#ioleggoperché returns to bookshops and welcomes nurseries across Italy
The AIE update of 5 November announces nine days of book donations, involving 4,135 bookshops and more than four million young readers.
From 7 to 15 November, Italian bookshops will collect books for school libraries during the eleventh #ioleggoperché campaign. In its 5 November update, the Italian Publishers Association lists 4,135 participating shops, 30,610 schools and 4,004 nurseries, the latter joining nationwide for the first time. Anyone buying a volume can donate it to an institution partnered with that shop, with volunteers also helping booksellers guide their choices. Publishers will add one hundred thousand books for requesting schools in Calabria, Sardinia and Molise. Involving more than 4.4 million children and young people, the campaign turns personal bookseller recommendations into a practical way of widening access to stories.