Children in Kingston Park are being visited by a 'book fairy' who, through working with Read North East, has been hiding books around the area to encourage children to read more.
Joane Cree, who first started hiding books in 2019, has a Facebook page where she puts clues to where the books are, and encourages people to share their own photos once they have found them.
She also requests that people re-hide the books once they have read them, which helps to keep the process going and allows the books to be read by as many kids as possible.
After beginning to work with Read North East in December, Joane has been able to extend what she did previously and she can now do it on a larger scale.
Joane has spoken about the type of volunteering she does, and what it is that motivates her to support children in this way and attempt to get more of them into reading.
"I have always loved books starting from when I was a child, so I really wanted to try and give this feeling back to other children in the same way that I had it.
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"I was the first of four volunteers with Read North East, so it's great to see that other people have taken this up too, and I would like to massively thank Read North East for their support.
"Knowing that I am inspiring children and encouraging them to read in a way that they may not get otherwise is the best feeling in the world", she said.
Sophie Koranteng, Campaigns Officer at the Literacy Trust, the company that Read North East is part of, has also spoken about Joane and the work she does.
"We have literacy hubs all across the country, specifically in disadvantaged areas with low literacy levels to try and link communities together and raise people's aspirations.
"This can create a massive knock on effect and this has also been shown by the volunteers, like Joane, who are giving up their time to provide this support.
"Everyone here at the Literacy Trust really appreciates all of the lovely work that our volunteers do, and people Joane show just how incredible this community is."
