Children across North Lincolnshire are celebrating the wonders of reading as the Imagination Library scheme marks five years of success.
The Imagination Library was founded by country music star Dolly Parton and aims to introduce young people to reading and improve literacy figures.
It provides every child who is registered for the scheme with a book each month from birth to their fifth birthday.
Since it was launched in North Lincolnshire in February 2013, 14,114 children have registered with the Imagination Library and 8,276 are currently receiving books from the scheme.
Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the scheme locally, Scunthorpe Church of England School pupils celebrated with an activity day at Scunthorpe Central Library today (Friday, September 22).
Laura Fish, reception teacher at the school, said the scheme was great for the pupils.
"It's really good to help the pupils reading," she said.
"It's also good to help encourage parents to listen to their children read."
Councillor David Rose, cabinet member for children and families at North Lincolnshire Council, said the scheme is one of the most popular at the council.
"It's probably one of our most successful schemes," he said.
"It's been used as an example of good practice.
"It helps to get good hard back books into homes across the region and I think its good for the parents to help encourage their children to read too."
As a result of the scheme, 338,261 books in total have been mailed since its launch.