Registration for Unley Libraries Big Summer Read starts on Saturday 13 December 2025.
When you register for the Big Summer Read at Unley Libraries you will receive your registration pack. This will include your first Challenge Sheets.
Challenge Sheets
This year you can work your way through two Challenge Sheets or read 20 books to complete each sheet. Completing each sheet will give you a prize.
Sheet 1 - A choice of prize from the prize box
Sheet 2 - Movie voucher or book voucher*
* All winners will receive a voucher. A choice between types of voucher is only available while stocks last.
How it works
- Work your way through the challenges on each Challenge Sheet.
- Tick off each challenge as you go and have a parent or guardian sign it off for you.
- When you have completed a challenge sheet, bring the completed sheet into the library for a prize.
- Any challenges such as colouring-in or a short story can be brought into the library for display.
- Prizes will also be awarded for some challenges such as best colouring in, best character, short stories and book reviews
Completed sheets will be received until Sunday 1 February 2026 and special challenge prize winners will be notified by phone. Open to SA residents only.
Big Summer Read Australia
You can also register online for the national Big Summer Read that is occurring across Australia. Create an account to earn cool badges and win prizes.
National big summer read prizes:
- 0-4: Book bundles
- 5-8: bookish hampers
- 9-12: Sony headphones
- 13-18: Kobo ereader
JOIN the challenge by registering at readbooks.com.au and choosing our library service, or by completing the details on the back of a "Log your books!" form and returning it to Unley Libraries by Monday 9 February 2026. Multiple entries of these forms are welcome.
BORROW lots of books and track every day and/or every book that you READ. Log at least five days that you read and/or five book titles for your chance to WIN!
This reading challenge, designed by Public Libraries Victoria, encourages reading over the summer.
Open to ages 0-18, the Big Summer Read runs annually from 1 December to 31 January.
You can read any type of book, including audiobooks, picture books, graphic novels... They all count, as does listening to a book read by someone else, and reading the same book multiple times.
Happy reading!
For ages 0-18 years.
Saturday 13 December 2025 10am - Sunday 1 February 2026, 6pm
Unley Libraries
Unley Civic Library, 181 Unley Road, Unley
Goodwood Library, 101 Goodwood Road, Goodwood
Free, register at the Libraries.