Big Summer Read

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Join. Borrow. Read. Win!

If you are aged 0-18, join the Big Summer Read for your chance to WIN!  

This year Hume has THREE major prizes: 

Ages 0-6: a Storytime party just for you and your friends! We’ll bring The Reading Vroom to your playgroup, kinder, childcare, school, or your favourite park in Hume.  

Ages 7-12: a Nintendo Switch 2 console! 

Ages 13-18: a Nintendo Switch 2 console! 

You will also go in the running for Kids Gift Cards and some amazing prizes in the National and State prize draws, including Zoos Victoria memberships, book bundles, Bluetooth headphones, and Kobo eReaders. 

All you need to do is complete the Big Summer Read challenge! 

Register on the Readbooks website and choose Hume Libraries as your primary library, OR drop in to your nearest Hume Libraries branch to collect a paper reading log.  

The competition starts on 1 December 2025 and closes on 31 January 2026. Reading logs must be completed and returned to Hume Libraries before 9 February 2026. 

 

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Register here on Readbooks    
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What is the BIG Summer Read?

A Summer Reading Program created by Public Libraries Victoria.

Research has identified a phenomenon known as the ‘summer slide’, which refers to the loss of literacy skills over the summer holidays when children do not read—estimated on average as the equivalent of two to three months of reading proficiency. Loss of reading proficiency is most acute in children from economically disadvantaged communities.

Public libraries are in a unique and advantageous position to address the summer slide; studies have found that children who receive and read free books over summer experience the equivalent of attending three years of summer school, with the most economically disadvantaged children gaining the most from such initiatives.

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Terms and Conditions: Local Hume Libraries Prizes 

  • The Big Summer Read (BSR) competition opens on 1 December 2025 at 9am until 31 January 2026 at 5pm.

  • The promoter of this competition is Hume City Council (Council).

  • The competition is open to children aged between 0 and 18 years of age who are a member of Hume Libraries, or children whose parent/guardian is a member of Hume Libraries.

  • Hume City Council staff and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter the Local prize draw. However, they are eligible for the state and national prizes.

  • Local Hume Libraries Prizes: There will be three major prize draws and nine minor prize draws, with a total prize pool value of $1560. Prizes will be drawn from the following categories:

  • Ages 0-6:

  • Major prize: Library Van visit and Storytime party, at a date and location in Hume, to be agreed upon between Hume Libraries staff and the parent/guardian of the winning child.

  • 3 x Minor prizes: a $30 Kids Gift Card

  • Ages 7-12:

  • Major prize: a Nintendo Switch 2 Console

  • 3 x Minor prizes: a $30 Kids Gift Card

  • Ages 13-18:

  • Major prize: A Nintendo Switch 2 Console

  • 3 x Minor prizes: a $30 Kids Gift Card

  • All eligible entries for the Local Hume Libraries Prize Draw will also be entered in the Public Libraries Victoria Prize Draw. Please visit https://readbooks.com.au/BSRTandCs.pdf for Public Libraries Victoria's Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement.

  • All prize winners will be notified by 28 February 2026.

  • To be eligible for Local Hume Libraries Prize Draw, each entrant must either:

  • Register for the Big Summer Read on Readbooks via https://vic.readbooks.com.au/, select Hume Libraries as their home library, and complete challenges per the Public Libraries Victoria BSR Terms & Conditions,

OR

  • Collect a paper BSR reading log from a Hume Libraries branch, complete the challenges set on the paper reading log, and return it to a Hume Libraries branch.

  • Winners will be drawn at random from all eligible entries for the Big Summer Read 2025-2026 program.

  • By registering a child for the Big Summer Read on Readbooks, or submitting a paper reading log at a Hume Libraries branch, the parent/guardian indicates they accept these Terms & Conditions and give permission for the entry.

  • Limit of one entry per child.

  • Prizes cannot be substituted for cash, transferred, or otherwise exchanged. Once awarded, prizes become the property and responsibility of the respective winners. Council's decision is final, and no further correspondence will be entered into.

  • Every effort is made to notify participants they are prize winners, however if a winner cannot be contacted within two weeks of the draw, Council reserves the right to re-draw winner(s).

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Privacy Statement

Hume City Council is collecting personal information for the purpose of registering you in the Big Summer Read (BSR) 2025–2026. This information will be used solely for this purpose and will not be disclosed to any other party except as required by law. If you do not provide this information, Council is unable to enter you in the Big Summer Read (BSR) 2025–2026. You may access this information by contacting Council on 9205 2200.

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