Charity trying to tackle book poverty as it sees children start school having never owned a book.
Carl Heslop, who was a pupil at Stonehouse, is among business leaders who read to school pupilsFor Kerry Bidewell, there was a defining moment in her charity's mission to help schoolchildren find joy in reading.
But Ms Bidewell, the charity's development manager, said this "book poverty" figure is higher in many of the city's classrooms. Ms Bidewell said the statistics were often reflective of a "lack of opportunity", played out across generations. Its benefits include "improved text comprehension and grammar, increased general knowledge, improved attention spans", and "heightened levels of social and emotional wellbeing".Toby reading his new book from the vending machine he was given as a reward for his progressWhen the BBC visited, the charity was also installing a book vending machine, sponsored by Plymouth law firm Womble Bond Dickinson.
Mr Helsop said: "I think everyone assumes that every child has access to books and to reading and support and that's not always the case.Head teacher Marc Wheeler with the new book vending machine used to reward children for reading"I think every child should have the same opportunities as everyone else."
Through a partnership with charity Bookmark, it has donated a further £164,000 of books to 82 primary school libraries in Plymouth.
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