The National Year of Reading theme for August is "Read the game" so this month we are looking at sport and reading, and where better to start than football?

Find out the favourite books of 20 Premier League footballers with Premier League Reading Stars. Or play Sky Sport's Team Teaser and guess the missing players from the football team.

Get talking about your team or write a match report on BBC 606 sports forum or if you are a teenager, join in the conversation about sport at The Pitch on Piczo.

And Newham's Libraries are proud to bring you "BALLS ETC: For those who prefer their sport on paper", the London Libraries Recommends promotion featured at libraries in Beckton, East Ham, Forest Gate, Plaistow and Stratford.

The 2008 Olympics have started - have a go at each of the Olympic sports on offer with the help of this guide, including archery, judo or even the pentathlon (5 sports in 12 hours!).

The kids can win their own bronze, silver and gold medal stickers over the summer by joining up for the Summer Reading Challenge's Team Read - the goal is to read six books from the local library over the holiday.

Or just have a read of the free online version of the London Sport magazine.

The National Year of Reading theme for July is "Rythm and rhyme", and we are celebrating poetry and music lyrics:

Who would have thought that rock bands liked their books so much? Iron Maiden did a heavy metal cover version of Brave New World, Radiohead's Paranoid Android is a reference to the depressed robot in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Nirvana based their song 'Scentless Apprentice' on the serial killer in the novel Perfume. See what other songs are based on books.

If these literary lyrics have put you in the mood for singing, try out some online karaoke - cause maximum pain to those around you and sing along to Barbie Girl.

If your singing voice is too offensive, listen to someone else's on the Children's Poetry Archive - writers including Allan Ahlberg, Roald Dahl and Spike Milligan read their own poems out loud.

Bring your children aged under 5 to our storytelling sessions, where there is always musical fun and sing-along entertainment!

The kids can try writing their own poetry for a competition judged by Children's Laureate Michael Rosen.

Or teenagers can join a poetry slam or pay a visit to Piczo's Lyric Lounge and recommend what their parents should be listening to (clue: it's not Burt Bacharach).

The NYR theme for June is "Reading escapes", a chance to focus on holiday reading or how reading helps you escape into different worlds, so make your escape with reading:

The holiday season is upon us so get ready to enjoy some hot holiday reads from Newham's libraries, discover some sci-fi or fantasy reads from www.whichbook.net or from our Recommended Reads webpage.

If you were stuck on a desert island and you could have one thing to read, what would it be? The latest football scores on your mobile or a magazine to check what the celebrities are wearing while you're stuck in a castaway outfit? Or maybe just your favourite book... Share it on the NYR forum.

If your desert island is inhabited, then Time Out might cover it with their free online travel guides. If it is really uncharted territory write your own travel guide on Wikitravel and catalogue the wild beasts and tropical storms. Bet you wish you'd played Bear Grylls' survival game before you left…

Heading off on a more conventional holiday? Stock up on some free stuff to read: join your local Newham library and request a list of your favourite reads. Or sign up on www.readitswapit.com where you can swap books you don't want for ones you do.

The NYR theme for May is "Mind and body", so celebrate the links between reading and health with Newham Libraries this month:

Use your creativity and write your own stories or use poetry to relax and heal.

Since laughing is officially good for you, get stuck into something funny. Check out a staff newsletter penned by David Brent of The Office, read and respond to a blog by a comedian (Stephen Fry, Richard Herring, John Finnemore) or you could watch a collection of top comedians in the Year of Reading consequences video, including Jo Brand, Jon Culshaw and Bill Bailey.

If you want to target your body a bit more directly, why not start a book walk or a book trail in your area?

Whether you are now manically laughing or so relaxed that you are half asleep, you can use the mood selector on www.whichbook.net to get something to suit your mood exactly.

The NYR theme for April is "Read all about it", and Newham Libraries invites you to read anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere:

If you are a library member, you can read a range of online resources for free. You can check out hundreds of reference books, newspapers and magazines for fun or learning!

There are plenty of talking books to choose from if you like someone else to read to you. Staff at our libraries are always happy to help, or you can just search our catalogue for spoken word.

And if you love reading, why not join the NYR Facebook group and get involved!