SPOOKY!
This summer, North East Lincolnshire Libraries are once again running the National Summer Reading Challenge in partnership with The Reading Agency.
This year, the theme is Creepy House, so books about ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night are the order of the day.
Children aged four to 11 can join in the challenge at any public library in North East Lincolnshire. And with prizes, certificates and medals on offer for reading up to six books borrowed from the library, there should be something to suit all abilities.
Just turn up to your local library and ask about the Summer Reading Challenge.
In support of the challenge, libraries will be holding special events for children and adults alike.
During the week of August 5-9, and again on August 28, libraries will be running the Creepy House Quiz, and during the week of August 12-16, children will be able to make puppets and perform their own puppet show, too. Ask at your local library for times and dates.
And for adults, there are two talks at Cleethorpes Library. Hubble, Bubble, Toil And … Plants is a talk on August 14, about the superstitions and folklore of plant and tree medicine, by leading herbalist Hannah Sylvester, and Stephen Wade will give a talk on paranormal investigations in Lincolnshire, Tales Of The Unknown, on August 22.
Contact Cleethorpes Library on 01472 323650 to book your place.
Councillor Mick Burnett, portfolio holder for Tourism, Leisure and Culture, said: "We need to encourage the children in the borough to keep reading over the summer holidays to help maintain and improve their reading levels.
"A good level of literacy is one of the key building blocks for life."