Star-studded summer

Free Press Summer Reading Challenge for Kids back in session for sixth year

By: Free Press staff Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Saturday, Jun. 21, 2025

While students and teachers alike count down the days until school is out for summer, the Free Press Summer Reading Challenge for Kids is ready to start a fresh session.

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While students and teachers alike count down the days until school is out for summer, the Free Press Summer Reading Challenge for Kids is ready to start a fresh session.

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While students and teachers alike count down the days until school is out for summer, the Free Press Summer Reading Challenge for Kids is ready to start a fresh session.

An offshoot of the Free Press Book Club, the summer reading challenge — developed in partnership with McNally Robinson Booksellers — provides suggested titles for young readers aged 7 to 9, 10 to 12 and 13 to 15. Four books are chosen for each reading level and offer a diverse range of topics, perspectives and formats.

This is the sixth summer the Free Press has facilitated the reading challenge, which also offers participants the opportunity to submit reviews of the books they’ve read from their given reading lists. Send in reviews of around 100-150 words and include a rating out of five stars; your review could end up among those featured both online and in the printed version of the Free Press books pages when they run in late July and August.

More information about each book on the reading lists, as well as additional information about what to include in reviews, can be found at wfp.to/kidsbookclub. All of the books are available for purchase at McNally Robinson, and almost all are also available at the Winnipeg Public Library.

The launch of the Summer Reading Challenge for Kids once again coincides with a giveaway that will see three lucky bookworms from each reading level win all the books on their preferred list. To enter the giveaway, parents or guardians need to register an email address at wfp.to/kidsbookclub and then fill out the giveaway entry form by Friday, June 27.

To register for the Summer Reading Challenge for Kids for free and to access reading resources and activities sent by email throughout the summer, visit wfp.to/kidsbookclub.

Questions? email bookclub@freepress.mb.ca.