The Summer Reading Challenge is for children aged 4 to 11 to read six library books (or the equivalent) over the eight weeks of the summer in return for various prizes.
The 2024 Summer Reading Challenge is called Marvellous Makers, with a theme celebrating creativity. It will run in Wiltshire libraries from Saturday 13 July to Saturday 7 September. Children can register for the challenge from 13 July and start to collect stickers and other prizes from Monday 29 July.
When registering children will receive their own special poster to record their reading, plus a Marvellous Makers sticker. When they’ve read 4 books they’ll be given an origami activity sheet and on completion a badge and certificate. It's all free and can make a real difference to a child's motivation and enjoyment of reading. Although the challenge is to read six books, there is flexibility in this number, especially for children who struggle with reading or read longer books.
For children who want a further challenge and those older than 11 we have the Story Adventurers’ Club, a personal reading challenge where children set their own reading goals, the target to read 100 books. For children aged under 4, larger libraries will be launching a new book sharing initiative called ‘Story Sharers’.