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Bengali materials – Story Garden

Libraries can spread the word about this year’s Summer Reading Challenge in a variety of languages. This resource contains key information for families in Bengali.

Click the button below to download. The download contains a newsletter template and an info sheet. Both are easily editable so you… read more

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Albanian materials – Story Garden

Libraries can spread the word about this year’s Summer Reading Challenge in a variety of languages. This resource contains key information for families in Albanian.

Click the button below to download. The download contains a newsletter template and an info sheet. Both are easily editable so… read more

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Arabic materials – Story Garden

Libraries can spread the word about this year’s Summer Reading Challenge in a variety of languages. This resource contains key information for families in Arabic.

Click the button below to download. The download contains a newsletter template and an info sheet. Both are easily editable so you… read more

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Communications toolkit (Welsh) - Story Garden

This toolkit is intended to help libraries in Wales promote the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge. It contains:
- A link to download themed social media assets
- Key information about the Challenge
- Information about the 2025 Official Book Collection
- Suggested Welsh copy for social posts
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Radio 2 Book Club Extract of The Rush by Beth Lewis

Gold fever has taken him. I believe he means to kill me…

Canada, 1898. The Gold Rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they're lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement.

In its midst, three women are trying to find their place on… read more

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All Fours by Miranda July - digital pack and book club guide

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK

A semi-famous artist turns forty-five and gives herself a gift – a cross-country road trip from LA to New York, without her husband and child. But thirty minutes after… read more

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Downloadable resources list - Summer Reading Challenge 2025

A range of resource are available on the Resource Bank to support libraries delivering this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.
Download this PDF to view a list of the resources which are produced for libraries taking part in Story Garden.

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Library staff training presentation: Story Garden

PowerPoint slides for staff training sessions, which can be edited to reflect how the Challenge is running in your local authority this year.

This is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge. Libraries should contact their local Summer… read more

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Activity Feedback Form 2025

Fill our this form to give your feedback on behalf of your library authority. read more

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Participant survey 2025

A short survey for participants who haven't filled out a survey before and have attended 4 sessions. read more

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