"Decorah Reads" volunteers being sought

Coordinators of the "Decorah Reads!" program are seeking fifteen volunteers for a March session.

Decorah Reads! is a partnership between Decorah Public Library and Kris Lynch's seventh grade exploratory reading class. The program matches adult volunteers with seventh grade students for three book discussion meetings. Volunteers make a commitment to attend all three meetings.
 
Students choose a fiction book to read and adult volunteers find their student match by selecting a book from the students' list of titles. As a pair, the volunteer and student both read the book and meet to discuss it.
 
Through the Decorah Reads! program students learn about discussing a book with another person and they also receive encouragement from their adult partner. Adult volunteers have the opportunity to revisit childhood favorites, experience what is currently popular in young adult fiction, and to nurture their partners' enjoyment of reading.

The March sessions will meet on Tuesday afternoons.  The first two session will be at the Decorah Public Library from 2:10 p.m. until 2:35 p.m. Tuesday, March 13th, and Tuesday, March 20th.  The final session will be held at the Decorah Middle School from 2:10 p.m. until 2:40 p.m. Tuerday, March 27th.

Please call Decorah Public Library at (563) 382-3717 for more information or to sign up as a volunteer.