2021 Premier's Reading Challenge
PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE
NEW CLOSING DATE - Friday September 3, 2021
To support all students, the following adjustments have been applied to the Premier’s Reading Challenge in 2021. A full list of changes for 2021 can be found on the PRC rules page.
The Challenge closing date has been extended to allow extra time to finalise student entries and coordinator validations. The new closing dates are:
Challenge closes for students: Friday September 3, 2021
Students on all Challenge levels will be able to read 10 choice books.
Students on all Challenge levels will be able to include books on their reading records that they read collaboratively as a class, in person or online with their teacher or at home with their parents/carers.
The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) Booklists provide suggestions for books that can be read as part of the PRC. Click on the image to view the lists of books.
Where can you find books to read @ home
Some online sites you can read books from home include
Sydney Opera House has developed the Footlights and Booklists series, which provides videos of a range of picture books read by authors and celebrities in the beautiful Opera House setting.
Publishers have made available a range of read-aloud stories on their social media platforms. Many of these are hosted on YouTube, for example the Penguin Read Aloud Stories playlist. Please check individual publisher websites for information about books and read-alouds that they they may have made available online.
Project Gutenberg - provides access to books that are not covered by copyright, so are able to be shared freely online. There is a listing of children's literature with links to copies of these books for download: Project Gutenberg Children's Literature Bookshelf. These are mostly classics, such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Little Women, The Velveteen Rabbit, and The Jungle Book.
ebooks through major digital platforms are often available for free or at a reduced cost, so check out any ebook platforms you have access to through your digital devices (for example, Google Books, Apple iBooks).
Author and illustrator sites - many Australian and international authors and illustrators are running storytimes and shared reading sessions online during the Covid-19 crisis. It's not possible to list them all, as the sessions available are growing and changing daily. Please check the availability of these storytimes on the author's websites and social media pages.