Background: The paper discusses the role of reading groups of pre-adolescents (11-12 years old). Reading groups provide a social context that encourages their members to interact and create a sense of community. More specifically, such communities that are implemented by libraries help young readers to cultivate the love of reading because their members have the opportunity to discover new genres and a exploration to enhance their appreciation for literature. Materials and Methods: In this context, the paper describes the implementation of a reading project -Haiku poems- that was carried out by a reading group of 12-year-old students of a Greek Model Junior High School in a synchronous digital environment. The project combined teaching literature and the role of library on developing reading skills and creativity. The approach proposes ways of capitalizing on children's collections in Public Libraries in order to promote reading. It adheres to modern approaches concerning reader-literary text relationship,
experiential learning, collaborative learning as well as distance learning through the Webex platform by Cisco.
Results: It suggests that the collaboration of teachers and librarians in the digital space of the library is decisive
in encouraging children to read literature and develop creative writing skills during collaborative tasks in a digital
environment.
Conclusion: The implementation of creative activities using the resources that the library offers can cultivate
aesthetic literacy in learners and facilitate collaboration and creativity.