December has officially started and, with winter coming, our exciting Winter Reading Challenge is officially live for teens and adults at Bradford Memorial Library! If you’ve never participated in one of our reading challenges, there’s no more perfect time than the present to get started! Patrons can register themselves or their teens for challenges on Beanstack.
For ages 12 and up, the Bundled Up in Books Reading Challenge is available. This challenge started on December 1st and concludes on February 28th. Registered patrons will have the opportunity to earn winter-themed reading badges, each of which will earn them an entry into the grand prize drawings at the end of the challenge. The badges include Read a Cozy Romance Book, Read a Chilling Mystery Book, Read a Book That Takes Place During a Winter Holiday, Read a Book with a Blue or White Cover, and Read a Book That Was Adapted Into a TV Show or Movie. Upon registration, participants are eligible to receive a free color-changing Bradford Memorial Library cup and will also receive an extra entry into the grand prize drawings. The more challenges you complete, the more entries into the grand prize drawing you will receive. The more reading the better! There will be a teen grand prize and an adult grand prize.
The Children’s Department has an ongoing fall/winter reading challenge that will end on December 13th. Children ages 0-11 are eligible for their “A Book and a Blanket Challenge.” To complete the “A Book and A Blanket Challenge,” registered kids must read (or have parents read to them) a total of 300 minutes. Completing this challenge will allow kids to receive a free book of their choice and a prize from our children’s treasure chest.
What better way to spend a cold winter’s night than to snuggle up and read a nice book? Happy Reading!