LOGAN Libraries are celebrating the great job dads and carers do in reading with their children by encouraging the community to participate in a program called Dads Read.
Logan entertainers Mad Mike and Junior hosted a special Dads Read session at Jimboomba Library today, August 30.
Regular Dads Read sessions will be held at Jimboomba Library tomorrow, August 31 at 10.30am, Marsden Library tomorrow, August 31 at 10am, Logan West on September 1 at 10.30am and Logan North Library on September 1 at 10.30am.
City lifestyle and community chair Councillor Steve Swenson said Dads Read encouraged dads to be their children’s reading legend.
“This national program aims to raise awareness of the importance and benefits of fathers and families reading with their children, particularly in their early developmental years,” Cr Swenson said.
“Reading just 10 minutes each day makes a difference and strengthens literacy and models positive reading behaviour and build’s children’s self-esteem, especially for boys,” he said.
“Dads Read encourages fathers to invest in their child’s future by reading to them each day.”
