Summer Reading Challenge 2025 – A Summer of Stories and Discovery
Technology Books for Children and Archives of IT
Launch Exciting Summer Reading Challenge
Keep your children’s minds engaged this summer with Technology Books for Children and Archives of IT (AIT) free tech-related reading challenge.
The Summer of Stories and Discovery challenge is aimed at children between the ages of 7-11 and promotes reading for fun. It will also help develop children’s reading skills and encourage them to be more aware of the technology around them.
Explore Six Inspiring Tech Books and Complete Fun Activities
We are asking children to read six tech books over the summer holidays and tell us what they think about each book.
There are also fun activities such as:
- create your own short story
- word searches
- scavenger hunt
- quiz
- colouring in
- make your own bookmark
Print the Summer of Stories and Discovery booklet with certificate
The challenge can be accessed online by downloading the Summer of Stories and Discovery PDF. And once children have completed the challenge, there is a certificate, which they can put on their wall or share with their class when they get back to school.
Beverly Clarke MBE, CEO of Technology Books for Children, said: “Through this summer reading challenge we want to children to be creative and explore the stories of tech through books and be inspired by what they discover as well as have fun with all the other challenges.
“As a charity we aim to make tech topics accessible, engaging, and enjoyable for all children and we hope the summer reading challenge will be fun and interesting.”
There is a wide selection of suggested books on the Technology Books for Children website, which you can seek in your local library, bookshop or online.
Keeps young minds engaged
Katie Anderson, AIT’s Education Lead, said: “The reading challenge keeps young minds engaged. Packed with exciting activities from creative bookmark making to fun hands-on learning, this booklet will keep children curious all summer long without a screen in sight.
“As a charity we are committed to helping children learn more about technology, its history, and the industry behind it, in exciting and practical ways, just like the summer reading challenge.”
Get more involved – Share your childs journey with us
Feel free to send photos of your child reading, engaging in tech activities or showcasing the tech story they have written to info@technologybooksforchildren.org and we will share them online.
The summer reading challenge runs throughout July and August.
About Us
Technology Books for Children is a charity (1206202) founded by Beverly Clarke MBE in 2023 with a mission to encourage reading for pleasure on tech topics and to help children to be participating digital citizens through questioning all aspects of the digital world. We provide book reviews and recommendations, educational resources and workshops to support tech understanding.
Explore and Follow
- Website: https://technologybooksforchildren.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/technology-books-for-children/?viewAsMember=true
- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/techbooks4kids.bsky.social
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techbooks4kids/
Contact: info@technologybooksforchildren.org
About Archives of IT (AIT)
AIT is a charity founded in 2015 by Roger Graham OBE to tell the story of how Tech has transformed our lives, in the words of the people who made it happen. Our online collection of nearly 300 interviews from people in the Tech industry creates a unique understanding of its development from the 1940s to the present day. AIT also provides free educational resources for schools to encourage the study of IT and promote it as a worthwhile career.
Explore and Follow
- Website: https://archivesit.org.uk/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/archives-of-it/?viewAsMember=true
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techpeoplestories
Contact: Adrian Murphy – Digital Editor and Communications Manager – pr@archivesit.org.uk