A new campaign to encourage boys to embrace the joy of reading has today been launched by the Deputy Minister for Skills John Griffiths.

The campaign, Read A Million Words Together, has been developed by the Welsh Assembly Government’s Basic Skills Cymru team with the aim of ensuring that more boys in Wales achieve the levels of literacy necessary to succeed.

Building on the success of Read a Million Words in 2007, the campaign focuses on making reading more accessible to boys, extending the range of reading materials in the curriculum to include more non-fiction titles, short stories and books which appeal to boys’ tastes.

Further information is available on the Welsh Assembly Government website.