National Year of Reading 2008   

We are inviting you to help us celebrate National Year Of Reading by visiting your local library and joining in the reading fun. There are events taking place in every library across the county over the next few months.

Here are just a few of the events which you can take part in:-

• The Summer Reading Challenge “Team Read”
  Children are challenged to read 6 books and are awarded badges and medals as they progress through the challenge.
  Find out more about the challenge on the Summer Reading Challenge page.

• Summer holiday events for children.
  A range of children's events taking place at libraries across the county.

• “Reading Escapes” Monday 28th July – Tuesday 30th September
  Take a photograph of yourself, your friends or your family reading at home, on holiday or somewhere more unusual and send it to us with a short description of why you love to read.
  The prize is a day at photography school or a photographic portrait.
  Find out more about Reading Escapes  (1.75 MB)

• Join Your Local Library  
  In September we will be running a membership campaign with prize draw. There has never been a better time to join your local library - to enter the prize draw, just print and complete this voucher  (845.13 KB) and take it with you when you join.  If you are already a member please encourage your friends and family to join and benefit from the range of services on offer. You can also join on –line (joining form)

• Authors and storytellers  
  Authors and storytellers will be visiting libraries over the next few months. Keep watching this space for further details

• October Events
  October will be a very busy month, with events taking place for Children's Book week, Family learning and Bookstart

To find out more about National year of reading, log onto www.yearofreading.org.uk