A Jersey charity has created a book exchange box as part of a bid to encourage children to take up reading.
Every Child Our Future said the scheme would operate in a take-a-book, leave-a-book style system.
It said by sharing books in this way, stories that had been loved by one child could find a new home with another, giving more children the chance to discover the pleasure of reading.
The charity's chief executive Cris Lakeman said she wanted to "make reading accessible and something that children feel excited about".
The initiative forms part of the charity's 10th anniversary celebrations and its Big Jersey Read campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the importance of children's literacy.
The book exchange box was unveiled at De Gruchy's Arcade in St Helier, and it will be moved temporarily to the St Helier Methodist Centre, with the charity planning to take it to other venues across the island.
Lakeman said she hoped the box would "encourage families to share books, discover new stories and, most importantly, inspire more children to become lifelong readers".
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