LIBRARY
SUMMER READING CHALLENGE
READ BOOKS: WIN PRIZES! Read 5 books, or for 30 hours, over the summer read anything you like, audio-books and eBooks count too!
Prizes:
Once you’ve completed the challenge, fill out the online form You’ll receive a certificate, and be entered into a draw to win one of the following four grand prizes: £10 cinema gift card * £10 Boojum voucher * £10 Slim’s Healthy Kitchen Voucher * £5 Starbucks voucher
HAVE FUN!
It can take 2
Did you know?
MONTHS from the first day of school for a student’s brain
Source: https://www.oxfordlearning.com/summer-learning-loss-statistics/
development to get back on track
1 MONTH of
It can take 6 WEEKS to
overall learning is
re-learn old material
lost after
to make up for summer
summer vacation
learning loss
2 MONTHS of reading skills are lost over the summer
ONE simple and enjoyable way to help combat this: READING! Here are some suggestions to get you started: 5 SCARY books
5 FUNNY books
Charlie Higson, The Enemy+
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Millions
Will Hill, Department 19+
Richmal Crompton, Just William+
Chris Priestley, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship+
Greg James and Chris Smith, Kid Normal+
Dan Smith, Below Zero
David O’Doherty, Danger is Everywhere+
Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase+
David Solomons, My Brother is a Superhero+
5 CRIME/MYSTERY books
5 FANTASY books
Siobhan Dowd, The London Eye Mystery
Jennifer Bell, The Crooked Sixpence+
Kim Slater, Smart
Cressida Cowell, The Wizards of Once+
Robin Stevens, Murder Most Unladylike+
Charlie Fletcher, Stoneheart+
Lisa Thompson, The Goldfish Boy
Pádraig Kenny, Tin
Katherine Woodfine, The Clockwork Sparrow+
Taran Matharu, The Novice+
Books marked with a + are the first in a series
5 NON-FICTION books
5 SCI-FI books
John Griffiths, Rugby’s Strangest Matches
Lucy and Stephen Hawking, George’s Secret Key to the Universe+
Glenn Murphy, Will Farts Destroy the Planet?
Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman, Illuminae+
Kjartan Poskitt, The Magic of Maths
Marie Lu, Warcross+
Matthew Syed, You Are Awesome
Alex Scarrow, Time Riders+
Horrible Science/Horrible Geography /Horrible Histories+
Ross Welford, Time Travelling with a Hamster
5 SPORTY books
5 ADVENTURE books
Dan Freedman, The Kick Off+
Chris Bradford, Bodyguard: Hostage+
Mitch Johnson, Kick
HL Dennis, The Power of Three+
Tom Palmer, Foul Play+
Bear Grylls, Gold of the Gods+
Mal Peet, Keeper+
MG Leonard, Beetle Boy+
Gerard Siggins, Rugby Spirit+
Simon Mayo, Itch+
5 GRAPHIC novels
5 AUDIO books
Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl+ Anthony Horowitz, Stormbreaker+
Malorie Blackman, Noughts and Crosses+
Philip Pullman, Northern Lights+
Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant+
Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief+
Gary Paulsen, Road Trip Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines+
Darren Shan, The Saga of Darren Shan+
Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave+
Books marked with a + are the first in a series
Read 5 books, or for 30 hours READING LOG
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1. Write down the titles you’ve read, and colour in the suns for 30 hours of reading. 2. Fill in the online form here: https://forms.gle/zfVY4LbcahcqTfH8A 3. Return this booklet to the library by Friday 6th September 2019.
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WELL DONE! CS: CCB Library: June 2019. Based on Lawrence Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge
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