Librarian wants to stop boy who loves books from reading so much

BOY, 9, loves books so much he keeps winning library's reading contest. That's not fair, says librarian, and she wants him stopped.

A LIBRARIAN is out to stop a nine-year-old boy who loves books from continually winning a reading competition.

Tyler Weaver won the six-week-long "Dig into Reading" event run by Hudson Falls Public Library in upstate New York by completing 63 books from June 24 to August 3, averaging more than 10 a week, The Glen Falls Post-Star reports.

He has consistently been the top reader since kindergarten, devouring 373 books over the five contests, according to his mother, Katie.

"It feels great," Tyler told the Post-Star.

But library director Marie Gandron said Tyler "hogs" the contest every year and he should "step aside."

"Other kids quit because they can't keep up," Ms Gandron said.

Ms Gandron plans to change the rules of the contest so that instead of giving prizes to the children who read the most books, she would draw names out of a hat and declare winners that way.

She said she has an "attitude" about the contest because several years ago a little girl came in claiming she had read more than 200 books. Her mother backed her up, but it was discovered the girl was lying.

Tyler said this uproar has made him "a little bit angry."

"How would it even be a contest if you just picked a name out of a hat?"

KatieWeaver said if Ms Gandron takes an alternate approach to the contest next year, neither of her sons will participate.

"I don't see the downside of Tyler winning five years in a row. I think people should be proud of him, especially a library director," she said.

Read more at The Glen Falls Post-Star

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