Search Accessibility Tools Essex Libraries Welcome to the Winter Reading Challenge! Welcome to the Winter Reading Challenge! 16 November 2021 Essex Library Services are excited to bring you the Winter Reading Challenge. Come and meet the Animals of Snowy Wood. Connie the fox and her friends need to help Fraser the squirrel get a good night's sleep, and your little ones can help! All they need to do is read six books and climb to the top of our reading tree. From Saturday 27 November, they can collect their giant tree bookmarks from any Essex library. They’ll receive a stamp for every book they read and if they manage to read six books by Saturday 19 February, they’ll receive a gold star sticker Everyone who signs up will be entered into a prize draw to win some fantastic prizes, including signed books and days out.  Watch the start of Fraser's story on our Youtube channel. Check out our social media to see what the animals of Snowy Wood get up to and send us your book recommendations for Fraser. We will be telling more of Fraser's story every week so follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook to find out if he can finally get some sleep. Prize draw information: There is a range of prizes available thanks to our very generous partners. Explore Essex Explorer Passes, valid for 1 year Skyropes sessions for two, to be taken by end of April 2022. Minimum age of 2 for the junior course, minimum height of 1.22m for the main course Essex outdoors school holiday activity days, for one child aged 8-16, to be taken by end of April 2022 Wilderness Foundation activity afternoon, at their Chatham Green centre, for children aged 5-11 (and their parents and siblings) to be taken Saturday 26 April 2022 Signed books from author Catherine Emmett Signed books from author Vassiliki Tzomaka Signed books from author Emma Beswetherick Love Essex goodie bags Prize Draw Terms and Conditions. In other news Libraries plan Welcome to the Winter Reading Challenge! Windrush Exhibition Essex Library of Things Wickford Library is moving The Booker Prize 2021 The Only Way Is Reading Podcast Windrush Booklist Climate Change Booklist for COP26 Wild World Heroes - well done and thank you Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook View our YouTube channel View our LinkedIn © Essex County Council 2021 Contact us Accessibility Privacy and data protection Terms and conditions Our website uses cookies, these are small files of letters and numbers that are put on your device to improve your experience on the site. To find out more about our use of cookies please visit our Privacy and cookies policy. By clicking any link on this page you are giving your consent for us to set cookies. I understand