It's the Summer Reading Challenge 2023!
Looking for some ideas about what to read? You've come to the right place! Take a look at our lists below and click the titles to reserve them.
Need help? Ask in the Children's Library if you get stuck, we're always happy to help! For more information about signing up to the Summer Reading Challenge click here. Not sure how to get ebooks and audiobooks for free with your Library card? Click here.
Give SORA a go! SORA is an online app for students to access a whole new collection of books using their school library accounts. For details on how they can log in, email [email protected].
Excellent eBooks and Audiobooks
- All to Play For - Eve Ainsworth (eBook on Libby)
- A Beginner's Guide to Ruling the Galaxy - David Solomons (eBook on Libby)
- Being You - Daniel Thompson (eBook on Libby)
- Noodle the Doodle Wins the Day - Jonathan Meres (eBook on Libby)
- Ramapaging Ruby - Robin Bennett (eBook on Libby)
- The Bowerbird - Julia Donaldson (Audiobook on Borrowbox)
- The Treasure Hunters - Lisa Thompson (Audiobook on Borrowbox)
- Space Band - Tom Fletcher (Audiobook on Borrowbox)
- Only Children - David Baddiel (Audiobook on Borrowbox)
- You can find a specially curated list of sporty ebooks here on Libby
Fantastic non fiction
- Prehistoric Beasts - Dean R Lomax
- Love Is - Lily Murray
- Earth's Incredible Places: Yellowstone - Catherine Ard & Bianca Austria
- What do You See When You Look at a Tree? - Emma Carlisle
- Growing Green: A First Book of Gardening - Daniela Sosa
- A Day in the Lift of an Astronaut - Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley
- A Heroes Guide to Saving the Overworld (Minecraft Legends) - AB Mojang
- The Brainiac's Book of Robots & AI - Paul Virr
- My Book of Cats & Kittens - Kathleen Teece
Great stories
- Ava Loves Rescuing Animals - Jess French & Duncan Beedie
- The Stickleback Catchers - Lisette Auton
- Harley Hitch & the Fossil Mystery - Vashti Hardy
- Luna Wolf Animal Wizard - Alesha Dixon
- Lost on Gibbon Island - Jess Butterworth
- Gold Medal Mysteries: Thief on the Track - Ellie Robinson
- Operation Banana - Tony Bradman
- The Rage of the Sea Witch - Roland Chambers
- Budgie - Joseph Coelho
