Reading challenge returns to Pictou, Antigonish counties

Get reading. The Wow Reading Challenge is back.

The Adopt-A-Library Literacy Program’s WOW! Reading Challenge began in Pictou County 12 years ago, and has grown to include divisions for all ages (daycares and preschools, elementary, middle/ junior high and high schools. New this year – private/separate and home-schools ).

“We’re excited to begin,” says John Kennedy, AAL program coordinator, “It’s our 12th year, and we’re still going strong.”

This reading competition is open to all schools, preschools, private/separate schools and homeschools in Pictou and Antigonish counties, and it is free. All competitions will close on April 1, 2019. Preschools and elementary schools will count the total number of books read, while middle schools and high schools will count the total number of pages read. For any school or preschool who wishes to register in Antigonish and Pictou Counties, contact Karen MacNeill (kmacneil@nsngp.library.ns.ca; 902-755-6031 or 1 866-779-7761), at Pictou- Antigonish Regional Library headquarters. For interested schools located outside of Pictou and Antigonish Counties, please contact John Kennedy (aal@parl. ns.ca; 902-755-6031 or 1-866-7797761), who will provide the contact information for your local municipal police force partner.

The reading challenge is hosted by the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library through a partnership with local policing agencies, schools, and community sponsors.

To learn more, visit www.fightingcrime.ca, or contact Kennedy.