Marvellous Makers
At all Rutland Libraries from Saturday 6 July to Sunday 8th September.
The Summer Reading Challenge will be back in Rutland Libraries this summer. This year’s challenge is Marvellous Makers and we’re tapping into our imaginations, telling amazing stories and coming up with lots of fun new creations, as we celebrate the creative arts.
Developed in collaboration with Create, a leading arts charity, the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge will celebrate creativity, imagination and the power of reading.
The Summer Reading Challenge will celebrate creativity, imagination and the power of reading.
The Summer Reading Challenge is produced by The Reading Agency and delivered in partnership with libraries. The challenge, aimed at children aged 4 – 11 years, is to read six or more library books over the summer. Children earn rewards for every book they read and receive a medal and certificate if they complete the challenge.
This year children will join the Marvellous Makers who are busy getting creative for a big festival…but the objects they need have mysteriously disappeared. Children will help the Marvellous Makers find the objects they need to complete their creations.
We’ve got FREE events running during the summer. Find out more on our events page.
How the challenge works
- Children sign up at the library to start their Challenge.
- Borrow books and get reading! Children choose the books they want to read, recording what they have read along the way. Library staff are on hand to chat to children about books they have read.
- For every two books read, children will pick up stickers (some are smelly!) along with other rewards as they progress through the challenge
- Every child who completes the challenge, by reading 6 library books, receives a medal and certificate, and there is a prize draw for finishers too with a chance to win a fab prize!
It’s all free, fun and a great way to keep children reading over the summer holidays.
There is a bite sized version of the Summer Reading Challenge is also available for children aged 3 and under.
What to read on the Summer Reading Challenge
Children can read any books they like on the Summer Reading Challenge; stories, fact books, poetry, jokes, graphic novels.
Children can also read eBooks from our collections on Borrowbox
Why not try some books from the Marvellous Makers book collections in our libraries:
About the Summer Reading Challenge
The Summer Reading Challenge is produced by The Reading Agency and delivered in partnership with libraries. The challenge, aimed at children aged 4 – 11 years, is to read six or more library books over the summer, encouraging them to keep up the reading habit over their long break from school.
There is a different theme each year. In 2023, Ready, Set, Read! was developed in collaboration with the Youth Sport Trust and celebrated play and participation, encouraging children to get involved in games and sports in any way that best suited them. In 2023, 395 Children in Rutland took part in the Summer Reading Challenge and 180 completed the challenge by reading 6 books.
Children who take part in the Summer Reading Challenge:
- are more enthusiastic about reading
- maintain their reading level over the holidays
- return to schools keen and ready to learn
- boost their confidence and self-esteem.
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