YOUNG readers and their families enjoyed a special celebration to celebrate another successful Summer Reading Challenge.
Around 750 primary school-aged children took part at libraries across Inverclyde.
The aim is for each child to read six library books or more during the summer holidays to encourage them to keep up the reading habit over the school break.
To celebrate their achievement, all those who took part were invited to an event at Port Glasgow Town Hall.
Around 150 children and their parents attended and enjoyed a performance and singalong with children’s author and musician Alan Windram. Alan has written four children’s picture books, including the 2019 Bookbug Picture Book Prize winning One Button Benny. The children were then given a medal to mark their achievement.
Convener of education and communities, Councillor Jim Clocherty said: “The Summer Reading Challenge is a brilliant way to encourage children to keep reading during the school holidays.
“The celebration is always a fun night and it, as well as the challenge and all the events organised by our library staff, helps to foster a love of books and reading which we know is so important to children’s development.”
Throughout the summer, the libraries held more than 60 Summer Reading Challenge events with more than 500 children taking part. Around 6,000 children’s books were borrowed from Inverclyde libraries over the summer.
Of the 750 who took part, 391 completed the challenge, 189 under-threes completed the mini challenge and 72 children signed up to the libraries service.
This year’s theme was Read to the Beat which encouraged children to explore the connection between stories and songs.
