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2026 Premier's Reading Challenge
2026 Premier's Reading Challenge
Challenge opens: Monday 23 February
Challenge closes to students: Friday 18 September
Welcome to the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge
The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature.
It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is open to all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 10. Now in its 25th year, the NSW PRC is the largest reading challenge in Australia!
Links to the PRC website:
Other pages for your reference:
What PRC books can you find in the Smith's Hill High School Library?
What PRC books can you find in the Smith's Hill High School Library?
Click on the following links to go straight to our Oliver catalogue for print books and eBooks (audiobooks are not included):
Premier's Reading Challenge 2026 (7-9) (280 Books)
Premier's Reading Challenge 2026 (5-6) (165 Books) *
Premier's Reading Challenge 2026 (9plus) (247 Books)
Are There PRC eBooks in the Smith's Hill High School Library? Yes!
Are There PRC eBooks in the Smith's Hill High School Library? Yes!
Smith's Hill High School Library provides students and staff with access to Wheelers ePaltform for eBooks and audiobooks. Students can use the eBooks as part of their reading for the PRC. This can be a great resource particularly for students with dyslexia as there are settings within the eBooks that allow the reader to set dyslexia friendly fonts.
For any students who find reading books challenging, they can also use audiobooks for the PRC as long as they read along with a regular book as well; this is a rule set by the PRC.
For any help with eBooks and audiobooks, please see Mr Jones in the library.
ABC announce Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
ABC announce Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
ABC Radio National has concluded their countdown of the Top 100 books of the 21st Century, as voted in by listeners.
Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe took out the top spot, with 26 Australian authors featuring on the list.
Explore the full countdown and listen back to the segment via ABC RN.
Link to the ABC Announce Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
Note: The average age of the audience for Radio National is 40+. Top 100 contains some books that are not suitable for younger readers. Here is a tip for working out if a book is suitable for you:
How Can You Decide if a Book is Suitable For Your Age?
How Can You Decide if a Book is Suitable For Your Age?
Before you choose a book, you can look up reviews or run an internet search with the title of the book and "age rating" or "age-appropriate". You won't always find an answer easily, but it does work a lot of the time. Tip: If you keep getting search results for the movie version, add "book" to your search. Here is an example of a search phrase:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien book age rating
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien book age appropriate
Please see the friendly staff in our library if you need any help participating in the challenge or recording your reads.
If you need any further convincing that joining the PRC in 2025 is a great idea, have a look at our WHY READ page. Also, the GROW YOUR READING webpage from our website has some easy strategies that will make daily reading a joyful part of your life!
If you need any further convincing that joining the PRC in 2025 is a great idea, have a look at our WHY READ page. Also, the GROW YOUR READING webpage from our website has some easy strategies that will make daily reading a joyful part of your life!
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