Derbyshire Now – 3rd July 2026 Edition

Summer Reading Challenge

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge will be music to children’s ears! It explores the connection between stories and songs, discovering how reading and music both ignite imagination and creativity.

If you have a child at primary school in your family, why not take them along to your local library to sign up or – if that’s not easy for you – you can sign them up online.

All of our libraries will be taking part in the annual Summer Reading Challenge which starts tomorrow (Saturday 4 July). This year’s theme is Read to the Beat.

The challenge is free to join and is designed to ensure that primary school children’s reading skills are kept sharp over the summer, as well as providing much-needed entertainment.

The challenge is to read six or more library books over the summer. Youngsters will collect up to six stickers and once they have collected them all they will have completed the challenge and receive a medal and certificate.

Read more – https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKDCC/bulletins/41eb3eb