2025 Summer Reading Challenge: Story Garden

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Sign up to the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge Story Garden now

Every year, the Summer Reading Challenge runs in libraries across the country to encourage children to keep reading over the holidays. This year's theme is Story Garden, inspiring a love of reading, nature and exploring the outdoors.

It will be launching in all 36 libraries across West Sussex on Saturday 12 July and running until Saturday 13 September. Children aged 4-11 will be asked to read books and complete reading challenges to collect stickers and will receive a special medal and certificate for completing their challenge. We also have the mini challenge for those aged under 4 years.

There’ll be lots of fun activities and events happening throughout the summer too, so look out for more information in libraries and on our website.

You can register now, but the challenge will not start in libraries until Saturday 12 July. From this date you can start borrowing library books and work your way through the challenge.

Each child can have their own library card, every child without a library card can join online here (opens in new window) or visit a West Sussex library (opens in new window).

You have until Saturday 13 September to complete the challenge.

The information you provide will be used to register your family for the challenge. We will only use your email address to send you information about the challenge.

Alternative formats and accessibility statement:

If you need this information in an alternative format, please contact your local library (opens in new window) and staff there will be happy to help. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have a BT Relay (UK) texting app (opens in new window) installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone you can contact us on 18001 0330 222 4755. The BT Relay (UK) app has now replaced the NGT app.

To find out more about how this website complies with the Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications) (No 2) Regulations 2018, please click on the Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the bottom of the page.

Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon

Data privacy notice

The Library Service will use this questionnaire to collect some personal data (e.g. name) the processing of which is necessary in the exercise of officially authority invested in the controller. The data will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations, and any subsequent relevant data protection legislation. The data we collect be securely stored on computer and kept for period of up to 1 year before being appropriately destroyed. The data we will collect will not be used for any other purpose than that stated above without your prior written consent. West Sussex County Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427). For further details and information about our Data Controller, please see West Sussex Privacy Policy (opens in new window).

Sign up to the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge Story Garden now

Every year, the Summer Reading Challenge runs in libraries across the country to encourage children to keep reading over the holidays. This year's theme is Story Garden, inspiring a love of reading, nature and exploring the outdoors.

It will be launching in all 36 libraries across West Sussex on Saturday 12 July and running until Saturday 13 September. Children aged 4-11 will be asked to read books and complete reading challenges to collect stickers and will receive a special medal and certificate for completing their challenge. We also have the mini challenge for those aged under 4 years.

There’ll be lots of fun activities and events happening throughout the summer too, so look out for more information in libraries and on our website.

You can register now, but the challenge will not start in libraries until Saturday 12 July. From this date you can start borrowing library books and work your way through the challenge.

Each child can have their own library card, every child without a library card can join online here (opens in new window) or visit a West Sussex library (opens in new window).

You have until Saturday 13 September to complete the challenge.

The information you provide will be used to register your family for the challenge. We will only use your email address to send you information about the challenge.

Alternative formats and accessibility statement:

If you need this information in an alternative format, please contact your local library (opens in new window) and staff there will be happy to help. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have a BT Relay (UK) texting app (opens in new window) installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone you can contact us on 18001 0330 222 4755. The BT Relay (UK) app has now replaced the NGT app.

To find out more about how this website complies with the Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications) (No 2) Regulations 2018, please click on the Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the bottom of the page.

Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon

Data privacy notice

The Library Service will use this questionnaire to collect some personal data (e.g. name) the processing of which is necessary in the exercise of officially authority invested in the controller. The data will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations, and any subsequent relevant data protection legislation. The data we collect be securely stored on computer and kept for period of up to 1 year before being appropriately destroyed. The data we will collect will not be used for any other purpose than that stated above without your prior written consent. West Sussex County Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427). For further details and information about our Data Controller, please see West Sussex Privacy Policy (opens in new window).

Page last updated: 17 Jun 2025, 02:16 PM