You can use this handy flyer to tell parents or carers about the Summer Reading Challenge and encourage them to take their children to the library to get started!
Children can read anything they enjoy and will earn rewards for meeting their goal – the perfect confidence boost.
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This year, is Elmer the patchwork elephant’s 36th birthday!
The digital pack includes activity sheets, craft ideas, games and lots of other resources.
Everyone is invited to join in the fun for Elmer Day, and while the official date for this year’s Elmer Day is 24 May, we invite you to… read more
Welsh language version.
Download this school assembly presentation and tell pupils or parents all about Story Garden this year’s Summer Reading Challenge! read more
Download this school assembly presentation and tell pupils or parents all about Story Garden this year’s Summer Reading Challenge!
Welsh language version available below.
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Engage your class/school with reading this summer!
This information pack contains key information for schools about Story Garden – this year’s Summer Reading Challenge – benefits for pupils, how to take part and next steps for teachers, plus ways to celebrate your pupils'… read more
Download and print this bilingual poster (available in A3 and A4 sizes) and let everybody know about Story Garden in Wales! read more
Prepare for the adventure of a life time with this incredible activity pack to accompany the globe-trotting, historical-adventure Wendington Jones series by Daniel Dockery. Write a travel journal, decorate your suitcase, plot a course on your map and more!
Wendington Jones has her world… read more
Draw your own gargoyle with this fantastic activity sheet, inspired by the Gargoyles series – the new middle-grade adventure series from award-winning children’s author, Tamsin Mori. Action-packed and full of mystery, these fantasy novels are a must-read for fans of magic, mythology and the power… read more
Get your book club chat started with these handy reading group notes to accompany copies of Young Love by Suzanne Ewart – a novel that explores first love, love between friends, families and loving yourself enough to find happiness, even when it’s not what you imagined.
Kelsey and Lewis have… read more
Pack of creative activities to help host How to Train Your Dragon themed events. Activities include: design a dragon, make your ow crown, write like a Viking, gruesome Viking facts, party games and costume ideas. read more
This pack contains a variety of engaging activities suitable for classroom or library sessions. Children will imagine that they are Viking warriors attending the ‘Isle of Berk’s Training School for Vikings and Dragons’. They will complete crosscurricular challenges such as making their own Viking… read more
These digital promotion images have been designed for online and social media use to support your online promotion of the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge.
This is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the Summer Reading Challenge 2025. Libraries should contact their local… read more