Rashford launches book club for disadvantaged children
Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford has launched a book club to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds to encourage reading culture among them.
Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford has launched a book club to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds to encourage reading culture among them.
Moreso, the striker has always campaigned to ensure children eligible for free school meals were still given food during the holidays amid the pandemic.
However, the book club will see Macmillan Children’s Books donate 50,000 free books through children’s food charity Magic Breakfast to reach children in more than 850 primary schools across England and Scotland.
The aim of the club is to work closely with schools to get books into the hands of children from disadvantaged backgrounds to encourage reading for pleasure among children who do not have access to books at home.
The 50,000 books will be divided between the primary schools Magic Breakfast currently supports, including mainstream schools, pupil referral units (PRU) and special educational needs (SEN) schools.
The book club will launch in June 2021 with illustrated time travel adventure A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri, illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan.
Moreso, the next book will be launched in the autumn.
