Mythical Mazes

The Summer Reading Challenge

The Summer Reading Challenge is an annual initiative inspiring young people to read 6 books during their summer holidays. At the end they receive a medal and certificate. It is run through libraries in conjunction with the Reading Agency. Find out more here

 There are competitions to enter, games to play, suggested books to read, and A Quest for Apollo by Rick Riordan to finish writing....

"Last year's theme was Creepy House with readers earning some spooky smelly stickers during the weeks of the Challenge, (the strange scent of the garlic sticker lingers with me to this day). I was leading workshops in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City libraries creating the creepy houses we would like to visit. Who knows what will appear in this summer's sessions?" Gordon: one of this year's workshop artists

In 2014, the theme is “Mythical Maze” and Derbyshire libraries has been successful in securing Arts Council and National Lottery funding to provide a range of  activities in libraries based around Derbyshire Myths and Legends. Libraries and workshops are already entered in this blog and more information, and exciting reports of the mazes we tread, the labyrinths we explore and the myths and legends we share will be posted here

Is there a mermaid in Mermaids pool? Who was Hob Hurst? 

Come along and learn more about some of these Derbyshire Legends 

and help us to make some new ones 

Hob Hurst? or just some passing boggart?

Images in this post:
Creepy House pop-ups from workshops last summer
a Boggart puppet by Gordon MacLellan