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❄️winter reading challenge January 16 - march 13, 2026❄️
❄️winter reading challenge January 16 - march 13, 2026❄️
Winter Reading is for readers of ALL AGES! Stop in the library to begin.
Winter Reading is for readers of ALL AGES! Stop in the library to begin.
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
Adult / Teen Winter Challenge Bookmark example
Winter Challenge footprint sheet example for kids and babies
📍 Rice Lake community Read! 📍
📍 Rice Lake community Read! 📍
Announcing the Rice Lake Community Read from your library!!
Pick up FREE copies of Into Thin Air, or the children's book One Wrong Step at the following Rice Lake locations:
Badger Brew Coffee
Jacobsons Hardware Rice Lake
The Milk Pail
Old Bookshop of Rice Lake
Northwoods Cycle
Rice Lake Public Library
After enjoying the book, return it to one of these locations, or pass it on to a friend to read!
IN APRIL: We'll have free events for adults, and families all month inspired by the mountain-climbing adventure of these books. Find these on bookmarks at pickup locations or on our event calendar at the link here.
Please post any fun things online with #ricelakecommunityread
☀️Summer reading challenge returning summer, 2026☀️
☀️Summer reading challenge returning summer, 2026☀️
Right now: Pick up free copies of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer or the children's book, One Wrong Step by Jennifer A. Nielson at the following Rice Lake locations:
The Rice Lake Library
Badger Brew Coffee
The Milk Pail
Jacobson's Ace Hardware
Northwoods Cycle
Once finished with the book, please either return it to one of these locations or share it with a friend!
IN APRIL: We will hold free library events for adults, and families, that will follow the theme of the book. (Mountain-climbing and adventure!)
(Year round) 1,000 books before kindergarten challenge:
(Year round) 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 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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