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A very special reading group
A group of visually impaired young people from Sunderland aged from 11 to 15 have just enjoyed discussing The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson. They are the first reading group of their kind in the UK. The group was set up by their school and Sunderland City Council and they all get the same book on CD thanks to Calibre.
The four boys and two girls, pictured here, plan to meet once a month and are setting up a reading list that includes sport and ghost stories; classic novels such as Black Beauty and authors such as Stephanie Myers, Philip Pullman, Charles Dickens and C S Lewis.
Read more on our main news page.
The best ever bedtime stories
Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 show has been searching for the best bedtime story and the results were announced on 6 November. The winner was The Gruffalo (a picture book), with Winnie The Pooh in second place and The Very Hungry Caterpillar (another picture book) in third place.
You can borrow The World of Pooh by AA Milne by adding 15069 to your online reading list (or phone us). It's on MP3 format CD and includes both Winnie the Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner, bringing lots of super stories about the adventures of Winnie and his friends.
Thinking about an iPod?
If you are thinking of buying an MP3 player, there’s a new one worth thinking about. The latest iPod Shuffle has voiceover – it’s designed so you can use it without a screen.
You can put your Calibre books on it, and it will keep your place in the book and start again from where you left off. It will also play your music.
You need to have access to a computer in order to load your books and music onto the Shuffle. In case you use speech software on your computer – as far as we know the only speech software that works with iTunes is Jaws.
See our guide for information about other players for Calibre books or phone our membership services department on 01296 432 339.
And another book of the film!
The Secret of Moonacre, a major movie starring Dakota Blue Richards, Ioan Gruffudd and Tim Curry has been released. It's based on Elizabeth Goudge’s book The Little White Horse, available from Young Calibre - just add 15793 to your list.
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Support the Right to Read
Young people lobbied Parliament for textbooks they can read over a year ago. Promises were made, but not much has been done. Where’s your book today?
To learn more about the campaign, check out 'where's my book?'
For campaign updates, go to www.rnib.org.uk/righttoread.