More than 23,500 books were read during the 2023 Challenge
Winter Mini Challenge
What is the Winter Mini Challenge?
A great confidence booster! The Winter Mini Challenge is a fun online challenge that encourages children to keep up their reading across December – February.
It’s free to take part on wintermini.org.uk, where children can collect rewards for logging and reviewing books. Whatever your interest, it all counts.
Unlock special badges and earn a certificate of achievement once you meet your reading goal!
Ready, Set, Read!
Our Research
More than 6000 children took part in the Winter Mini Challenge in 2023.
More than 23,500 books were read during the 2023 Challenge.
More than 6,000 children took part in the Winter Mini Challenge in 2023
Get involved online
Children can take part on the official Challenge website. They’ll find lots of fun things there, including book recommendations, activity sheets, games, videos, and reading tips!
The Winter Mini Challenge runs online from December to February but many libraries run free activities and events throughout the year. Ask the librarian when you go into your library to borrow your books.
Resources
November Booklist 2024 - Spine-tinglers & Nail-biters
As we enter the cold and dark months, we have created a booklist filled with our favourite spine-tinglers and nail-biters to captivate readers who enjoy…
Marvellous Makers Digital participation updates
Download the digital participation data for your library authority for Marvellous Makers, Summer Reading Challenge 2024 Please read the guidance notes for more information on…
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Colouring sheets for I LOVE BOOKS
I LOVE BOOKS by Mariajo Ilustrajo is part of the Summer Reading Challenge 2024 Book Collection. *Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration 2023*…
Drawing activity sheets for Michael the Amazing Mind-Reading Sausage Dog
Michael the Amazing Mind-Reading Sausage Dog is part of the Summer Reading Challenge 2024 Book Collection. Michael's dream is to go from being an unknown pup…
Latest News
The Reading Agency and the Youth Sport Trust invite children on a winter reading adventure
The Reading Agency has today announced that they are teaming up with the Youth Sport Trust again for this year’s Winter Mini Challenge, a free reading adventure.
The Reading Agency and Science Museum Group invite children on a winter reading adventure
The Reading Agency is thrilled to announce that we are continuing our partnership with Science Museum Group for the Winter Mini Challenge, a reading adventure which encourages children to continue reading over the winter holidays with a free, digital platform…
We’ve extended the Winter Mini Challenge!
The Reading Agency are so pleased to see so many young readers getting involved in the Winter Mini Challenge that we have decided to extend the challenge until Sunday 20 February 2022.
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