Reading Link Challenge is a reading program for Gr. 4 & 5 students that promotes the “sport of reading”.   Using the elements of a classic reading program, children are encouraged to participate in a group activity, to read for retention, and to participate in a public library activity that promotes the love of reading as a pleasurable life long experience.

In teams of seven, the children read and become familiar with a set of six selected books.  At the first challenge level, teams within a school compete with each other answering questions on characters, plots and settings.   The winning team at each school then goes on to the next challenge level at the public library where the competition is repeated with a different set of questions.   At the final challenge level, a number of winning teams from different libraries come together for a competition at a community event with a public audience.

This site is intended for librarians and teachers who wish to participate in the Reading Link Challenge program in their own communities.  A manual, resource materials, video links are available through this website.  You can try the Reading Link Challenge and have fun!

The Ministry of Education, Public Library Services Branch, promotes Reading Link Challenge as an excellent school and public library partnership program.