PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday October 29, 2013
WOW! Reading Challenge set to begin Friday November 1st (view as PDF)
Over 50 elementary schools have registered so far for the 2014 Wow! Reading Challenge.
The Elementary Division reading competition will commence on November 1st, 2013 and continue until April 1st, 2014. While the Junior High, High School, Special Needs and the Adult Divisions all begin on December 1st, 2013 and will also close on April 1st, 2014. This reading competition is open to schools world-wide and is free.
Anyone wishing to register may contact Karen MacNeill (
The Reading Challenge is hosted by the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library through a partnership with the RCMP, local policing agencies, schools, school boards and community sponsors.
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For more information regarding the Adopt-a-Library Literacy Program, please contact the Provincial Coordinator,
Const. John Kennedy, RCMP
1(902) 755-6031 or toll-free 1(866)779-7761
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library, Headquarters