Join the Summer Reading Club!

Join the Summer Reading Club and discover new and exciting ways to keep reading all summer long.

We all like to relax over the summer holidays, but all that free time can lead to the ‘Summer Slide’ – where learning gained during the school year is lost. Research has shown that reading, playing, exploring and discovering can combat this – enter The Summer Reading Club!

Complete challenges, earn badges, discover new books and share your creativity, all while gaining points for your local library. Participation is easy – just sign in on the Summer Reading Club website or drop in to your local library.

Western Downs Libraries have so much happening over the holidays! Make sure you check out what’s on.

Want some reading inspiration to get you started? Here are some brand new books the library has just recieved…

Spies: the most thrilling spy stories from around the world by David Long

For as long as there have been secrets to keep there have been spies. Discover twenty seven of the most courageous and daring spy tales.

Jamie McFlair vs the ultimate brain hack by Luke Franks

Jamie McFlair’s new school is.. weird. Located on a remote island, with strange teachers who give out punishments for not having your phone out in class, it all seems to be geared towards building the students’ social media profiles. What is really going on at this school?

The very hard book by Idan Ben-Barak

Can you… forget this line? Dig half a hole? This book asks you to imagine and think about some things. Sounds easy right? Anyone can think stuff. We shall see. Good luck.

Which way to anywhere by Cressida Cowell

K2 has a secret gift: he draws maps of worlds that are beyond the wildest of imaginations. Worlds with six hundred moons, burning rivers and dark, twisty jungles alive with plants that hunt by the smell of fear. But what K2 doesn’t realise is that the maps he draws are real.

What about Thao? by Oliver Phommavanh

Sometimes hilarious and sometimes heart-wrenching, read about the dilemmas of culture and belonging in a remote rural community.

Guardians by Jordan Gould

Wylah is brave, clever and strong-willed, and all her best friends are giant megafauna animals. But she isn’t a warrior. Not yet, anyway. Then comes the day when her family is stolen by the dragon army, and her life is changed forever. She must find the courage to set out on a journey to find them. What will it take for Wylah to become a warrior, like her Grandmother before her?

Have a great summer, and happy reading!

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