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Looking for a food business The Creepy House is waiting for kids who
enter a Swindon library this summer
you can trust? Are you brave enough to explore The Awful Upstairs, The Gruesome
Ground Floor and The Spine-Tingling Cellar?
It’s in BLACK and RED Discover the secrets of Creepy ter @SwindonLibrary and also the
House and meet some of the hair- Creepy House blog: www.srcswin-
raising residents through Swindon don.wordpress.com
Libraries Summer Reading Chal- Library staff and volunteers will be
lenge. It’s free to join and simple to on hand to help children win medals
do: just read six books during the for reading, and an interactive Creepy
summer through your local library. House website links children with top
Children receive a foldout poster, authors and illustrators whilst giving
and a certificate and medal when they them an opportunity to talk about
successfully complete the challenge. their favourite books and share read-
After reading three books they’ll ing ideas: www.creepy-house.org.uk
receive a free DVD voucher. There’s a colouring competition
This year, the library is challeng- for under 8s and over 8s can design
ing children across the town to read their own monster to win prizes. Pick
13,000 books by 7 September and up entry forms at your local library.
there will be running totals on the During July and August fines will be
The Eat with Confidence brand Swindon libraries web site, on Twit- waived on overdue children’s books.
is a new trader assurance scheme
which identifies food businesses
with a high level of food hygiene
and good customer service.
Discover which Swindon businesses have been
awarded membership of the scheme at
www.swindon.gov.uk/ewc

Former Westlea primary headteacher and now acclaimed children’s author Neil
Griffiths promoted the Summer Reading Challenge to an invited audience of
children from West Swindon primary schools. He read many of his books, all
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