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Wellington City Libraries
Summer Reading Challenge 1 December 2020 to 31 January 2021
How many can you read? wcl.govt.nz/kids
This Summer Reading Challenge booklet belongs to: Name: ................................................................................................................................................... Library Card Number: ..................................................................................................
Welcome to Wellington City Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge
Here’s how it works: Your mission is to read and review as many titles from this booklist as you can. You will automatically earn prizes for your reviews and each review you write will gain you an entry into the Challenge’s main prize draw. The more you read and review the better your chances of winning! Have a go at Reading Bingo! Complete all nine reading challenges on the back of this booklet before 31 January, hand in your named booklet at your local library to win a prize. All 5–12 year olds with their own Wellington City Libraries card can participate, with no registration required. Go to wcl.govt.nz/kids for more information and to write your reviews.
“Your mission is to read and review as many titles from this booklist as you can.”
Key for booklist
Title
Author
The Big Umbrella
Bates, Amy
Wildlife of Aotearoa
Bishop, Gavin
Ramona
Cleary, Beverly
Matilda
Dahl, Roald
Because of Winn-Dixie
DiCamillo, Kate
Diana, Princess of the Amazons
Hale, Shannon
Advanced reader
L-Plate
Hineahuone
Hall, Xoë
Adventure
Myths and Legends
Guinea Dog
Jennings, Paul
The Land of Ingary Trilogy
Jones, Diana Wynne
Animals
Mystery
The Inkberg Enigma
King, Jonathan
Tio Tiamu
Kurahau
Award winner
New Zealand
A Wrinkle in Time
L’Engle, Madeleine
Comic
Non-fiction
Snapdragon
Leyh, Kat
Emmie & Friends
Libenson, Terri
The Word Witch
Mahy, Margaret
Mophead
Marsh, Selina Tusitala
The Adventures of Tupaia
Meredith, Courtney Sina
Ko Flit, te Tīrairaka, me ngā Hēki Muna
Merewether, Kat
#Tumeke!
Petherick, Michael
The Astronaut’s Cat
Riddle, Tohby
Samoan Heroes
Riley, David
Phoebe and her Unicorn
Simpson, Dana
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Snicket, Lemony
Enola Holmes
Springer, Nancy
Te Kirihimete i Whakakorea
Tahau-Hodges, Pania
The Unadoptables
Tooke, Hana
Summer Days: Stories and Poems Celebrating the Kiwi Summer
Various
Te Kī Taurangi a Puanga
Wadsworth, Kirsty
Arapū Toi
Wairama, Moira
They All Saw a Cat
Wenzel, Brendan
e-audio
Picture book
e-book
Poetry
Families
Reluctant readers
Fantasy
Read aloud
Funny
Series
Historical
Te Reo Māori
Reading Bingo Have a go at our Summer Reading Challenge Bingo! Complete a challenge, visit a library and show or tell a librarian about it, and they will stamp the box for you. Visit a library you don’t normally go to and get the branch stamp
Read a book you reserved from Te Pātaka (Central Storage)
Date:
Date:
Librarian Stamp:
Librarian Stamp:
Date:
Read a book aloud to a friend or family member
Draw a picture of your favourite character or scene from a book
Read a book from 5 different categories on the Summer Reading Challenge booklist
Date: Librarian Stamp:
Date:
Read a book written by someone with the same first or last name as you or one of your friends Librarian Stamp:
Librarian Stamp:
Date:
Build a pillow or box fort and read a Summer Reading Challenge book inside it
Write down three new words that you learned from reading a book, and find out what they mean
Read your mum or dad’s favourite book from when they were your age
Date:
Date:
Date:
Librarian Stamp:
Librarian Stamp:
Librarian Stamp:
Librarian Stamp:
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Completed all nine challenges? Great! Fill in your name and library card number on the front of this booklet and hand in to your local library before 31 January 2021 to win a prize.