Let Your Imagination Soar, December 15-January 19
Sign up for our all-ages Winter Reading Challenge beginning December 15 and receive a goodie (while supplies last). Readers can earn tickets into the grand prize drawing for each book or activity completed. Activities will include reading another book, attending a Library event, submitting a special 75th anniversary testimonial, or donating items for the food pantry (see below). Those who complete the required reading will earn a finishing prize (while supplies last). The first day to turn in completed logs and claim your finishing prize is TBD.
To track your books, we recommend downloading the Beanstack Tracker app (iOS | Android), but you may also log your reading online or print a paper log (beginning December 20). Watch this quick tutorial from Niche Academy on how to set up your Beanstack account. More tips for using the Beanstack app.
During Winter Reading we will be collecting nonperishable food and household items for the Cary-Grove Food Pantry. Psst: If you donate an itemt, you can earn an extra Winter Reading badge (another one of the options for the activity badge) and ticket towards the grand prize.
Young Readers (infants-grade 1)
Read twenty books to finish the program; read ten more books and/or complete an activity to earn a total of three grand prize drawing tickets.
Grand prizes: Oh, The Places You’ll Go! (wood building blocks, solar system puzzle, RoverGears, I Spy book, and Aaron Becker’s Wordless Journey Trilogy books) or Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (Oh, The Thinks You Can Think book, The Magical Yet book, The Curious Why to Spirograph book, Crayola light-up activity kit, and Play-Doh Creations)
Independent Readers (grades 2-5)
Read two books to finish the program; read one more book and/or complete an activity to earn a total of three grand prize drawing tickets.
Grand prizes: Things with Wings (dragon zip-up onesie, flying toys, puzzling insects, words with wings, games, and a positivity bat) or Imagine That! (storytelling game, a drawing game, air dry clay, a journal you can wreck, finelining pens to create fantasy maps using your new instruction book, and Houses With a Story).
Teens (grades 6-12)
Read two books to finish the program; read one more book and/or complete an activity to earn a total of five three prize drawing tickets.
Grand prizes: Fast Foodie ($20 gift cards to McDonald’s, Breaking Bread Catering & Deli, Conscious Cup, Jimmy Johns, and Taco Bell) or a $100 Urban Air Gift Card.
Adults (ages 18+)
Read two books to finish the program; read one more book and/or complete an activity to earn a total of three grand prize drawing tickets.
Grand prizes: $50 Breaking Bread Catering & Deli gift card, $50 Cary Ale House gift card, $50 Georgio’s Chicago Pizzeria & Pub gift card, or a $50 Tasty Sushi gift card.