In one sentence: think big and start small. Obviously you must start small because you have no books and no money to buy them. So why think big? One group of teachers spent a lot of time and energy building up a reading programme for their school. The first year was a great success. They managed to get suitable books for a few classes. The students were thrilled to have something to read. The teachers spent time sorting out the books, reading students' comments, and completing registers. The second year was less successful. Initial enthusiasm waned both among teachers and students. Books got lost. Books went missing from one class and turned up in another. Books fell apart. The covers came off and pages spilled out. The same classes wanted to continue with the libraries, but they had different teachers who were not so enthusiastic. New classes wanted to join the programme, but they did not have enough books. In the third year everyone quietly agreed to forget the whole thing.