Pooja Mathur, a teacher librarian in The King’s Senior Library, shares the successes she is having with her community of student readers. Pooja discusses advertising the reading club to the incoming year 7 cohort, the tactics employed to attract just the right number of avid readers, and highlights opportunities to promote the engaging voices of her students. She also considers the impact of COVID-19 on the Reading Club and provides links to the newsletters she has prepared while the club continues in the online space. 

Two questions for you to respond to on the full blog post in the Members’ Portal:

• How did the pandemic affect your library’s book/ reading club activities?
• Do you have a particular strategy to share that was effective in maintaining engagement in your student readers during this time?

To read the full blog post and to respond to the questions posed by Pooja, click here and login to your Member Portal.