Big Summer Read 2025/26

Next date: Monday, 01 December 2025 | 12:00 AM to Saturday, 31 January 2026 | 11:55 PM

The Big Summer Read challenges you to pick up a book and keep reading over the holidays. It is an initiative of Public Libraries Victoria.

Anyone between the ages of 0-18 are welcome to participate - and it is FREE!

Parents and caregivers can sign-up for the challenge via:

Independent and non-independent readers can log each day or completed book they read, have read to them, or listened to as an audio book.

There are online challenges, and prize draws to be won!

Earn additional prize draw entries for every 5 books read or 5 days of reading.

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