The famous Summer Reading Challenge initially started in the UK by The Reading Agency in 1999. Today, it is one of the biggest reading challenges for children aged four to eleven. The Summer Reading Challenge runs beyond the UK as different countries across the globe have adopted it to keep children inspired and productive during summers. The Reading Agency runs the challenge annually, featuring different themes each year by collaborating with public library networks. In these times, this year’s theme, Silly Squad, celebrates funny books to spread happiness and laughter among young readers.

A delightful summer reading junction is all your kids need to keep the vacation learning slide at bay. This program encourages children to improve their reading skills and expand their literary horizons. As a token of appreciation, children who enrol in the challenge receive certificates after finishing all the six books. Our delightful reads will entice the young tweens to start their own reading challenge at home and spend this summer with a book in their hands.

Top recommended summer books for the summer reading challenge:

Book: Curious Beekeeper Nina
Author: Kristiana Ambrasa

Curious Beekeeper Nina, is a story of Nina who is a city girl and visits her grandmother’s house in the village every summer. This summer is going to be different for her. When she arrives, she finds amazing flowers and some bees at home! It makes her curious about what bees do throughout the day? To find out, she wakes up early in the morning, heads out to the lonely village every day and learn many new and amazing things. Will she go back to the city or stay with her grandmother?

• Buy Curious Beekeeper Nina here.

Book: Mindful Moby
Author: Cathryn Gordon

Mindful Moby is a story that helps the children to learn how to connect with a character and practice mindfulness. Take the journey of exploring traditional mindfulness practices with Moby and his dad. Your younger ones will enjoy reading this amazingly written book as the story is full of fun and joy.

• Buy Mindful Moby here.

Book: Poppy and the Op Shop Fairy
Author: Rosemary May Davison

Some incredibly children's reads are not only written for children but they satisfy the inner child stuck inside the cage of adulthood. Poppy and the Op Shop Fairy is that one book. A perfect read for you that makes you realise the real essence of friendship. It is a cute story of a girl who finds a fairy in her mom’s shop. They both share empathy, laughter and fun.

• Buy Poppy and the Op Shop Fairy here.

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We hope that you and your children enjoy our suggested summer books.

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