Javea Grapevine Issue 176 - 2015 | Page 44

Javea is celebrated several activities to mark World Book Day. The Library of Jávea opens a book point in the Mercat Municipal The Library of Javea, which currently has 6,300 members, also has an international section coordinated by volunteers and children’s reading club for family reading and formed the new readers a promotion of reading habit among Children who also works with weekly storytelling sessions and activities, in coordination with schools. Children’s workshops that have reaped great success the first days joined the opening of a point to access free books (book crossing) as every year in a public space that can be found inside the Mercat Municipal . The staff of the Public Library helped by several volunteers from the international section presented a stall with novels, poetry books and various publications, both children and adults and in several languages. The objective, as recalled by the councillor of Education and Culture, Empar Bolufer, is that people can get free books that interest them and also to leave some for