Books-on-Wheels, a project of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) which is co-sponsored by Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited, was presented to the Paediatric Ward of the Savanna-La-Mar Hospital last Friday.

The Books-on-Wheels Project was born out of the BIAJ's commitment to literacy, especially as it relates to young people. The association has partnered with organisations in the book industry to develop attractive, functional mobile book carts outfitted with age-appropriate books which are used to supply reading material to children in hospitals, especially those confined to bed. Hospital staff, volunteers and parents are encouraged to participate in this project by distributing books to the young patients or by reading to them. Assisting in the development of the reading habit and the discovery of the joy of reading are the primary objectives of this project. Attending the presentation were: members of the BIAJ Board of Directors, Dorothy Noel, Steadman Fuller and Elizabeth Ramesar; Carlong Publishers staff: Glynis Salmon, Bernadine Mc Calla and Nicholas Bromfield; Savanna-La-Mar Hospital staff (Lorene Whin-Stanley, Catherine Frew, Patsy Callam, Claludette Gayle, Tamara Dobson and Janice Daley; and two mothers with their young children who are patients on the ward.