
- Result of the 'Star of the Month' programme will be announced in the
Reading Programme Newsletter and posted up at the libraries.
- At the end of the year, all 'Star of the Month' will be awarded a
souvenir. Besides, the best 3 among all the 'Star of the Month' in each
category will also be presented special prizes.
(2) Recommending Good Book
- Members may recommend good books to other members by writing a few
sentences.
- At the end of the year, members who have recommended the most popular
'Recommended Good Books' will be awarded a souvenir.
Enquiries
For further details, please contact any Hong Kong Public Libraries or
call 2921 2660.
Application Form
Book Report Form
(English)
Book Report Form
(Blank)
Good Book Recommended
Form
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