STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Summer Stars is a free national programme that encourages children to read for fun during the school holidays
Kilkenny County Council Library Service is once again inviting children of all ages to dive into the joy of reading with the Summer Stars Reading Programme, which has now officially launched.
Summer Stars is a free national programme that encourages children to read for fun during the school holidays. Whether it’s picture books, graphic novels, or audiobooks, every child can take part and enjoy reading at their own pace. Children can track their reading, and take part in fun library events and activities hosted by their local library.
Children can sign up while visiting their local library, or indeed any library around the county. They can set their own reading goals if they want to and will receive a certificate of participation and Summer Stars medal at the end of the summer.
TAP HERE FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS
A special Summer Stars collection is available on BorrowBox, the free library app offering eBooks and audiobooks to all library members.
As part of the initiative, libraries throughout Kilkenny, will host a wide range of events and activities, including story times, workshops, games, and more. Families are encouraged to follow Kilkenny Library on social media to stay up to date with what’s happening in their local library and to check the events page on www.kilkennylibrary.ie.
Executive Librarian Sophie Walsh said: "The summer holidays are a great time for children to enjoy reading and the wonderful services at our libraries, such as story times, board games and Lego sessions, arts and crafts. The Summer Stars programme offers a world of creativity, imagination, discovery, and fun learning. It brings excitement during the summer and promotes essential skills like literacy, imagination, and a lifelong love of reading."
Summer Stars is part of the Right to Read Programme. The programme promotes literacy and reading development for children of all ages. It is delivered by the public library services of local authorities, coordinated by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht. For more information, visit www.librariesireland.ie.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
