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Summer Reading Challenge Launch Event 2025

Surrey Libraries' Events

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Join Surrey Libraries and some very special friends at Newlands Corner, to celebrate the launch of the Summer Reading Challenge - designed by The Reading Agency and delivered by libraries.

Events in this collection

Under the Yew Tree - Guided Walk and Storytelling session
Saturday • 11:00 AM
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'We Are Family' - an outdoor storytime with author Lucy Reynolds
Saturday • 11:15 AM
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Surrey Libraries' Events

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