Annual Summer Reading Challenge
Every year children in Hertfordshire are invited to join in with the Summer Reading Challenge.
Over the summer holidays children (mainly primary school age) read 6 books and receive special rewards every time they finished a book. Every child who completed the challenge also received a medal and a certificate. It is a key activity for the library as it helps with visitor figures and issues.
The annual event is designed to encourage children to read throughout the summer and to talk about what they have read with a library volunteer. They register for the Challenge, which is advertised in all local schools, at any time from mid-July and read six books over the ensuing weeks. They have complete freedom about the books they choose and when they have read and talked about two books they receive stickers to go in specially commissioned booklets.
