刚刚过去的4月23日是“世界读书日”，也称“世界图书与版权日”。线上线下书香购物节气氛热烈，你也参与其中了吗？福州西湖国际学校一年一度的疯狂阅读竞赛于三月底落下帷幕。在老师的带领下，中小学生们的阅读热情空前高涨，在家中、在图书馆、在课余时间、游戏区木架下……我们看到了一个又一个沉浸于书中世界的小小读者。

This past April 23rd was World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day. Did you participate in the online and offline book shopping festivals? Fuzhou Lakeside International School's annual Madness Readathon came to an end at the end of March. Led by their teachers, primary and secondary school students read with unprecedented enthusiasm at home, in the library, after school, under the wooden shelves in the play area… We saw many little readers immersed in the world of books.

与此同时，当月校图书馆收到的阅读分享卡数量也相当可观。筛选“阅读之星”时，我们也从分享卡中读出了学子纷繁多样的阅读兴趣：名人传记、科幻佳作、外国译作、当代小说、童书绘本……学子们不仅大方晒出心爱的书籍，描绘了推荐书籍的目标读者，还一一分享了阅读过程中的收获与遗憾。由此，我们不仅发现了五花八门的书籍推荐，也看到了不少读者对同一本书的不同解读，获益良多。

At the same time, the number of book share cards received by the school library that month was also quite impressive. When screening the "Reading Stars", we also read from the share cards the diverse reading interests of the students: biographies, science fiction, foreign novels, contemporary novels, children's picture books… Students not only generously shared their favorite books, depicted the target readers of the recommended books, but also shared the gains and regrets of the reading process. As a result, we not only found a variety of book recommendations, but also saw many readers' different interpretations of the same book, which was very beneficial.

以下是在阅读竞赛中表现优异的参赛者。恭喜各位书迷！

Here are the participants who did well in the Madness Readathon. Congratulations to all book lovers!

小学部 Primary

Outstanding Book Lover 卓越书迷

G1 Arthur Cheng

G2 Isabel Zhang

G3 Tammy Huang

G4 Roy Lian

G5G Jason Li

G5Y Puiki Li

初中部 MYP

1st Place

Sally Wu 

2nd Place

Giselle Chong

3rd Place

Wickey Yo

高中部 High School

1st Place

Kila Cheng

2nd Place

Yolanda Hu

3rd Place

Elsie Lin

校图书馆希望能通过阅读月竞赛渐进式锻炼学子阅读、思考与写作的能力。相对而言，小学阶段的阅读主打“数量”，即通过大量阅读接触各种题材类型的作品，培养对书籍的兴趣，也逐渐形成自己的阅读口味；而中学生的阅读就来到了主打“质量”的阶段，学子需要掌握评估书籍价值的能力，例如，评估书籍内容是否适合自己、能否从书中收获新知/感悟。之后，便是输入转输出、量变走向质变的阶段。竞赛虽已结束，阅读带来的百般滋味或许还萦绕在读者心间。无论何时，只要想重温阅读的快乐，请记得还有校图书馆这一方天地静候你的到来。

The school library hopes to progressively develop students' reading, thinking and writing skills through the March Madness Readathon. Relatively speaking, reading at the primary school level is mainly focusing on "quantity", i.e., exposure to a wide range of topics and genres through extensive reading, cultivating an interest in books and gradually developing their own reading tastes; while reading at the secondary school level is mainly "quality". Students need to master the ability to assess the value of books. For example, whether the content is suitable for them and whether they can gain new knowledge/insight from the book. After that, it's time to transit from input to output and quantity to quality. Although the contest is over, the taste of reading may still linger in the readers' mind. Whenever you want to relive the joy of reading, please remember that the school library is always waiting for you.