The News spoke to Mrs Sarah Louise Benzie, who regularly puts on free book trails around Bracknell.

The hunts have taken place on Lily hill as well as the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital.

Mrs Benzie’s daughter, Evie Benzie, is described by her mum as a “little bookworm” and her “main inspiration for the hunts.”

Both Mrs Benzie’s son and daughter have been patients at both hospitals over the years, so Mrs Benzie described the book hunts as a way to give back and say thank you for their support.

So far, the book hunts have involved hiding 20-40 books in public spaces so children may find them. Mrs Benzie regularly updates her Facebook page to let followers know when the hunts will take place.

Mrs Benzie decided to set up the book trails after she was made redundant a few months prior and saw an ad looking for Usbourne partners.

“I was brought up old school,” she said. “I just want to do kind things for people.”

Usbourne effectively recruits people to become booksellers and allows them to open up their own bookshops under the Osbourne brand name.

“I had to buy a starter pack for 50 quid and they give you that back if you sell all the books in six weeks,” she said. “Most people do it because they want to make money from commissions.”

“My idea was to approach local businesses and ask them to buy books and when I get the commissions, I can then put the money back into selling more books.”

After gaining a few reputable sponsors, Mrs Benzie was able to start distributing the books for young children to find them.

“I always ask the companies where they would want me to hide the book,” she said. “But so far they have always left it up to me.”

Mrs Benzie expressed to The News her want for the book hunts to be seen as something to encourage children to read and to get books out there for them to do so.

The books range from stories for early years to novels for young adults.

“I’ve had lots of schools asking for the books,” she said. “But I would rather give them to places that may not have funding for them.”

Despite Mrs Benzie’s efforts to do something nice for Bracknell’s community, she hasn’t had as much positive feedback as she would hope for.

“I think it’s the world we live in,” she said. “People are dubious about things they are getting for free or worried about picking stuff up.”