This summer, Ealing’s libraries are offering all children aged 12 and under the Reading Mission challenge. Children will need to read six different books, with an exciting range of secret agent activities to do – these involve code cracking, puzzle solving, and spreading the word about the best summer holiday reading, using special ‘top secret’ message cards!

They’ll get a boredom-busting Reading Mission pack, just like a special agent attaché case, explaining how the mission works. And there will be ‘Mission Accomplished’ medals and certificates to be won too.

The ‘undercover’ fun will run at libraries from 17 July to 26 August, so come along and sign up to be a fully-fledged Reading Agent – licensed to read!

Type of linked events:
There are two types of linked events:

Craft events, run by library staff
New, additional events, run by external artist/performers

These new events are:

Date, time & venue of events:

Storytime sessions with Pat Ryan 'the best storyteller in town':

Wednesday 16 August
10.30am -11.30am at Pitshanger Library, Pitshanger Lane W5 2.30pm - 3.30pm at Greenford Library, Oldfield Lane South UB6

Thursday 17 August
10.30am -11.30am at Central Library, Ealing Broadway Centre W5 2.30pm - 3.30pm at Perivale Library, Horsenden Lane South UB6

Witness acts of daring-do with Spinning Spud:

Friday 18 August
11.00am-12.00pm at Jubilee Gardens Library, Jubilee Gardens UB1 2.30pm – 3.30pm at Northolt Library, Church Road UB5

Wednesday 23 August
11.00am- 12.00pm at Northfields Library, Northfield Avenue W5 2.30pm – 3.30pm at West Ealing Library, Melbourne Avenue W13

Help create an adventure frieze in the Library with Karin Littlewood:

Thursday 24 August
10.30am -12.00pm at Central Library, Ealing Broadway Centre W5 2.30pm - 4.00pm at Hanwell Library, Cherington Road W7

Friday 25 August
10.30am -12.00pm at Wood End Library, Whitton Avenue West UB6 2.30pm - 4.00pm at Acton Library, High Street W3

The charge for each event is £1

 

July 21, 2006