The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is celebrating its 20th year of nurturing literacy, sparking imagination, and instilling a love of learning in young students.
Since it began in 2005, about 4.75 million young Victorians have read close to 65 million books.
This year’s challenge finished on the first Friday in September and was themed ‘20 years of words and wonder’, encouraging children to discover new books and a love of reading.
For children not yet at school, the challenge invited parents and carers to experience 40 books with their child.
Students from Prep to Grade 2 were encouraged to read 30 books, while students in Years 3 to 10 were challenged to read 15 books.
Participants could select from more than 15,000 books from the Challenge booklist or choose their own, including picture books, short stories, poems, or non-fiction titles.
“Participants will receive a Certificate of Achievement for the Challenge, and more importantly, discover a lifelong love of reading,” Education Minister Ben Carroll said.
