SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

Young people in Herefordshire can jump on a “reading roller coaster” this summer as part of the annual national reading challenge.

The sixth Summer Reading Challenge, the national reading game which runs in libraries throughout the UK, starts on Thursday, July 15, and young people in the County are urged to jump on board as soon as possible.

To take part in the Reading Roller Coaster challenge just visit your local library. It’s free to join!

Julia Radburn, Young Peoples Learning & Access Manager, said: “Last summer in Herefordshire the challenge was highly successful with over a thousand young people participating.

“The format is simple but highly effective in encouraging children to read books throughout the school Summer holidays.

All children signing up for the Reading Challenge will be given their own bright and attractive Reading Rollercoaster folder; on the back of this is a form where they can record the titles of books as they read them together with their opinions of those books.

Children who read six or more books over the holidays receive a special certificate and medal celebrating their achievement.

Extra incentives include different sets of stickers handed out as children borrow books. These can be used to decorate the folders and record progress.

While the folder makes lots of suggestions about what kind of books children can look for, any and every book borrowed and read is counted towards the Challenge.

For information on how to join the reading roller coaster call in at your local library.