Tourists in the British holiday resort of Blackpool have no excuse to be without a book to read on the beach this summer, 1 to the launch of the UK’s first mobile seafront library. For the two months of high season, two local students will be pushing a multicoloured barrow between the deckchairs and sunshades on the beach, handing 2 novels and reading advice to some of the resort’s sixteen million visitors. The scheme, which has been launched by the local council’s library and information service, relies 3 second-hand books, specially donated by the people of the town. This means that borrowers can either keep, return 4 swap the books. In the event of poor weather the two students, Catherine and Melanie, will be offering indoor storytelling sessions for children instead. Both women have been selected for 5 combination of good humour, love of books and fitness. They will be trying to persuade people sitting on the beach to put down their newspapers and 6 into a book instead. Holiday reading, they insist, isn’t just to do with relaxation, it’s a chance to read things you 7 not otherwise have time to try. The only problem that Catherine and Melanie foresee is that they might run out of books. 8 the idea is a success, other resorts could soon be following Blackpool’s example.