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Jun 2021

Last Updated: 29/06/2021
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Summer reading challenge set to return to Harrogate district libraries

by John Plummer

| 29 Jun, 2021
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The annual challenge, which encourages children aged four to 11 to pick up books, did not take place last year due to covid. The conservation charity WWF-UK is a partner for this year's challenge, which has an environmental theme.

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John Robert Frankland and his sister Josie Frankland summer reading challenge

Libraries in the Harrogate district are to adopt a wild world heroes theme for next month's return of the summer reading challenge.

North Yorkshire County Council and the Reading Agency, a charity that encourages reading, hold the challenge annually encourage children aged four to 11 to pick up books.

However, it did not take place last year due to covid.

Children sign up for free at libraries to read six library books over the summer holiday period.

In return they receive stickers to fix environmental problems and other incentives, including a medal and certificate.

This year's theme also aims to educate youngsters on how they can make a difference to the environment,

A programme of online events for families will support the challenge, including a cartoon workshop, a story hunt and finding out why rubbish isn’t rubbish.




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County councillor Greg White, executive member for libraries, said:

“It is wonderful that we can run the challenge in libraries again this year. Children really missed the free incentives and the advice and encouragement of staff and volunteers last year.
“Signing children up to the summer reading challenge is a great way for parents and carers to help them to maintain their reading levels.
"The wild world heroes theme could not be more relevant as we need all our young people to know how to care for our precious planet.”


Karen Napier, chief executive of the Reading Agency, said the charity WWF-UK was a partner for this year’s challenge. She added:

"We have seen first-hand, via our children’s programmes, that climate change and the environment are subjects that children are keen to explore."


Children can sign up from July 10.