#Reading
![Cllr Reed and author Tom Palmer](https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cllr-Reed-and-author-Tom-Palmer-web-600x300.jpg)
Award-winning author kicks off football themed reading scheme...
Young people from schools across North Lincolnshire are once again being helped to discover the joy of reading, thanks to…
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Permanent book amnesty as library fines are abolished
Libraries across North Lincolnshire have swung open their doors and announced all library fines have been abolished, permanently. Library members…
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Ready, Set, Read: The challenge is on
The Summer Reading Challenge is back! This year’s challenge kicks off with a fantastic free day of open air sports…
![Andrew Percy MP pictured with council leader, Rob Waltham at an Imagination Library celebration event](https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MicrosoftTeams-image-54-600x300.jpg)
800,000 books and counting: the incredible success story of...
The phenomenal success of North Lincolnshire’s Imagination Library is being celebrated on the eve of the book gifting scheme’s 10th…
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Meet the inspirational LGBTQ+ author Sarah Hagger-Holt
Author Sarah Hagger-Holt has helped to take books with LGBTQ+ characters from prejudice to Pride and she will be visiting…
![Photograph of Tom Palmer at the Scunthorpe United Reading Stars launch event](https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Photograph-of-Tom-Palmer-at-the-Scunthorpe-United-Reading-Stars-launch-event-WEB-600x300.jpg)
Football inspires hundreds more children to discover the joy of...
Young people from five North Lincolnshire primary schools are being helped to discover the joy of reading, thanks to the…
![Mum and young son looking at picture of Dolly Parton](https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AJ-Abi-Imagination-Library-for-web-600x300.jpg)
Parents praise ‘fantastic’ Imagination Library
Parents have responded in their hundreds to praise North Lincolnshire Council’s Imagination Library, which sends a book every month to…
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Sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge 2020
Children and young people are being encouraged to join the Silly Squad and take part in the Summer Reading Challenge…
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Council works with local author to share more than 400 free books
North Lincolnshire Council has supported local children’s writer Addy Farmer to share more than 400 free copies of her book…
![2 children and an adult in a tent reading](https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Reading-2.jpg)
Huge demand for reading met by online library services
A huge increase in the use of online services has meant more people have enjoyed popular books, newspapers and magazines,…
![Katherine Wilson-Dobbs reveals her Little Library design at Luddington and Garthorpe Primary School](https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Luddington-and-Garthorpe-Little-Library-web.jpg)
Little Libraries open in North Lincolnshire to provide free...
North Lincolnshire Children’s Literacy Trust has launched exciting and innovative ‘Little Libraries’ to provide children with access to free books.…
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Two years of firefighter reading scheme
North Lincolnshire Council has celebrated more than two years of the Words Count firefighter reading scheme with schools across the…
![Keith Gray and pupil in front of book tour banner](https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Keith-Gray-for-web.jpg)
Award-winning author inspires children in North Lincolnshire
Pupils from Outwood Academy Foxhills, St Hugh’s Communication and Interaction Specialist College and Winterton Community Academy were visited recently by…