Families in Patrick can now sign up to the Imagination Library, which provides books to children.
The Walsall free book scheme links literacy with future financial wellbeing.
A study has found children start losing interest in reading in the early years of secondary school.
The scheme, recently introduced on the Isle of Man, sees all newborn babies being given a free book.
The council says libraries are no longer under threat as they have come off its asset disposal list.
A community group in Somerset has signed up to Dolly Parton's literacy scheme.
The Woodston Library is going to remain open, to the delight of campaigners.
Jayce from Birmingham handpicked 20 poems written by children from underrepresented backgrounds.
These books by authors from Northern Ireland will help inspire you to get back into reading this year
