Get the children to join the Summer Reading Challenge 2025 at Ealing libraries. This year’s challenge is the Story Garden focuses on Adventures in Nature and the Great outdoors.
Join the Summer Reading Challenge which encourages children aged 4 to 11 to enjoy the benefits of reading for pleasure over the summer holidays. Many of the Ealing libraries have events on around nature, see Ealing library events. So get the kids to join in and read more over the summer.
This year the theme is Story Garden: Adventures in Nature and the Great Outdoors. This is beautiful display in Southall Library. It features the artwork by award winning illustrator Dapo Adeola. This year’s theme aims to inspire children to engage with nature, storytelling and imagination.
The reading challenge also has a recommended list of a Story Garden book collection. The book collection is full of books with enchanting worlds, all kinds of creatures and plants, outdoor adventures, and curious facts.
Get inspiration for your very own reading adventure. Each book has been chosen specially for their adventures in nature by an expert group of readers. If you are looking for inspiration use their Book Sorter and tell them about the sort of book you’re after, and you’ll get recommendations from children your age. All of the books in the Book Sorter have been added by children.
Join in with the reading challenge and the library Children events. Lets get all the family reading.
How to take part in Ealing Summer Reading Challenge
Visit your local Ealing library to sign up for free for the Summer reading challenge. You just need to be a library member, which is also free to join.
To join the challenge, sign up by filling out a form and you will get a challenge booklet. Each time you return one of the books you have read, tell the staff and you will get a sticker for your booklet. The library staff will record the book in your reading history. When you complete the challenge you will get a reward, a certificate and a medal.
So you need to borrow and read six books over the summer holidays. The reading challenge is aimed at children aged 4-11, you can read whatever you like to complete challenge. The challenge ends in the middle of September.
Audiobooks and eBooks can also be used to complete the challenge. You can access audiobooks and eBooks via Libby and Borrowbox which are free to sign up, using your library card.
There will be also be special activities, author events, planting activities, special art and craft and story activities throughout this summer, so keep an eye on Ealing libraries events and for posters in your local library.
SEND and inclusion offer
Ealing Libraries also welcome children with SEN to join the challenge. Flexible access will be arranged in accordance to the child’s needs if needed.
Please contact Sonali Bhattacharya on bhattacharyas@ealing.gov.uk to find out more about the options for engagement with the scheme.
Libraries a great shared resource
Libraries play a significant role in environmental sustainability. They promote the sharing of books, digital media, and other resources, minimizing the need for individual purchases and reducing waste. By borrowing rather than buying, libraries reduce the demand for manufacturing and transportation of new items, thus lowering energy consumption and emissions. This also reduce carbon footprints by sharing resources and provide free digital access. So by giving access to both books and e-books, online journals, and databases, reducing the need for printed materials and lowering paper consumption. They also provide community education, and recycling initiatives.
Fostering a culture of borrowing, sharing, and respecting resources, libraries play an key part in our sustainable future. So support our local Ealing libraries for all the free and accessible resources they provide us, including this great reading challenge and the related activities.
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