Cockshut Hill Library / Learning Pad

All books must be returned or renewed every 7 days.

Please keep your book protected in a plastic pocket or a clean carrier bag.

Please read for at least 20 minutes a day.

All damages and missing books will be charged at cover price plus covering.

Improve your reading tips:

You can read anything as long as it has a beginning, middle and end. Ideally, it should be more than a paragraph long.

If you don’t have time to read you can listen:

If you don’t like books you can read newspapers for free:

Free online magazines:

Expand your knowledge and watch these YouTube channels:

Support your child through reading.

Ensure your child has a book/audiobook.podcast.newspaper. They can lend these from the school library or public library. Books can also be found online but be sure to check the content.
You want your child to form a reading habit, then challenge their tastes and finally test their ability.
Talk about what they have read.
Listen to you child read aloud, teenager benefit from this also.
It is supposed to be fun so don’t put pressure on yourself. Gentle prompts, days out to the library to see events. Birmingham has lots of free literary stuff to do.
Remind them to return their library books on time.