Libraries ACT and the Education Directorate are challenging Canberrans young and old to expand their minds with this year’s annual reading challenges.
While the Directorate’s Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge is designed for kids and teens, Libraries ACT hopes to get the whole family involved with its own 2022 Reading Challenge list.
Launching its Challenge list, Libraries ACT said participating was a great way for people to kickstart their discovery of new books.
“It’s not a competition – unless you make it one,” it said.
“Keep track of what you read by ticking books off the list as you go.”
Supporting the Directorate’s kids’ Challenge, Libraries ACT also released a chatterbox to make choosing a new book even more fun for children, which included directions like read a book to make them laugh; listen to an audio book; and read in the park.
Kicking off the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge on Monday (14 February), the Directorate said there were two approaches that students could take – the first option allowed students to make their own book choices with the goal of reading 30 (Preschool to Year 6) or 15 (Years 7 to 12) books before 19 August.
It said the second option was for students to challenge themselves to hit their reading target through a range of different texts, such as a children’s ‘classic’; a book published in 2022; a book written by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander author; a comic book or graphic novel; or a book read by a family member when they were at school.
Chief Minister, Andrew Barr said he hoped the Challenge helped every young person in the ACT discover the joy that reading could bring.
“Once you discover this joy, a whole world of adventures await you, and the knowledge you can attain is limitless,” Mr Barr said.
Libraries ACT’s 2022 Reading Challenge list can be accessed at this PS News link and its printable kids chatterbox at this link. The Directorate’s suggestions of different types of books can be accessed at this link.
