WINTER READING CHALLENGE | berwickpubliclibrary

January 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025

Adult and teens are invited to take part in our Winter Reading Challenge throughout the months of January and February. For every reading prompt or activity you complete, you'll earn one entry for our prize drawings featuring gift cards to local businesses!

Download a copy of the Winter Reading Challenge
prompts and activity tracker here!

Reading Prompts and Activities

Read 5 picture books
Read a book that inspired a movie or TV show
Read a book that has been on your reading list for a long time
Read a nonfiction book
Read a novel in verse
Read a book from a themed display at a bookstore or library
Read a 2024 release
Read a book that a friend loves
Read a graphic novel
Re-read one of your favorite books from childhood
Read a banned or challenged book
Read a book it seems everyone has read except you
Read a book about found family
Read a book with a queer author or characters
Free choice - read a book of your choosing
Pick (and complete) a reading challenge from the mystery jar at the library
Attend or watch a recording of a library program
Borrow a game or puzzle from the library
Check out an item from our Library of Things
Borrow an e-book or audiobook from CloudLibrary
(Ask the library staff for help if you are unsure how to use CloudLibrary. For increased access to materials,
stop by the library and ask about getting a free Portland Library card! )

How to Play

Download a copy of the winter reading tracker form or pick one up at the library.

For every reading prompt or activity you complete, you will earn one entry for our prize drawings. Use the tracker form to keep a tally of how many prompts and activities you complete throughout January and February, then total them up to find out how many prize entries you have earned.

For an extra challenge: the prompt/activities are each numbered on the tracker form and correspond to an element in the cozy winter reading scene on the reverse side. Color in each element as you complete the reading prompt or activity and try to color in the entire scene!

You can repeat the reading prompts as many times as you’d like, but each book you read can only be counted once. Unless otherwise specified in the challenge, the books you read should be categorized as either young adult or adult.

You must return your tracker form to the library or email it to info@berwickpubliclibrary.org by 5pm on February 28th in order to be included in the prize drawings.