National Library for Children and Young Adults Delivers Books and Snacks to Youth in Care Institutions

The National Library for Children and Young Adults announced on the 19th that it will provide book packages containing two books and snacks per individual to 11 juvenile protection institutions nationwide, including the Anyang Juvenile Detention Center, during September. As part of supporting reading culture activities for youth from knowledge and information vulnerable groups, it has supported 12,487 books to 4,528 individuals since 2020.

This year, the book packages will be provided earlier than last year, before the Chuseok holiday. Based on the requirements of each juvenile protection institution and recommendations from expert committee members, 2,194 books and snacks will be provided to 1,097 individuals, covering 91 selected titles.

Programs that allow enjoyable access to books will also be operated. Pilot visiting reading culture programs such as meetings with authors, sand art, audiobook production experiences, and reading aloud will be conducted to encourage diverse reading experiences.

Park Juok, Director of the National Library for Children and Young Adults, stated, “Through this book package support, we aim to provide an equitable reading environment for youth from knowledge and information vulnerable groups, and we will strive to offer more reading support so that they can achieve emotional stability and grow into healthy members of society through books.”

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