Summer Reading Challenge for Kids returns for fifth year
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This article was published 21/06/2024 (795 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Free Press Summer Reading Challenge for Kids is back for the fifth year, with the hopes kids will keep reading throughout July and August at the cottage, in the backyard or on a patio or cozied up on a couch on rainy summer days.
A kid-focused offshoot of the Free Press Book Club, the Summer Reading Challenge for Kids provides reading lists for three age groups (7 to 9, 10 to 12 and 13 to 15) curated by McNally Robinson Booksellers. Each reading list features four books, with selections that should appeal to a wide range of younger readers.
Information about each of the books featured this year is available on the Summer Reading Challenge website. All of the books are available to purchase at McNally Robinson, and can also be found at the Winnipeg Public Library. Once again, the launch of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge for Kids offers registered readers from each age group the chance to win each of the books in their chosen reading list by filling out a giveaway entry form on the website by Wednesday, June 26.
In addition to offering a curated list of titles, the Summer Reading Challenge for Kids is also about young readers offering their opinions through writing book reviews. Like, love or loathe a book? The Free Press encourages participants to write reviews about their chosen books, and to offer a rating out of five stars.
A selection of reviews will be published in the Free Press books section in print and online in both July and August. Those who write and submit reviews will be entered to win a special bonus prize — to find out what it is, register for the challenge.
For more information and to register for free, visit wfp.to/kidsbookclub; send questions to bookclub@winnipegfreepress.com.
THE BOOKS
Check out the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge for Kids picks!
Recommended for ages 7 to 9:
The Skull, by Jon Klassen
Salma Makes A Home, by Danny Ramadan
Julia On The Go! Swimming Into Trouble, by Angela Ahn
The Puppets of Spellhorst, by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Julie Morstad
Recommended for ages 10 to 12:
The Kodiaks, by David A. Robertson
Alterations, by Ray Xu
Lo Simpson Starts A Revolution, by Melanie Florence
The Secret Of The Ravens, by Joanna Cacao
Recommended for ages 13 to 15:
House of Ash and Bone, by Joel A Sutherland
Nish: North and South, by Isabelle Picard
Green Mountain Academy, by Frances Greenslade
Who We Are In Real Life, by Victoria Koops
Ben Sigurdson
Literary editor, drinks writer
Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben.
In addition to providing opinions and analysis on wine and drinks, Ben oversees a team of freelance book reviewers and produces content for the arts and life section, all of which is reviewed by the Free Press’s editing team before being posted online or published in print. It’s part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
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Ben Sigurdson
Literary editor, drinks writer
Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben.
In addition to providing opinions and analysis on wine and drinks, Ben oversees a team of freelance book reviewers and produces content for the arts and life section, all of which is reviewed by the Free Press’s editing team before being posted online or published in print. It’s part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
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