Big Summer Read

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Join. Borrow. Play. Win! 

1 Dec 2025 – 31 January 2026 

Get busy reading these upcoming Summer holidays for the chance to win great prizes in the BIG Summer Read challenge!

Ages

This program is available to anyone under the age of 18 in Victoria. 

Launch

Monday 1 December   Tuesday 2 December   
3.30-4.30pm    3.30pm-4.30pm  
Lerderderg Library   Ballan Library   
 

Kick off the Big Summer Readathon at our Launch Party!

Pick up a readathon entry form and enjoy creative activities like aqua beads, seashell painting, and watercolour bookmark making.

How to enter the Moorabool Prize draw

The aim of this program is to slow ‘the summer slide’ of literacy levels by getting kids to read at least 10 books over December and January.

Pick up a paper form from any Moorabool Library branch or download here(PDF, 8MB) . Read 10 books this summer, log them, and return your completed log to any Moorabool Library branch to enter the major prize draw.

Prizes 

Moorabool Prize:

All Moorabool based Big Summer Read participants who read 10 books will go into the draw to win:

  • 1 x $100 Eftpos Gift Card

  • 1 x $50 Movie Voucher

  • 5 x $20 Movie Vouchers

  • 1 x $50 Book Voucher

  • 5 x $20 Book Vouchers

How to enter the State/National prize draw

The aim of this program is to slow ‘the summer slide’ of literacy levels by getting kids to read at least 10 books over December and January.

Log at least five days that you read and/or five book titles between December 1 and January 31 for your chance to win a State/National Prize!

Visit www.readbooks.com.au/bsr and select Central Highlands Libraries (Moorabool) to register and log your reading. 

  

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