Livingstone Shire Library wins state-wide reading competition

Livingstone Shire Library has taken out the annual Summer Reading Club competition, beating 320 public libraries across Queensland.

The Summer Reading Club is a fun, free programme delivered by the State Library of Queensland to encourage children to keep reading through the summer.

Young readers in Livingstone Shire signed up to complete a range of challenges earning Livingstone Shire Library 2,485 points with Thuringowa Central Library coming in second with 1,780 points.

Kasey Allwood, Coordinator of Library Services, said children participated in a wide range of activities for the competition.

“It’s not all about reading as many books as you can, the competition saw kids building forts, cracking codes, listening to audio books, writing book reviews, and creating a costume of a favourite book character,” Ms Allwood said.

“The Summer Reading Club is a great initiative to encourage children and young people to visit and become members of their local library.

“This year we had participants as young as three sign up and complete challenges, which is wonderful to see.

“Congratulations to all the young readers who participated in this year’s challenge.”