The Cleveland Public Library wants to encourage everyone in the city to crack open a book, no matter their age. It’s the middle of the Cleveland Reads challenge.
The challenge is for the city to read 1 million books, or for 1 million minutes over a year. Clevelanders already soared past the million-minute mark, so that goal has been raised to 10 million minutes. And anyone who checks out their local library to participate might just recognize some members of their own community on the spines of the books.
“It’s like the exact opposite of asking a kid to sit still and look forward,” he told News 5. Which is something he himself struggled with in school. Cotter’s books are U.S. bestsellers and even topped the charts in Japan. “Authors are our community,” she said. “Our authors, our illustrators, they really help us bring our community together.” The library knows how vital reading is to enriching young minds. It’s happy to place local authors on its shelves. Together they’re working to make sure every child develops an early love of reading.
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