MP supports efforts to encourage children to read

WITH this year’s Summer Reading Challenge under way, Llanelli’s MP paid a visit to Llangennech Library to celebrate local efforts to encourage children to read.

Nia Griffith, accompanied by Llangennech county councillor Gary Jones, were welcomed to the library by Dewi Morgan, who works there as a librarian. They also met Josh Parry, and asked him as a young person what he thought of this year’s Space Chase theme – it met with his approval.

Ms Griffith said: “As a former teacher, I know how important it is to encourage children to read from an early age.

“The Summer Reading Challenge is a fantastic way of doing this by challenging primary school children to read six library books over the summer holidays.

Mr Jones added: “This is a much needed initiative to encourage children and their parents, and instil in them a love of reading.

“My father would take me to the mobile library – he would choose cowboy novels, and I would pick out space travel.

“When I had children I enrolled them at our local Library.”