9 September 2010

EU READ projects

Promoting literacy – multimedia-based (Switzerland)

Young people are experts in using media. To connect with this ability, teachers can rent boxes from the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media (SIKJM) which contain books, comics and …...more >

Reading Moves (Austria)

Reading Moves (Mit Lesen mehr bewegen) Recent surveys show that one in five young Austrians have poor reading skills when they start work. Furthermore, there are 600,000 functional illiterates with insufficient …...more >


Poetry Day (Flanders)

Poetry Day is The Netherlands’ and Flanders’s favourite day to celebrate poetry together. Many organisations in both countries organise local events and festivities that day, generating widespread media attention. For The …...more >

Educational resources (United Kingdom)

As well as the Everybody Writes project (see separate entry), Booktrust also offers other educational resources. Find out how to make your classroom poetry friendly with tips and tricks from the …...more >


Reading Suitcase for Children in Care (Germany)

A unique initiative of Deutsche Bahn AG The Deutsche Bahn (national train company) cooperated with Stiftung Lesen in November 2007 in starting a reading promotion initiative for a particular group of …...more >

Book searcher (Flanders)

The Book searcher is a website for readers from 8-18 which offers reading suggestions. There are 3 age groups: 8-12; 12-15 and 15-18. According to personal interests and moods, the book …...more >


Lippels Traum (Lippel’s Dream) (Germany)

Released 8 October 2009 Dreams can come true – so they can influence reality in a major way. The children’s book classic ‘Lippels Traum’ (Lippel’s Dream) by Paul Maar deals with …...more >

Fahrenheit451 and Book Challenge (Flanders)

Fahrenheit451 is a project for those over 15 years old in vocational and technical education. These young people are reluctant readers, so we approach them via their own world of interest …...more >


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