Friday 20 / September / 2024
Muscat: Let’s Read Programme of the charitable organisation, Dar Al Atta’a, has announced, “The Big Book Sale” event, which will take place on February 27 from 10am to 1pm at Al Qurum Complex.
“There will hundreds of great books for adults and children te prcies of all will be reduced by 50 per cent. The books will cost from 500 baisas to OMR1,” the organiser, Jane Jaffer, said.
Last year the organisation opened the Let’s Read Bookshop. It is Oman’s first charity bookshop, which has both fact and fiction books for adults and children. Located at 116, first floor, of the Al Qurum Complex, the shop is open daily from 10am to 1pm and from 5pm to 7pm. Sales proceeds are used to supports Maktabati, Oman’s first mobile library, which travels around the country visiting schools and festivals.
Dar Al Atta’a Let’s Read Campaign has been promoting the love of reading to children in Oman since 2007. The campaign’s committee achieves its aims in a variety of ways, by setting up play rooms, libraries and reading areas in hospitals, schools and nurseries.
On the last Saturday of each month, Let’s Read collects used books and holds a sale at the Al Qurum Complex.
Speaking about developing reading habits in children, Jane Jaffer said, “Our organisation encourages children to read. Reading is a the key to qualifications and a bright future. Reading changes lives, it broadens minds, improves vocabulary, enhances social interaction, and promotes empowerment. Reading can have a very positive effect on one’s health and happiness.
“The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity. And that means, in its simplest form, giving children access to good books and the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of reading material. Parents who show their children how much they value reading themselves are more likely to raise children who love reading”.
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