CHILDREN borrowed nearly 100,000 books from North Yorkshire libraries over the summer, the county council has revealed.
Among them were more than 9,600 children who tackled the annual summer challenge of reading at least six library books - and almost 8,000 achieved it.
They were helped to find their books by 103 volunteers, aged 11 to 24.
The libraries also staged 116 summer holiday events attended by more than 1,700 children including pony riding at Colburn Community Library, a visit by bats to Newby and Scalby Community Library, a detective school at Ripon Library and a secret agent event at Bilton and Woodfield Community Library.
Cllr Greg White, executive member for library and information services, said: “The Summer Reading Challenge has proved yet again a great incentive to encourage children to read and visit their local library over the summer.
“This year’s challenge has been enhanced by the enthusiasm and commitment of the 21 new community libraries and their volunteers now working with us.”
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