My Baby just completed the Summer Reading Challenge!

That's a shame.
Although you did say you don't have a nearby library so maybe that's why they don't.
The scheme has been around since 1999 so it's a surprise you've never heard of it before.

Yes I do! And no our school doesn’t promote this

Do you have primary school age children though?
The scheme is often promoted via schools.

Yep telling people to shut up and get off mumsnet is very children’s tv 😅

It's a great scheme, mine did it all through primary school.

Have you considered a role in children's tv presenting OP? You write like they talk.

No idea, do you know most people? I didn’t know it was a free library challenge until the end of her post. But I don’t live near a library and we have a lot of books, also share books within friend groups so we haven’t visited the library in years although we read a lot. Figured this was just a bit of a poorly done ad, as I said.

Most people with children know what the "Summer Reading Challenge" is though.... don't they?

@SupportiveMum202 well done to your little girl 🙂
Every summer for the last few years I have challenged myself to read 6 books over the holidays - but never seem to manage to do it. We are on week 3 of the holidays and I still haven't finished a book.
Perhaps libraries need to give us grown ups stickers and bookmarks too.

We’re going to the library tomorrow (if I’m not still dying of flu… it has to end at some point right??) so will look out for it as my 5 year old loves a challenge (and prizes lol).

I already said it’s not a big deal, but if she was advertising it she could have done with mentioning it’s a free library challenge early on

So what if it is?
The library summer reading challenge is free so if someone wants to promote it then why not.

fwiw I actually disagree that this is written by AI. Unless people suppose that OP created a post with AI and then went through and added grammatical errors and non-AI phraseology throughout. At which point it’s not really AI anymore.

It is also very blatantly not something cooked up by a professional. If it’s not obvious to you from OP’s first post, it should be from her subsequent ones.

So at most… I’d be willing to believe that perhaps OP is an enthusiastic employee of a small library looking to spread the word. It’s far more likely that she’s just an enthusiastic parent.

either way… I don’t see why you’d want to make unpleasant comments.

I also thought it was AI, as in marketing not someone using AI to help form their post.

Well it lets people know it exists… although it would have been better if she’d have made it clear from the start for people who didn’t already know. I agree it’s not a big deal though

I mean...an advert for a freely accessible challenge available at all local libraries in England? (Maybe UK?) Even if it is, hard to get worked up about tbh 😅

I’m assuming it’s not an ad, as it would be a strange thing for a library to do. I think just a really bad case of precious first born syndrome.
But it’s great to do summer reading challenge, mine finished it about a week ago, so it’s a distant memory 😆 but it’s a nice thing to do.

We've aged out of it now, but DS did it every year from age 3.5. He read his own books too.
The best year was the Roald Dahl postcards and wallet. The quality of the give outs has definitely gone downhill.

Everyone except all the people who said ‘this sounds like an ad’?

Honestly, the title of this thread reminded me of 'Round Robin' letters which we used to get from one of DH's colleagues which used to read "DD can speak 3 languages & is doing well with her violin lessons. She has won 3 swimming medals in the past few weeks and is achieving well in all aspects of gymnastics. We hope you will all be able to join us when we celebrate her 2nd birthday next month"

I'm so glad your DD (NOT a baby!) has done the Reading Challenge. This is obviously a worthwhile achievement. But I do think you were wrong to say in your last paragraph "Is your child doing the reading challenge? If not, why not?

Children have totally different abilities and interests and will spend the summer holidays doing all sorts of activities, some structured, some not. It's unfair to them and their parents to suggest that there's something wrong if they aren't completing a Reading Challenge, even though it's obviously beneficial. Sport, music, art, foreign & staycation holidays, free time to play with other children are all important as well.

Several people have pointed out the ad nature of it.

Why is everyone pretending not to believe that this is a big fat advert?

This isn't a board for people to advertise events (no matter how worthy, and I really value the library reading scheme).

I gave OP hints about how to use AI to get a better post. I am happy if she has genuine child that has enjoyed the reading scheme. She is more likely to get people to engage if she posts like that

Wow. I thought that was good going for an under 2 year old!

Wow, not very nice. I know MN is a nest of vipers but sometimes there’s just no need to be gratuitously nasty. My DC are all a lot older now but I still understand what the Summer Reading Challenge is because I spent a lot of their childhoods in the library.
And yes, it does sound a bit like an advert but it’s the children’s books bit of MN and anything that promotes library use is a good thing.

Quite. I don’t know, maybe OP has used AI, and maybe this is just an advert posting as an authentic parent testimonial. But even if that’s the case, it’s an advert for a free campaign to improve children’s literacy. I don’t see why anyone would feel the need to have a go at someone trying to spread the word about something that only seeks to benefit children. How sad.