While footballers are urged to stay out of the book, youngsters are being encouraged to get into one.
The Premier League Reading Stars challenge is designed to help schoolchildren develop a love of reading.
Run in conjunction with the Football Foundation and National Literacy Trust, the project challenges groups of boys and girls to finish 100 books as quickly as possible.
If you are a school teacher, coach or youth worker and have a group of football loving children who might need a bit of encouragement to read more, then when why not take the Premier League Reading Stars Challenge?
Every season 20 Premier League footballers become Reading Stars for their club and encourage the nation to have a read of their favourite titles.
free chart
This year, our 20 footballers are encouraging any group of youngsters in the country to take the PLRS Challenge - a target of reading 100 books as a team as quickly as possible.
Every participating group receives a free PLRS wall chart and 100 stickers to place on the chart each time a book is finished.
Every group that completes the challenge is entered into a quarterly grand prize draw to win top Premier League prizes.
Anyone can take part. To request your free PLRS Challenge pack, click here.
For more information on the scheme, click here.
