In Massa Marittima, the reading competition aimed at children aged 7 to 12 promoted by the municipal library in collaboration with the Matozzi bookshop entitled “The reader of the summer” starts tomorrow. Throughout the summer period, until September 30th, children and young people who go to the municipal library will find a carefully curated selection of quality books from the best authors of contemporary children’s literature waiting for them. Every time a reader borrows a book, or buys it from the Matozzi stationery bookshop that participates in the initiative, he will receive a special bookmark on which he can leave his emotions imprinted. The bookmark must then be delivered to the library, becoming the link in a paper chain, which will remain hanging in the adult room. At the end of September the chains will be untied and the rings will be counted: for the most “greedy” readers, who have brought the most bookmarks, there will be rich prizes up for grabs. This initiative, promoted by the municipal library of Massa Marittima and the Promocultura cooperative which manages the library services, is the result of intense work carried out together with the city’s schools. The Municipality of Massa Marittima has, in fact, financed the educational offer organized by the cooperative for the school year that has just ended, thanks to which 23 classes, for a total of over 500 children, were able to enjoy free educational modules aimed at promoting of reading in different age groups.
