500 Words Competition 2020
The 500 Words competition launched today, Thursday 16 January, on BBC Radio 2. It is one of the most successful story-writing competitions for kids in the world, and helps to get children excited about reading and writing.
Silly Squad Book Collection
See the Book Collection for Silly Squad, the Summer Reading Challenge 2020.
Summer Reading Challenge
The Summer Reading Challenge helps get three quarters of a million children into libraries every year to keep up their reading skills and confidence. Find out much more about how to participate, and about the 2019 theme Space Chase, here.
Children's reading groups
Chatterbooks reading clubs help children build a lifelong reading habit. We estimate that almost 9,000 children belong to Chatterbooks groups, which can be run by anyone with a passion for reading. Find out more about Chatterbooks here.
Running the Summer Reading Challenge
Read our key information for Summer Reading Challenge coordinators
Resources for schools
Find out how schools can get involved and benefit from the Summer Reading Challenge.
Support us
Your donations will go a long way to helping us improve children's literacy. Find out how to give here.
