To celebrate three decades, the Manx Dyslexia Association (MDA) has given Douglas City Library a set of books from the Barrington Stoke range, according to Energy FM’s Manx News service.
Parents came together in 1996 hoping to build awareness of dyslexia and to back families affected by it. Energy FM reported that the group began with a helpline and has since added specialist workshops, film evenings and talks from visiting experts.
The association also runs a scheme that helps schools become dyslexia-friendly, takes part in Manx Litfest and promotes audiobooks.
Barrington Stoke titles are printed on cream-coloured paper in clear fonts with generous spacing, and they combine stories by well-known authors with a lower reading age. The MDA has paid for the books for a number of junior schools and libraries in the past, and most recently for Ramsey Grammar School and St Ninian’s High School.
City Librarian Jan Macartney said the library was “delighted to receive such a special collection” and had put it on display during Dyslexia Awareness Month. She invited parents, carers and students to come in and look through the books.
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