The Little Helmet Reading Challenge 2025

A reading challenge is a nice way to find new books to read and get excited. You choose what you want to read. This year, you will get to look for musicians, cats and dogs in books. Does one of the characters stay up at night?

We have selected the items from the Helmet Reading Challenge you can find in children’s and adolescent’s literature. The Little Helmet Reading Challenge is also suitable for adults who want a slightly lighter reading project.

Ready, set, read!

A good reader will get by. When you read, you will learn to understand a wide range of texts and find words for your own stories. You can understand different emotions, other people and history and be familiar with different eras, places and ways. 

It is never too late to grow your reading skills. You will grow into a good reader when you practise. Choose the right books for you. When you complete the reading challenge, you will be several pages stronger.

The Little Helmet Reading Challenge 2025

1. In the book, time or a clock/watch plays an important role

2. Fantasy book

3. The main character of the book is younger than you

4. The characters of the book stay up at night

5. A book someone else has chosen for you

6. There is a snake on the cover or in the title of the book

7. A book that makes you feel good

8. The main colour of the book cover is green or the book title has the word green in it

9. The characters ride horses

10. The characters of the book go to the movies

11. A non-fiction book published in the 2020s

12. The book takes place on a lake

13. The characters are solving a mystery

14. There is a well-known building in the book

15. The book has something to do with Tove Jansson

16. A book with a family tree or character list

17. The main character of the book has a cat or dog as a pet

18. The characters include a father and daughter

19. A popular book that everyone else seems to have read

20. You think the book would make a good movie or TV series

21. There is a musician in the book

22. The characters go on holiday

23. You like the book’s name

24. The book was published in 2025

25. The book is recommended by a teacher or library employee

Tables for following up with the reading challenge

Text and selection of challenge items: Marjukka Peltonen and Heliminna Hakala, Espoo City Library, Heli Haaro, Vanttilan koulu school and Henna Ylihärsilä