Readers' Challenge Begins

We started registering people for the Challenge today and so far have seven, and four who have finished books already. The books read so far are listed in the sidebar and linked to more information for the curious. Some boys started out with easy books and found out they are quicker readers than they thought. Time for a challenge!

You can record books read from 1st February (including class novels of course).

No entry money has been received yet, but we will tally this as well on the sidebar.

Featured author for today:

Felice Arena is the best-selling author of many popular and award-winning children's books. These include the Specky Magee series (co-written with AFL legend Garry Lyon), Wish, Dolphin Boy Blue, Breakaway John, Mission Buffalo, Bravo Billy and the Boyz Rule and Girlz Rock series (co-written and created with Phil Kettle).

Why Felice loves reading…

Reading for me is like organised daydreaming. It puts me instantly into another world where I can feel and experience something new.
That's why I love it!

From Victorian Premier's Reading Ambassador Page

PBB Readers' Challenge

For the past three years students and staff of Patrician Brothers College have supported first the Riverbend Readers' Challenge (2004) and then the Australian Readers' Challenge, as it became in 2005 and 2006. Although our contribution to the fundraising efforts of The Fred Hollows Foundation and Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth has been modest, the combined result was excellent and we helped to raise almost $80,000 for indigenous literacy projects in 2006. A few of our boys attended the certificate ceremony last year where they met NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir.

This year the Australian Readers' Challenge is not running, but we are going to keep the momentum going with the Patrician Brothers' Blacktown Readers' Challenge for members of our own community.

Keep watching this space for more information!