Excited children welcomed visitors from Inspire Libraries to their Kirkby school after winning a reading challenge.

Greenwood Primary and Nursery won the Summer Reading Challenge, where children were asked to read six books each from their local library.

Library customer service advisor Alison Cussands and Sarah Milburn, Kirkby Library cluster manager, presented the award. The school also won £100-worth of books.

Sarah said: “An amazing 54 children completed the Summer Reading Challenge from Greenwood this year, which is a wonderful achievement.

“Hopefully we are encouraging children to learn to enjoy reading because this is so important for their future development, and to encourage a lifelong love of reading.”

The challenge was a joint project between libraries and The Reading Agency, aimed at encouraging children to read more. This year’s theme was ‘Ready, Set and Read’, encouraging sports, games, and play.

Year 5 pupil Ashleigh said: “I wanted to take part in it and see if we could get any of the prizes.

“My school also sets reading challenges, and I am the first girl in my year to get to 25 reads.

“Reading helps you to do everything better and I’m proud of my school for winning.”