A project created to inspire children to read and visit libraries more regularly has launched.

Culture Perth and Kinross, football clubs, the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and Scottish Book Trust have joined forces on the campaign.

North Inch Community Library is one of over 200 Scottish libraries working in partnership with 14 SPFL clubs to deliver the 4-4-2 Reading Challenge, which asks children aged 5 to 12 to read four books in exchange for match tickets.

Pupils have been issued with a reading challenge card from their local library, which will then be stamped each time a book has been read.

If this pilot project is successful, it could be extended nationally.

The campaign was launched on Friday with players from St Johnstone FC talking to pupils of St Johnstone's Academy about their favourite childhood books.

CEO of Scottish Book Trust, Marc Lambert, said: "Taking part in sport and reading are both important for young people's physical and mental health.

"As well as being fun, reading for pleasure can increase empathy, reduce stress and improve wellbeing, while all the research shows that children who read for pleasure also tend to do better at school.

"We're delighted to work with the SPFL to use sport to encourage a love of reading in Scotland's children."