Riveting Reads: Boys into Books 11-14

Make some easy changes first. Schools ordering free books can also receive free Boys into Books posters and postcards. The posters will brighten your library and the postcards will make great collectables or prizes for boys.
The National Literacy Trust has free posters (see http: //www.renaissance-learning.co.uk/nlt_posters/) for a quick face-lift, and there are some great posters on the Reading Champions website too, featuring football, cricket and wrestling stars (see http: //www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaign/Champions/index.html).
Make a point of reading more boy-friendly fiction yourself. Boys know when you’re bluffing about books, and it’s important to gain their trust when creating readers.
Make sure you promote boy-friendly genres and material with the same enthusiasm as any of your own personal likes.
Keep the library fresh, by regular changes.
Plan a boys’ reading campaign in school, enlisting help from a team of others. Raise it at senior management level, and embed it in the school improvement plan. If there’s a whole-school initiative on boys’ achievement, be a leading part of it.
If you’re an SLA member, keep up the debate by using the Discussion Forum in the Members’ Area (http: //www.sla.org.uk/members-area.php). Join the SLA at http://www.sla.org.uk/membership.php
Find local partners – the public library service, the School Library Service, nearby schools.

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