Finding something to read

There's lots of ways to find something to read:

• Choose a book from the official Winter Mini Challenge reading list.
• Read one of our great eBooks here. 
• Listen to one of our e-Audio books here.  (The kids collection is a little way down the page.)
• Look at the Reading Agency Find a read page, or use their amazing Book Sorter to help you choose a book. 
• Search our library catalogue.

Or you can order a book from one of our libraries.  To find out more, and to order a book see:  Request and Read.

Join in

Once you've signed up you can join in the fun by chatting about books here. 

Record your reading

Don't forget to use your Challenge profile to record and rate and review the books you've read or listened to.   And you can use it to keep track of books you want to read, and see all your badges and rewards.

Also, you can download a special Reading Record here.

The Winter Reading Challenge runs until Friday 19th February 2021, so you have plenty of time to find new books.

Happy reading!

The Winter Mini Challenge - like the annual Summer Reading Challenge - is about getting children to read for pleasure.   There are lots of reasons why reading for pleasure is a good thing:

• Reading for fun improves literacy.
• Getting children to love reading can help their well-being later in life.
• Reading for pleasure helps children succeed at school.
• Those who read for pleasure have more empathy, greater self-esteem and are better able to cope with difficult situations in life.

For more information about the benefits of the Reading Challenge and how to help your kids take part, go to the Reading Agency Home zone.