The National Year of Reading, from April to December 2008, has
given each month a theme to give inspiration to reading
plans.
Try reading online - we have a great choice of reference e-books
and newspapers that you can read in a library or from
home with a Suffolk library card in the
Gold Standard Reference Services section of the
Virtual
Reference Library.
To get a library card see
Suffolk
libraries direct.
April - Read all about it
Reading anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere.
Look at a vast range of newspapers and periodicals on the
Gale
databases on the
Gold Standard Reference Services.
We recommend - Read all about it , Suffolk libraries
recommend reading lists for April.
May - Mind and body
Celebrating the links between reading & health.
Look at the resources under Medicine or Philosophy and
Psychology on Credo reference in the
Gold Standard Reference Services.
We recommend - Mind and Body, Suffolk libraries recommend
reading lists for May.
June - Reading escapes
How reading helps you escape into different worlds.
Escape to a different country - use the maps in
Oxford
Reference Online in the
Gold Standard Reference Services
We recommend - Reading Escapes, Suffolk libraries
recommend reading lists for June.
July - Rhythm and rhyme
Celebrating poetry & lyrics from Shakespeare to Snoop
Dogg.
Oxford Online is available with audio clips in the
Gold Standard Reference Services
We recommend - Rhythm and Rhyme, Suffolk libraries
recommend reading lists for July.
August - Read the Game
Using the influence of sport to help promote reading.
Look up your sporting heros on
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Online on the
Gold Standard Reference Services - or get active: find a
local club to join on
Suffolk
InfoLink
For children we are running the
Summer Reading Challenge throughout the school holidays.
Find out more on our
Team Read 2008 page.
We recommend - Read the Game, Suffolk libraries
recommend reading lists for August.
September - You are what you read
Reading as a way in to celebrate cultural, personal and local
identities.
See the Times newspaper right back to 1785 with the
Times
Digital Archive, or look up your family history on
Ancestry Library edition (only available in libraries and
Record Offices) on the
Gold Standard Reference Services
We recommend - You are what you read, Suffolk libraries
recommend reading lists for September.
October - Word of mouth
Celebrating storytelling, reading out loud, reading together and
live literature.
Listen to poetry readings by searching the
Hutchinson
Encyclopedia through
Credo reference in the
Gold Standard Reference Services
We recommend - Word of Mouth, Suffolk libraries recommend
reading lists for October.
November - Screen Reads
Exploring the diversity of reading and writing; scripts, television
and films.
In the
Gold Standard Reference Services try the
Gale Virtual
Reference Library for a wide range of sources on film, theatre
and the arts
We recommend - Screen Reads, Suffolk libraries recommend
reading lists for November.
December - Write the future
What one person writes, others read: technology is bringing reading
and writing closer together.
How will we read and learn in the future? Marvel at multimedia
animations - try looking up "animation space" or watch a baby
develop in the womb on
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
through
Credo reference in the
Gold Standard Reference Services
We recommend - Write The Future, Suffolk libraries recommend
reading lists for December.
Suffolk's National Year of Reading details
National Year of Reading
Official site