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Summer reading challenge: june 6th to august 21st, 2026
Summer reading challenge: june 6th to august 21st, 2026
For Adults and Teens:
For Adults and Teens:
Pick up your first Reading Tracker sheet at the library (Up to 5 different sheets are available). Mark off every 30 minutes to an hour that you read to complete each sheet. Some optional reading challenges are included as well.
A completed sheet turned in counts toward our end-of-summer prize drawing! Remember to write your contact info on the back of each sheet turned in.
Complete as many Reading Tracker sheets as you want to add more prize drawing chances until our summer challenges ends (August 21st, 2026).
For KIDS AND BABIES:
For KIDS AND BABIES:
Pick up a Field Notes booklet at the library to mark off every 15 minutes you read!
Complete a full page of reading tracking to get a stamp in your booklet on the 2nd floor at the library. We'll give you a prize drawing slip to enter into the end-of-summer prize item of your choice. (These options are on display at the library.)
At 8 stamps, you can receive a free book! At 11 stamps, you can receive a Super Reader Yard Sign or a Super Reader t-shirt...Let's Unearth a Story!
FOR ALL AGES:
FOR ALL AGES:
Can our community reach 250,000 minutes this summer? Based on past years, your librarians and Melvin the Mamenchisaurus believe we can!
Stop in the library to see our jurassic minute tracker behind the front desk slowly climb up to our goal as reading challenge participants track their minutes all summer long!
We can do it!!
winter reading challenge (Returning winter, 2027)
winter reading challenge (Returning winter, 2027)
For Adults and Teens:
For Adults and Teens:
Pick up 1 bookmark at a time at the library (Up to 6 bookmarks available). Each bookmark has 16 challenges (read comedy, read crime fiction, listen to an audiobook, check out a kit, etc)
Once you've completed 8 challenges on your bookmark, turn your bookmark in at the library (1st floor, front desk) for an entry drawing of your choice to take place at the end of our Winter Challenge season. Your contact info must be provided to take part in our drawing.
Continue completing bookmarks to enter the drawings more than once if you choose to, OR just do one! Winter Reading will end by March 13th.
For Kids and babies:
For Kids and babies:
Pick up a footprint sheet at the library and mark off footprints for every 15 minutes of reading time (Reading TO your child counts!).
Turn in your sheet at the library (2nd floor, Youth Services) once all the footprints are filled in to pick out a prize!
Keep completing sheets if you and your child would like to, or one-and-done is okay too! We believe in celebrating ALL forms and amounts of reading.
"It's all good!" - Pete the Cat
1,000 books before kindergarten challenge:
1,000 books before kindergarten challenge:
Early reading (or being read TO) promotes confidence and strong reading once littles reach school age.
Don't be intimidated: Reading one storybook together nearly every night will knock out 1,000 books in no time!
Yes, you can repeat books!
Siblings, or other guardians reading to them counts as well.
Call or message us on Facebook if you have questions: 715-234-4861
Step 1: Stop in the library during open hours, all year 'round, and grab your first 1,000 books tracking sheet to begin!
Step 2: Mark your sheet with stickers, or a writing tool, every time you read a story together.
Step 3: Bring in your sheet once all the circles are filled and trade it for the next 100 books.
Step 4: Complete 5 sheets for a FREE BOOK, and all 10 sheets for another FREE BOOK to keep!
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