Reads United World Cup – final whistle

Cleckheaton Library

The 2010 Reads United Tour with Tom Palmer and me is, like England, France, Italy, Argentina and Brazil’s part in the World Cup, now at an end.  Between June 22nd and July 4th we:

Have driven 1,550 miles

Met 38 schools

Performed in 5 schools 1 library, 1 Memorial Hall, I Town Hall, 1 County Hall and 1 football club’s hospitality suite (Portsmouth FC)

Awarded  15 Reading Game trophies

Stayed in 3 hotels

Presented 1 prize to a short story competition winner in Ipswich

Discovered 1 Huddersfield Town fan in Wrexham

Noted that the most popular children’s authors among children aged 7-11 were: Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Anthony Horowitz & Jeff Kinney.

Said ‘It’s too hot’ a thousand times

Enjoyed ourselves immensely.

Thank you to everyone we met from all the way down to Portsmouth to all the way up to Cleckheaton and all the places in between: Wrexham, Rotherham, Ipswich, Lepton and Matlock. It’s bin emotional.