Children are being encouraged to unearth the Beanotown buried treasure in Essex Libraries this summer by taking part in Mischief Makers – this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.
The UK’s biggest annual reading initiative is delivered by The Reading Agency and libraries, who have partnered with Beano this year to help improve child literacy during the summer holidays when reading levels typically drop.
Reading just six books will help children earn their Mischief Makers certificate and medal. Along the way they’ll also collect stickers (including some special smelly stickers) which will help them find the buried treasure on their Beanotown map – available from all Essex libraries.
Those aged 10 and over can also get creative by joining in with ImagiNation 2018 to help their library make fantastic book displays by creating artwork or reviews inspired by the books they have read.
More than 46,000 families are expected to visit Essex Libraries as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge which is free and runs from Saturday 14 July until Saturday 1 September in all Essex Libraries, including mobile libraries.
