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First Lady Issues Summer Reading Challenge

Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear talks to students at Booker T. Washington Academy in Lexington
Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear talks to students at Booker T. Washington Academy in Lexington

By Brenna Angel

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Students across the Commonwealth are counting down the days until their summer break, but First Lady Jane Beshear says the learning doesn't have to stop when school lets out.

She issued a challenge this week for students to read ten books of their choice this summer.

"I feel like if we can encourage children to read anything, and particularly 10 books about anything that they want, anything that interests them, that they'll be better prepared when they come back to school in the fall."

As part of a summer reading challenge program sponsored by Scholastic, Mrs. Beshear delivered 250 books each to a school in Paducah and a school in Lexington.

"Whether it's the school sets the expectation, our parents set those expectations, I just think this is one way we can do it. And these children will now go home and hopefully they will read with their families or they will take the time away from the TV --as they told me, the Wii game -- and spend a little time reading and keeping their minds alert."

Beshear says she enjoys reading books about horses, politics, and mysteries.