Invitation to participate in “1st All India Book review competition for schools.” (April 16 to May 31, 2015) now extended up to 31st July 2015. To, The Principal, Respected Sir/Madam, www.ihavereadthebook.com is an initiative to encourage the Children to read and share their reading experience with other Children. This website will present them with thousands of books suitable for their age group. It will encourage the Children to read distinctive books and share the story with others. The website will conduct multiple events for students, to enhance their reading and writing skills. Competitions will be organized and Winners will be declared on a Monthly basis. We look forward for the active participation from your School. Here is the first National level Book review competition (for the period April 16 to May 31, 2015. Now extended up to 31st July 2015*. The process 1. Pl check whether your school is registered on the web site. If not, register your school by putting the relevant information http://www.ihavereadthebook.com/index.php/welcome/schools?pageNo=1 2. Encourage the children to register***( a registration process is attached herewith) on the website . Each child will have his/her page on the website. 3. Suggest them to read at least 5 books and write reviews on the website. For each review the child will get the points. Based on the number of reviews written the student will be upgraded to various level of ABC membership. http://www.ihavereadthebook.com/index.php/welcome/rewards 4. We have created a system by which all the points received by the children of your school reflect in the School’s account which will be used to rank the schools. The point earned by the individual student would remain in their account. Minimum requirement to qualify for the competition: A. Minimum number of students to be registered from the School: 100 B. Minimum accumulated points from the students of the School: 2000 (during the competition period) Top 20 schools will be listed in the newsletter based on their monthly and cumulative points. The Winner School of this competition will receive a reward of book vouchers worth INR 15000. We have added a prize for students, too!!! Top 5 students (with a minimum of 10 book reviews) will receive a reward of book vouchers worth INR 1000 each. Once a school is a winner for any month, it will not be considered for the monthly winner award for the next 12 months but it can participate in the annual competition. . The discussion with the winning school's Principal will be published on the web site. We are very keen to find out the winner for 1st competition. The result would be declared on 1st August 2015. We have invited 10,000 CBSE Schools, 1700+ ICSE Schools and 100 + IGCSE Schools to participate this competition. Over 100 Schools have responded and their students have already started registering on the website & writing reviews on their page. We invite every child from your school to participate in the competition. Some exciting rewards for them, too! We firmly believe that winning the competition would be a great honour to your school. With best regards Atharv (atharv@ihavereadthebook.com) ***If a student has any difficulty in registering on the website s/he can understand the process by clicking http://ihavereadthebook.com/pdf/student-registrationprocess.pdf