South Eastern Education and Library Board libraries are on their marks and getting set to keep young people active and keep them reading throughout the summer holidays….with the Summer Reading Challenge.
The Summer Reading Challenge is simple – read six books during the summer, through your local library. Children are given a special pack with stickers to collect as they read and a certificate for those who successfully complete the Challenge.
Every year there’s a different theme. This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is called Team Read, with a whole range of sporty incentives to spur children on to the finishing line. Librarians in each library will be on hand to act as team coaches, and an interactive Team Read website was launched on 16th June www.teamread.co.uk linking children with top authors and illustrators whilst giving them space to talk about their favourite books and share reading ideas. With Team GB gearing up for the Beijing Olympics, successful Team Readers will be able to boast that they’ve beaten our top sportspeople when it comes to winning medals! So there’s more than a sporting chance that boys as well as girls will get on the fast track to becoming keen readers. The Summer Reading Challenge is ten years old this year, and is now reaching over 650,000 children in the UK.
The good news is that the Summer Reading Challenge is keeping children in the race over the summer when it comes to reading, improving their reading range, confidence and enjoyment.
