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Young people in Knowsley are doing their bit for the environment as well as improving their reading skills with this summer’s challenge – ‘The Big Wild Read’.

The theme of the challenge is nature and the environment. The initiative is part of the BBC’s Breathing Places campaign, which is working to bring the public closer to nature. The Woodland Trust has promised to plant a tree for every book read and young people can also win books for their school by participating.

Children of any age can take part by enrolling at their local library. There they will receive a reading folder, an activity booklet and a packet of flower seeds, which they can plant and then watch grow over the summer. Each time they return after reading two books, they will be given even more goodies including stickers, bookmarks and fridge magnets. Once the children have completed the challenge by reading a total of six books, they will be entered into the Big Wild Prize draw.

Other Big Wild summer activities include the Big Wild Read Craft, Silky Skills Football Demo, Indian Dance, Story Telling, Mini beast’s Workshop, Dog Trust, Bat Talk and Zoolab Animal Talk.

For adults, Knowsley libraries stock all the Richard and Judy Summer Reads as well as offering fax and photocopying services and free internet access.

Breathing Places with books, stories and poems on nature, wildlife and the environment are also available.

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