Look what my 9 year old came home with from cubs last night…
This is his book-reader badge. He decided to work towards this himself, not at the instigation of his pack leaders. He had to describe in detail 7 books he has read recently, including knowing the author names. 3 of the books had to be non-fiction. He also had to know how to care for books, know how a library works and was then tested on using a dictionary, atlas and encyclopedia. Of course I’ve helped him a bit – especially with the extra information you find in an atlas. But he took himself off to the school library to speak to the librarian and research this element. I am very proud of him and adore the fact we have young bookworms in our family. He has even inspired a few of his cub mates and there was talk of starting a young book group (they are all reading the Young Samurai books by Chris Bradford or the David Walliams laugh-alongs).
I better get out my needle and thread…!
A Fiction Habit 
*keeps it up!
This is fantastic! It’s so important to encourage children to read, it’s wonderful if they really take to it. I volunteer in Girl Guiding and it’s so hard to encourage the girls to do the reader badge. Well done on him! I hope he keeps it!