BIG Summer Read 2024-25

Pre-registration* opens: Monday 4 November 2024. 

Competition opens: Sunday 1 December 2024

Competition closes: Friday 31 January 2025

Winners will be notified in February 2025  

*Pre-registration for the Big Summer Read means you can sign up early, so you’re ready to dive into the challenge as soon as it starts on 1st December 2024. It’s a great way to get ahead and ensure you don’t miss out on the fun!

• Register at readbooks.com.au
• Select ‘Myli – My Community Library’ as your library to join the fun
• Participate by reading and logging either 10 books OR 10 x 30 minutes of reading between 1 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025

*A paper Reading Journal can be collected from your local library branch, but please note that only participants registered through Read Books will be eligible for the statewide prize draw.

Bring on a summer filled with stories!

To be announced! 

Readers can enter the statewide prize draw by registering for the Big Summer Read on Read Books and reading and recording 10 books between December 1st 2024 and January 31st 2025. At the conclusion of the program, prize winners will be drawn from 4 categories based on age:

0-4 years
5-8 years
9-12 years
13-18 years

Winners will be notified by their local library service.

All children between the ages of 0-18 are welcome to participate! Independent and non-independent readers can log any book they read, that is read to them, or listened to as an audio. We encourage parents and caregivers to continue to read aloud to young people during the summer school holidays and log these books as part of the challenge.

Children under the age of 13 will need their parent’s permission to register with the Read Books website.

No! You can pick up a paper Reading Journal at your local library branch from November 6, or download and print a copy from our website! Your paper Reading Journal must be submitted at your local Myli library branch before 31 January 2025. 

Please note that only participants registered through Read Books will be eligible for the statewide prize draw. All entries will be eligible for the local prize draw. 

• Readers can enter the statewide prize draw by registering for the Big Summer Read on Read Books and reading and recording 10 books between December 1st 2024 and January 31st 2025.
• Read Books registration can only be completed by individual readers aged 13+, or with consent from a parent or guardian 18 years or over.
• Big Summer Read is open to children age 0-18 years of age.
• Each reader can only enter the statewide prize draw once.
• The Statewide Prizes will be 4 Book Packs curated to suit the winners age; 0-4 years: Board books 5-8 years: Picture books 8-12 years: Junior fiction/graphic novels 13-18 years: YA fiction/graphic novels.
• Competition opens: Sunday 1 December 2024 at 9am
• Competition closes: Friday 31 January 2025 at 5pm
• No late entries will be accepted
• Statewide prize draw and winner notification is on 12 February.
• Winners will be determined by random draw, and one winner per library service.
• Winners will be notified by their local library service.
• If Winner cannot arrange collection of their prize within 14 days, local library service must contact PLV to draw a new winner.

• Readers can enter the local prize draw by registering for the Big Summer Read on Read Books, or via paper tracker form and reading and recording 10 books between December 1st 2024 and January 31st 2025.
• You must be a Myli member to enter the draw for Local Prizes
• Readers aged under 13 must have consent from a parent or guardian 18 years or over.
• Big Summer Read is open to children age 0-18 years of age. 
• Prizes to be announced
• Competition opens: Sunday 1 December 2024 at 9amCompetition closes: Friday 31 January 2025 at 5pm
• No late entries will be accepted
• Local prizes will be drawn in February 2025.
• Winners will be determined by random draw.
• Winners will be notified by their local library service.
• If the winner cannot arrange the collection of their prize from their local Myli library branch within 14 days, Myli will draw a new winner.