Nurturing Lifelong Readers

In this paper the author relates how the thing he enjoys most about his job as a school librarian is nurturing lifelong readers, in particular readers of children's literature. In talking about nurturing lifelong readers and, referring to students, staff and school librarians, the author discusses: (1) The Southwell Library Programme; (2) The Lit Club and the Kids' Lit Quiz; (3) Writers in Schools and the New Zealand Book Council; (4) Storylines and The Waikato Children's Literature Association; (5) School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) and International Association of School Librarianship (IASL); and (6) Studying children's literature and a New Zealand picture book research project.