Cozy Up with a Good Story
January 1-31, 2025
The Youth Winter Reading Challenge is for birth-5th grade. Earn 50 points for each day you read in January.
You can read on your own or be read to. You can read picture books, leveled readers, chapter books, graphic novels, nonfiction, magazines, ebooks, and more. You can also listen to audiobooks or eaudiobooks.
Be entered into our weekly prize drawing by completing missions and finding secret codes on the library's social media.
Here are your prizes:
Level 1 (500 points): Choice of prize from our Prize Binder
Level 2 (1,000 points): Choice of prize from our Prize Binder and a free book
Everyone that completes the Winter Reading Challenge and earns 1,000 points will be entered into our Grand Prize Drawing. Prizes include gift cards to Moore Toys and Gadgets, Blick Art Materials, and The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn.
Jan 1 - Jan 31
Read and participate in programs and activities to earn prizes. ALL reading counts (ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, fanfiction, graphic novels, comics, etc.)!
Each hour read = 100 pointsMission Completed = 25-100 pointsSecret Code Entered = 25 points
Prizes:
Level 1 (500 points) = Choose a coupon or prize from our prize box
Level 2 (1,000 points) = Entry into our grand prize drawing and a prize book pick
Grand Prize Drawings = $10 - $50 Amazon Gift cards
Questions?
Email: teenread@wheatonlibrary.org
January 1-31
Earn a prize just for signing up! Pick up a free WPL mug at the Reference Desk beginning Jan. 2 while supplies last.
Each book, including audiobooks and eBooks, is worth 200 points. Complete missions and enter secret codes found on the library's social media to earn extra points!
Earn 600 points to complete the challenge and be entered to win a $50 Downtown Wheaton gift certificate! 2 winners will be chosen! Each week, two random winners will be chosen to win a prize -- all you have to do is be enrolled in the challenge! Happy reading!