European Day of Languages which celebrates linguistic diversity seems an appropriate day to launch a Library promotion encouraging reading of books set in diverse cultures. There are many ways to find a library book, on the shelves, on the Library catalogue and on the web:
* Browse the bookshelves. Look for a ‘Multicultural’ spine label;
* Search Olly (Oliver) the Library catalogue. Type in the name of a country and then look for Fiction, or search Fiction - Multicultural;
* Go to MapAList and find the map 'OLA - Around the World in 80 Books' http://mapalist.com/Public/PublicMapViewerShell.aspx?mapid=54496 and click on a place marker to find a book title and author. Zoom in to find more titles. If you read a book on the map and hand in a slip, your first name and form will soon appear on MapAList too, as I'll be updating it regularly.
* Look at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/OLALibrarian for more ideas.
When you have read a book fill in your slip with all the details. If it’s complete you will receive a commendation, and your slip will go on display. When there are 80 books which have been read, the names of the readers will go into a draw for a prize.
Don't forget that this book will also count as one of your books for your Reading Olympics.
