Introducing the 2025 Winter Reading Challenge Sponsored by Beanstack and Baker & Taylor

Be a Reading Machine Winter Reading Challenge
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As we begin another exciting winter reading challenge, we are thrilled to announce our sponsor, Baker & Taylor. This year's challenge theme, "Be a Reading Machine," invites readers across the country to embrace their inner reading powerhouses, set ambitious goals, and track progress as they churn through books of their choice! Keep reading to learn more.

 

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Engage Your Community With a Winter Reading Program

Here at Beanstack, we believe that reading programs aren’t just for the summertime. 
Winter Reading programs offer an opportunity for libraries and schools to re-energize readers and bolster outreach and engagement efforts during a quiet time of year. Participation can help individuals overcome the winter doldrums by beginning the year with healthy reading habits and strong community connections. 

Be a Reading Machine

This January, we invite all libraries and schools across North America to join our eighth annual winter reading challenge, featuring our latest obsession—book vending machines, including our partnership with Baker & Taylor through which readers can earn prizes including books, author talks, virtual writing workshops, and more! 

As we kick off the new year with fresh resolutions, we remind readers that the journey of reading is fun and rewarding for all ages. Participants will earn exciting new badges for logging the minutes or books they read, completing activities, submitting book reviews, and earning bingo. Join us and gear up for an unforgettable reading adventure!

Join Us This Winter

For more information about the 2025 Winter Reading Challenge, including detailed prize descriptions and instructions on how to join, please visit the challenge website

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