The Henry Bloom Noble Library has launched the 2017 Summer Reading Challenge.
The Summer Reading Challenge asks four to 11-year-olds to borrow and read any six library books during the summer holidays, a time when children’s literacy skills traditionally dip.
This year’s theme is Animal Agents, based on a detective agency staffed by all kinds of clever animals – furry, scaly and slippery – who are out to crack a case at the library with a little help from their friends. Tony Ross, the UK’s best-selling children’s illustrator (creator of the Little Princess books, illustrator of the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, and of books by David Walliams and Claire Balding), has created this year’s exclusive artwork.
To take part in Animal Agents, all children need to do is to head to register at the library where they will be given a collector folder to keep a record of their reading journey. As children read at least six library books over the summer, they collect stickers which will help them crack the clues and help the Animal Agents find out what's really been going on behind the scenes.
The Henry Bloom Noble Library is at 8 Duke Street, Douglas. 696461.
Photo - Borough librarian Jan Macartney with Leah Stobart four, Abbie Stobart five, Matilda Thornton eight, Connor Cain-Fryer seven and Alan Stobart eight,registering for the 2017 Summer Reading Challenge, Animal Agents. Picture Andrew Barton
