Big Wild Read at Wokingham libraries
Children will be going wild for books in the Wokingham borough during this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.
The annual Wokingham reading challenge aims to inspire children to read six books through the summer and this year’s challenge, The Big Wild Read, has an environmental theme to capture youngsters’ imaginations.
The Big Wild Read is free to join at all the Wokingham borough’s libraries and, on joining, children will receive a free Big Wild Read pack including tips on which books to read and advice on how to help protect the environment. Those taking part will also be given stickers for each book they read so they can track their progress through the reading challenge. If they read six books, participants will get a medal, a certificate and a prize.
This year there is even more incentive to take part in the Wokingham reading challenge as the Woodland Trust’s Trees for All campaign will plant a tree for every book read by children during The Big Wild Read. Children taking part will receive a tree token to represent the tree their reading has brought to life.
As well as the reading challenge Wokingham Borough Council’s libraries are arranging a series of fun children’s activities themed to fit in with the Big Wild Read. Among the events will be Bugs and Beasts craft and story sessions for five to nine year olds, Creepy Crawly storytimes for under fives and a visit by children’s author Holly Skeet, creator of the Stage School series of books. There will also be a chance for children to go on a Mini-Beast Adventure at Winnersh Library, take part in a Manga workshop at Wokingham Library and come face to face with wolves at Maiden Erlegh Library.
Adults can join in the fun of summer reading at the Wokingham borough’s libraries as well thanks to a Sizzling Summer Authors prize draw. From July 23, librarians across the borough will be giving out bookmarks listing suggestions for summer reading and offering the chance to win dinner for two. Library members need to make two visits to the library and borrow any six fiction books between July 23 and September 14. They get their bookmark stamped at each visit and completed bookmarks will be entered into a draw for a £50 voucher for a meal at a local restaurant. There are also three runner-up prizes of £10 book tokens to be won in the draw.
The Big Wild Read will run from Saturday July 14 until Sunday September 16 and is open to library members aged five to 12. The first 25 children to sign up at any library in the Wokingham borough will receive a free pack of wildflower seeds.
The annual Wokingham reading challenge aims to inspire children to read six books through the summer and this year’s challenge, The Big Wild Read, has an environmental theme to capture youngsters’ imaginations.
The Big Wild Read is free to join at all the Wokingham borough’s libraries and, on joining, children will receive a free Big Wild Read pack including tips on which books to read and advice on how to help protect the environment. Those taking part will also be given stickers for each book they read so they can track their progress through the reading challenge. If they read six books, participants will get a medal, a certificate and a prize.
This year there is even more incentive to take part in the Wokingham reading challenge as the Woodland Trust’s Trees for All campaign will plant a tree for every book read by children during The Big Wild Read. Children taking part will receive a tree token to represent the tree their reading has brought to life.
As well as the reading challenge Wokingham Borough Council’s libraries are arranging a series of fun children’s activities themed to fit in with the Big Wild Read. Among the events will be Bugs and Beasts craft and story sessions for five to nine year olds, Creepy Crawly storytimes for under fives and a visit by children’s author Holly Skeet, creator of the Stage School series of books. There will also be a chance for children to go on a Mini-Beast Adventure at Winnersh Library, take part in a Manga workshop at Wokingham Library and come face to face with wolves at Maiden Erlegh Library.
Adults can join in the fun of summer reading at the Wokingham borough’s libraries as well thanks to a Sizzling Summer Authors prize draw. From July 23, librarians across the borough will be giving out bookmarks listing suggestions for summer reading and offering the chance to win dinner for two. Library members need to make two visits to the library and borrow any six fiction books between July 23 and September 14. They get their bookmark stamped at each visit and completed bookmarks will be entered into a draw for a £50 voucher for a meal at a local restaurant. There are also three runner-up prizes of £10 book tokens to be won in the draw.
The Big Wild Read will run from Saturday July 14 until Sunday September 16 and is open to library members aged five to 12. The first 25 children to sign up at any library in the Wokingham borough will receive a free pack of wildflower seeds.
Wokingham Borough Council
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