This year’s summer reading challenge, Read to the Beat, explores the connection between stories and music, inspiring children to discover how reading and sound can spark creativity. "The reading challenge keeps children's learning up over the summer holidays, too, and they’ve been really engaged.” Library assistant Tom McCartney said: "Every year, we have a big push for the summer reading challenge. "The Summer Reading Challenge has been around since long before I was born. Joining in - Gabriel signed his daughter Anna up for a library card, so she could take part in the Summer Reading Challenge.