Trish McDonnough, who organises Imagination Library on the island, said the mission was in line with the parent initiative of “making sure every child has the same access to books at the very start of their life”.
The response in the Patrick area had been “fantastic”, she said, with “nearly half of eligible children registered in just four days”.
More funding has been secured to extend the books to more postcodes on the island, with the scheme now “getting close to having the funds raised to open Ramsey and Peel too”, she added.
As part of the ongoing expansion of the scheme, all parents of all babies born at the island’s Jane Crookall Maternity Unit are also being offered the chance to sign their newborns up – with those who join from birth accumulating a total of 60 books.