. The following extended activities were also carried out; (i) individualized story telling; (ii) converting stories into role plays; (iii) book reviews; (iv) quotes from the books; (v) monthly students-and-teacher made wall magazine; (vii) monthly pocket magazine; (viii) six monthly community-based book fairs; (ix) big books on folklore and culture; (x) demonstrations from activity books; (xi) letter and word puzzles from library books. A teacher-made reading test using the before-and-after study design revealed a significant improvement (p≤0.05) in reading fluency of students (N=20) in six months of the intervention.