Summer Reading Challenge 2020

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Wellington City Libraries

Summer Reading Challenge 1 December 2020 to 31 January 2021

How many can you read? wcl.govt.nz/kids

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Welcome to Wellington City Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge

Here’s how it works: Your mission is to read and review as many titles from this booklist as you can. You will automatically earn prizes for your reviews and each review you write will gain you an entry into the Challenge’s main prize draw. The more you read and review the better your chances of winning!

Have a go at Reading Bingo!

Complete all nine reading challenges on the back of this booklet before 31 January, hand in your named booklet at your local library to win a prize.

All 5–12 year olds with their own Wellington City Libraries card can participate, with no registration required.

Go to wcl.govt.nz/kids for more information and to write your reviews.

“Your mission is to read and review as many titles from this booklist as you can.”

Key for booklist

Title

Author

The Big Umbrella

Bates, Amy

Wildlife of Aotearoa

Bishop, Gavin

Ramona

Cleary, Beverly

Matilda

Dahl, Roald

Because of Winn-Dixie

DiCamillo, Kate

Diana, Princess of the Amazons

Hale, Shannon

Advanced reader

L-Plate

Hineahuone

Hall, Xoë

Adventure

Myths and Legends

Guinea Dog

Jennings, Paul

The Land of Ingary Trilogy

Jones, Diana Wynne

Animals

Mystery

The Inkberg Enigma

King, Jonathan

Tio Tiamu

Kurahau

Award winner

New Zealand

A Wrinkle in Time

L’Engle, Madeleine

Comic

Non-fiction

Snapdragon

Leyh, Kat

Emmie & Friends

Libenson, Terri

The Word Witch

Mahy, Margaret

Mophead

Marsh, Selina Tusitala

The Adventures of Tupaia

Meredith, Courtney Sina

Ko Flit, te Tīrairaka, me ngā Hēki Muna

Merewether, Kat

#Tumeke!

Petherick, Michael

The Astronaut’s Cat

Riddle, Tohby

Samoan Heroes

Riley, David

Phoebe and her Unicorn

Simpson, Dana

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Snicket, Lemony

Enola Holmes

Springer, Nancy

Te Kirihimete i Whakakorea

Tahau-Hodges, Pania

The Unadoptables

Tooke, Hana

Summer Days: Stories and Poems Celebrating the Kiwi Summer

Various

Te Kī Taurangi a Puanga

Wadsworth, Kirsty

Arapū Toi

Wairama, Moira

They All Saw a Cat

Wenzel, Brendan

e-audio

Picture book

e-book

Poetry

Families

Reluctant readers

Fantasy

Read aloud

Funny

Series

Historical

Te Reo Māori

Reading Bingo Have a go at our Summer Reading Challenge Bingo! Complete a challenge, visit a library and show or tell a librarian about it, and they will stamp the box for you.

Visit a library you don’t normally go to and get the branch stamp

Read a book you reserved from Te Pātaka (Central Storage)

Date:

Date:

Librarian Stamp:

Librarian Stamp:

Date:

Read a book aloud to a friend or family member

Draw a picture of your favourite character or scene from a book

Read a book from 5 different categories on the Summer Reading Challenge booklist

Date: Librarian Stamp:

Date:

Read a book written by someone with the same first or last name as you or one of your friends Librarian Stamp:

Librarian Stamp:

Date:

Build a pillow or box fort and read a Summer Reading Challenge book inside it

Write down three new words that you learned from reading a book, and find out what they mean

Read your mum or dad’s favourite book from when they were your age

Date:

Date:

Date:

Librarian Stamp:

Librarian Stamp:

Librarian Stamp:

Librarian Stamp:

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Completed all nine challenges?

Great! Fill in your name and library card number on the front of this booklet and hand in to your local library before 31 January 2021 to win a prize.