Bookstart Around the World 1
Bookstart Around the World Table of contents 1. I
ntroduction ............................................................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Background ...........................................................................................................................................................5 1.2 Purpose, questions and boundaries .............................................................................................................6 1.3 Outline .....................................................................................................................................................................6 1.4 Method ....................................................................................................................................................................6 1.5 About Governo .....................................................................................................................................................7 2. The art of promoting reading and writing .....................................................................................................................8 3. Bookgifting programmes – some examples ............................................................................................................11 3.1 The emergence of bookgifting programmes ...........................................................................................11 3.2 Bokstart in Sweden .........................................................................................................................................11 3.3 The United Kingdom ........................................................................................................................................12 3.4 USA .......................................................................................................................................................................14 3.5 The Netherlands ................................................................................................................................................15 3.6 Germany .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 3.7 Japan .....................................................................................................................................................................19 3.8 The various programmes ................................................................................................................................20 4. Overview ..............................................................................................................................................................................23 4.1 What literature is available? ..........................................................................................................................23 4.2 What does the literature say? ......................................................................................................................24 4.3 The design of bookgifting programmes ....................................................................................................26 4.4 Bookstart representatives, collaboration and conditions ....................................................................29 4.5 Gaps and challenges ......................................................................................................................................34 5. Concluding reflections .................................................................................................................................................... 37 Reference list ...........................................................................................................................................................................39 Supplement 1: Method and approach ............................................................................................................................ 47 Supplement 2: Interviewees and question guide ........................................................................................................50 4/52