A New Way to Introduce Children and Teenagers to Reading: Meetings at a Library Café

<jats:p>This article describes the “Tasty Reading” bibliocafe at V.G. Belinsky Classical Gymnasium No. 1 in Penza as an effective way to introduce children, adolescents, and their families to reading. The authors provide examples of book promotion techniques, demonstrate sample “literary menus” at the bibliocafe, and describe various formats and thematic scenarios for biblio-meetings. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of this practice as an effective way to organize leisure time and increase reading motivation in children and adults.</jats:p>