Just Read Campaign supporters include the following:

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	NAME	SURNAME	JOB TITLE	COMMENT	ORGANISATION
50	Rosemary	Woodman	Senior Librarian for Reader Development, Berkshire Education Library Service	An essential for today's children whose very real needs in reader development are often overlooked in arelentless quest for "higher standards."
49	Rosemary	Ward	Pub Manager AND Bookseller	As a bookseller, my passion is and alays has been children's literature. I was not a big reader as a child. I only became interested in reading for pleasure as a teenager, and I feel I missed out on so much... I have since dedicated the majority of my time to working with books as much as I can through 7 years of bookselling, working in libraries and with local schools. I fully support this cause and will endeavour to encourage others to do so.
48	Ruth Young	Young	English Teacher
47	Ruth	Ward	Library & Resources Manager, Great Torrington School
46	Susan	Blackwell	Lecturer
45	sarah	broadhurst	volunteer in early years	All children deserve the enjoyment that reading books can give!
44	Shirley	Franklin	Tecaher Educator	Every child a real reader! Every child should enjoy, understand, learn from books - not just decode with phonics and read like daleks!
43	Sarah Morgan
42	Sally Grindley
41	sally	campbell	publisher
40	Sandra	Smidt	retired author and consultant	We all learn an enormous amount about the world and the people in it, about feelings, about danger and adventure and fantasy and reality and more through the stories we hear, the books we read, the poems we listen to and the images they create in our heads. A generation of children and young people is having do to without hearing books read to them at school.This deprives them of one of the greatest learning resources we have.
39	Sarah	Davies	Librarian
38	Sarah	Lilly	Editor
37	Sarah	Miller	Writer and Home Educator
36	Sarah	Murray	Primary Teacher
35	Shirley	Burnham		I am concerned that children are more and more encouraged to gaze at screens.  Some have to be de-toxed in special centres and have made themselves very unwell with their addiction to games.  I believe that 'real books' and reading for pleasure are part of the answer.
34	Sally	Fuller	Resources Advisor		Northants Schools Library Service
33	Sharon	McDuell	Student midwife	I have a daughter aged 23 and a son aged 13. In the ten years between their primary education I noticed a downgrading of the role of books and a decrease in reading for pleasure. My daughter's experience of school was immeasurably richer than my son's is. I strongly support any campaign to change this.
32	S heelagh	Hawkins	Librarian
31	Shireen	Babul	Year 6 teacher	Fantastic idea - In my career I have met too many children who do not find pleasure in reading due to a curriculum that forced "excerpts" of books.  These children missed out on so much - they deserve better.
30	Shirley	Ward	Sales rep.
29	Simon	Cheshire	Mr
28	Sam	Smidt
27	Sarah	Woodward	Librarian
26	Sandra	Purrett	retired teacher	As a parent, grandparent and retired primary school teacher, I have always recognised the importance of reading for pleasure.  I sincerely hope that my enthusiasm for books and reading is carried forward in future generations ... by schools, parents, teachers, government and politicians.
25	Sandie	Stothard	Head Librarian
24	Sarah	Pearson	School Librarian	I've met many teachers who are completely out of touch with the amazing  variety of children's books which are available, and often they will recommend classics or books from their own childhood. Some will also believe that reading for pleasure is like playing a musical instrument, an enjoyable skill but not one essential for everyday life. As a school librarian I devote much of my time promoting reading in all formats.
23	steve	reiter	sales executive
22	Steve	Haynes	Teacher	Time to reverse the damage that's been done.	Bilton School
21	Chris	Priestley	Author
20	Sue Ball	Ball	Service Development Officer Children and Young People
19	sue	rogers	Manager, Birmingham Schools Library service
18	Sue	Hardy-Dawson	Poet /illustraitor	I'm dyslexic my mum never stopped trying to teach me to read it was the greatest gift anyone ever gave me
17	Susan	Barry	Group Marketing Director
16	Sue	Marloye-James	Retired	Excellent petition, I am of the old school and am never without a book.
15	sybil	cokc	Head of maths	Reading matters for maths as well..... more than you imagine.  Books are key to education.  Schools and Colleges policies make a difference.
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13	alison	finch	researcher
12	Tommy Donbavand
11	Anthony	McGowan	Author	Thoroughly endorse everything Michael writes. However would also like to stress the importance of school librarians in furthering the love of books in children.
10	Tricia	Adams	Director, School Library Association	It is vital children have access to a wide range of stimulating reading through their school and public libraries to encourage the them to develop their skills and pleasure in reading
9	Vanessa Harbour
8	Venetia	Gosling	Fiction Editorial Director
7	Andrew	Fusek Peters	Children's author	hundred percent behind this. Am increasingly visiting schools that won't buy books in advance but take my poems and texts from the internet. The idea of books in schools is gradually being whittled away and the loser will be both imagination and literacy.
6	val	honeyball	school librarian
5	Vivian
4	wendy	wise	Web site manager
3	Will	Newman	Librarian
2	Wendy	Phelps	LRC Manager	Sums up what I'm trying to do on a daily basis, Accelerated Reader is helping a bit	Tudor Grange Academy
1	Andrew	Strong	Headteacher/Author	Once it was the teacher's job to research the best reading books for her children.  But in the last ten years teachers have been lost under a mountain of pointless bureaucracy, particularly assessment and measurement.  Reading is suffering because government control has become to centralised.

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