The Summer Reading Challenge is here! The fun is all happening online at the Summer Reading Challenge website. It does mean we’ll miss hearing all about the books you’ve been reading, but we hope the digital rewards will encourage you to read all summer long!
What is the Summer Reading Challenge?
Every summer kids across the UK read six library books and collect stickers, prizes and other great rewards.
This year we can’t meet in libraries or borrow library books. Instead, you can read any book you like, from anywhere at all. You can log your reading on the Summer Reading Challenge (we’ll call it SRC from now on) website.
How to start the Summer Reading Challenge
- Head on over to sillysquad.org.uk
- Create a profile, entering a username and an email address. Parents need to verify the email before you can take part. Mums and Dad: Full details about the parent passport here,
- This year, you get to pick how many books you read. Usually it’s 6, but if you’re a big reader, you might want to set your goal a bit higher.
- When you finish a book, add it to your profile and give it some stars and write a review. You’ll get an online badge, a game or maybe a video!
- When you’ve finished the challenge, download the certificate.
What do I read?
One of the best bits of the SRC is choosing the books you’re going to read and it’s something we love helping you to do at the library.
Sadly, we can’t use books from the public library at the moment, because we’ve had to stay closed to keep everyone safe. But you can read or listen to a book from anywhere else. Maybe you can use books from your school library?
We’ve found a few places online where you can access ebooks and audiobooks for free.
More information here: