Summer Reading Challenge

Summer Reading Challenge

The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest free reading for pleasure programme for children.

Taking place annually, the Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to keep reading during the summer holidays.

Children’s reading can ‘dip’ during the long summer holidays if they don’t have regular access to books and encouragement to read for pleasure. The Summer Reading Challenge helps by regularly reaching over 700,000 children each year, motivating them to visit their local library and keep reading during the holidays, and in turn helping them to maintain their reading skills and confidence.

The Summer Reading Challenge 2024 is now over. A huge well done to everyone who took part.

We are really looking forward to finding out what the theme will be for 2025 and will update this information as soon as we find out.

In the meantime keep visiting your local library, borrowing books and reading!

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