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Be a Reading Machine Winter Break Reading Challenge

Age Group:

Toddlers (2 - 6), Children (7 - 11), Teens (12 - 18)
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Event Details

Attention K - 12 Students!

Over Winter Break this year, you can Be a Reading Machine and you might win a Barnes & Noble gift card!

Join our Be a Reading Machine Winter Break Reading Challenge, log at least 3 hours of reading between December 21 and January 6, and you will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card.  To join the challenge, visit our Beanstack page (ipdpl.beanstack.org) or pick up a paper reading log from any IPDPL branch.  

The Fine Print

  • The Be a Reading Machine challenge is open to students in Grades K - 12 enrolled in the Riverview, Germantown Hills, Metamora, Roanoke-Benson, or Lowpoint-Washburn school districts OR are homeschool students living in the Illinois Prairie District Public Library service area.
  • Readers should log their progress on the IPDPL Beanstack website OR turn in a written log of their reading to any IPDPL branch on or before January 7, 2025.
  • Paper logs are available upon request from any IPDPL branch.
  • One winner will be drawn on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.