Supporting the National Year of Reading 2026
Get creative this summer and beyond with exciting activities, hosted by some of your favourite authors and illustrators. There’s something for every reader, so rain or shine you can draw, make, write and create.
Click the covers below to watch videos on YouTube Kids. You can find everything you need for each activity in the video description.
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Shining, silly summer activties with Alice Hemming and Nicola Slater
Become a super girl with Caryl Hart
Character creation challenge with Sarah Bowie
How to prank your friends with Jim Smith
Make a Medusa mask with Bethany Walker
Let luck write your story with Helen Rutter
How to draw cartoon creatures with Anita Mangan
Make an iced matcha lemonade with William Yamaguchi Dobson
Hack in and crack the code with Steve Blackman
Create a craft alien with James Lancett
