It begins on Saturday and seeks to get children inspired through reading over the summer holidays. Launched in 1999, the nationwide challenge is running association with the annual art competition You Can! It will be kicked off by Swindon author and illustrator Steve Antony. For him, the challenge is a chance to inform children about how enjoyable reading can be. He said: “It’s important for children to know that it’s a really fun thing to do. Many children associate books with schoolwork, as something they have to do. It’s important for children to discover for themselves how reading can be fun, and it really does allow you to go places and explore new worlds where anything is possible, to live life through the eyes of someone else. It can be fun and it is fun, they just have to find the right book.”
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By Debbie Jackson
image captionA full-sized female black Rhino ran into Kieran Munns
A Scottish student has described the terrifying moment he was attacked by a rare black rhino on a conservation trip in South Africa.
Kieran Munns was lucky to escape with a dislocated hip and severe bruising after the animal ran at a group of rangers in northern Zululand.
The 21-year-old was rammed by the 1,500kg female with her calves and trapped against a tree.
As she turned around to come back, one of her calves then trampled his leg.
A keen conservationist since he discovered the WWF Save The Rhino campaign when he was nine years old, Kieran has been living in South Africa for almost two years.