KIRKLEES libraries are to begin this year’s Summer Reading Challenge for four to 11-year-olds next month.
The challenge is free to join and children can sign up at any Kirklees library from July 14 onwards.
This year’s theme is ‘Mischief Makers’ and is based on the much-loved children’s comic, The Beano – which is celebrating its 80th Anniversary.
Children have to visit the library at least three times over the course of the school summer holidays and must read at least six books to complete the challenge.
They can collect a fun Beanotown Map, stickers and prizes along the way and are awarded a certificate and medal if they complete the challenge.
Councillor Graham Turner, cabinet member with responsibility for libraries, said: “Libraries provide a great free way for children to access a wide variety of books and develop a love of reading.”
“I would encourage everyone with young children to get them involved.”
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