Ready, Set, Read! is a celebration of reading, play, games and sport at your local library this summer. Let’s keep young minds and bodies active over the holidays by taking part in this FREE reading challenge, encouraging reading for pleasure and picking up rewards along the way! Simply read six books, e-books or e-audio books from your local library to take part. They can be any books – of any size, shape and topic you like.
Are you Ready? Set? READ!
Each year, the Summer Reading Challenge has a new theme. This year, the Ready, Set, Read! superstar team – Naveen, Naomi, Noah, Sophia, Ollie and Alesha – and their animal mascots need your help. Sophia has created an obstacle course for her friends, and to complete it they will need to work as a team using skills like balance, co-ordination, resilience and creative thinking to complete the course. Hidden along the obstacle course are six golden books – and they need your help to find them. You will get stickers featuring the golden books every time you read to add to your score card.
Children aged 4-11 are invited to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge and collect rewards at every stage for their reading.
The challenge starts in all our libraries and mobile libraries from Saturday 24th June and runs until Saturday 26th August.
Borrow and read any six library books, e-books or audiobooks over the school holidays. The challenge starts on Saturday 24th June. When you register you will get your ‘score card’ featuring all the characters from Ready, Set, Read!. This is where you can record all your books and add your golden book stickers.
For every two books you read, you’ll also receive special rewards from OnFife . These rewards include pencils, bookmarks, frisbees and door hangers. When you have read all six books, you get an awesome wooden medal, a certificate and entry into our finishers prize draw to win one of seven £20 Amazon vouchers OR a free author visit to your school during Book Week Scotland!
Not only that, we will have LOADS of events, crafts and stories taking place in our venues, as well as FREE activity sheets, a scavenger hunt and games. See the events information and booking links at the bottom of this page.
Simply come into any of our libraries or mobile libraries to sign up to the challenge from Saturday 24th June. You must be a library member to join so if you’re not we can easily join you up when you visit.
Here’s some information to help you on your Summer Reading Challenge journey:
Our library: Spydus
Our e-book platform: Libby
The official Summer Reading Challenge page: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
VENUE | DATE & TIME | TO BOOK |
Methil Library | Wednesday 5th July, 10.30am-11.30am | ENDED |
Burntisland Library | Tuesday 11th July, 11am-12pm | Book Here |
St Andrews Library | Wednesday 12th July, 2pm-3pm | Book Here |
Ladybank Library | Thursday 13th July, 10.30am-11.30am | Book Here |
Rothes Halls Library | Friday 14th July, 10am-11am | Sold Out |
Lochgelly Jennie Lee | Friday 14th July, 2pm-3pm | Book Here |
Kelty Library | Tuesday 18th July, 1pm-2pm | Sold Out |
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries | Tuesday 18th July, 2pm-3pm | Sold Out |
Duloch Library | Wednesday 19th July, 2.30pm-3.30pm | Sold Out |
Inverkeithing Library | Thursday 20th July, 11am-12pm | Book Here |
Kirkcaldy Galleries | Thursday 20th July, 1.30pm-2.30pm | Sold Out |
Cardenden Library | Thursday 20th July, 3pm-4pm | Book Here |
Oakley Library | Thursday 20th July, 3.30pm-4.30pm | Book Here |
Lochgelly Jennie Lee | Friday 21st July, 2pm-3pm | Book Here |
Rosyth Library | Tuesday 25th July, 11am-12pm | Sold Out |
Valleyfield Library | Tuesday 25th July, 2.30pm-3.30pm | Book Here |
Waid Library | Wednesday 26th July, 10am-11am | Book Here |
Cupar Library | Wednesday 26th July, 10.30am-11.30am | Book Here |
Kennoway Library | Wednesday 26th July, 10.30am-11.30am | Book Here |
Windmill Library | Wednesday 26th July, 11am-12pm | Sold Out |
Kincardine Library | Wednesday 26th July, 3pm-4pm | Sold Out |
Cowdenbeath Library | Friday 28th July, 11am-12pm | Sold Out |
Aberdour Library | Monday 31st July, 2.30pm-3.30pm | Book Here |
Cadham Library | Monday 31st July, 3pm-4pm | Book Here |
Benarty Library | Tuesday 1st August, 2pm-3pm | Book Here |
Auchtermuchty Library | Wednesday 2nd August, 10am-11am | Book Here |
Dalgety Bay Library | Wednesday 2nd August, 2.30pm-3.30pm | Book Here |
Leven Library | Wednesday 2nd August, 2.30pm-3.30pm | Book Here |
Leslie Library | Wednesday 2nd August, 2.30pm-3.30pm | Sold Out |
Kirkcaldy Galleries | Saturday 5th August, 1.30pm-2.30pm | Book Here |
Buckhaven Library | Tuesday 8th August, 1pm-2pm | Book Here |
St Andrews Library | Thursday 10th August, 2pm-3pm | Book Here |
Templehall Library | Thursday 10th August, 2.20pm-3.30pm | Book Here |
Benarty Centre | 11th July, 10-10.30am | Call library on 01592 583526 |
Lochgelly Centre | 11th July, 11.30am-12pm | Call library on 01592 583381 |
Inverkeithing Civic Centre | 11th July, 2-2.30pm | Call library on 01383 602471 |
Kelty Community Centre | 11th July, 3.15-3.45pm | Call library on 01383 602367 |
Valleyfield Community Centre | 28th July, 10-10.30am | Call library on 01383 602372 |
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries | 28th July, 11.30am-12pm | Call library on 01383 602365 |
Rothes Halls | 2nd August, 11-11.30am | Call library on 01592 583387 |
Cupar Library | 2nd August, 2-2.30pm | Call library on 01334 659367 |
Find out about more Fife family fun this summer at GoFife.