The Tesco Summer Reading Challenge Scotland is coming to a Library near you to entertain children aged four to eleven during the summer holidays!
Story Lab is the theme of the 2012 Summer Reading Challenge.
What is Story Lab?
It’s a five-sided hi-tech HQ that attracts stories from all over the world and sends them spinning throughout the city – and beyond! It’s the place to read, collect, share, create, transmit and broadcast stories…

How do I sign up?
Just head to your local library at the beginning of the summer holidays. Staff will enrol you – it’s completely free of charge – and every child will receive a membership card or pack.

What books can children read?
The Summer Reading Challenge is designed for children of all ages and reading abilities. They can read any books they like – fact books, stories, joke books, picture books – it’s up to them. Audio books count too! As long as you’re borrowing them from the library, they all count.

Do the children who finish the challenge receive anything?
Yes, everybody gets a certificate, and there may be other rewards from your library, too. Just ask them when you join up.

Julia Donaldson, a keen supporter of libraries, said:
“The Summer Reading Challenge will ensure that during the long summer break thousands of children throughout Scotland head for their local library to take part in this fantastic programme. There they’ll benefit from the enthusiasm and expertise of our librarians, helping them to choose just the right book to take home to read.”