Peterborough library ‘over the moon’ with book appeal success

An under-threat library has described the response to its book appeal as “heart-warming” after more than 1,000 were received.

In June, Woodston Library in Peterborough, alongside St Augustine’s Junior School, launched a campaign to tackle the city’s low literacy rates ahead of the Summer Reading Challenge, a national initiative encouraging pupils to read six books during the summer holiday.

Jennie Storey from Friends of Woodston Library said they had “books coming in from all over the country.”

“We are over the moon with the result,” she said.