Summer Reading Challenge
Organised by The Reading Agency and public libraries, the annual Summer Reading Challenge encourages children to keep on reading during the long school holiday. In 2011, the thirteenth year it has run, the theme was Circus Stars. Next year the Summer Reading Challenge will link with the 2012 Olympic Games.
Working with the RNIB, the Summer Reading Challenge materials include super size posters and stickers (scratch and sniff) with extra large print, available for children who are visually impaired or children who have visually impaired parents/carers. There are accompanying information sheets about the Challenge in Braille and an award certificate in Braille. Ask at your library for these resources.
Each year a themed book list for the Summer Reading Challenge is available from RNIB to help blind and partially sighted children participate in a programme that reaches over 700,000 children in the UK. The RNIB also loans books in Braille, giant print (24 point type) and audio, for children and young people aged 5 upwards. Books are delivered by post free of charge and children can borrow six books at a time. It is quick and easy to join the library - email childrenslibrarian@rnib.org.uk or call direct on 0161 355 2061