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Winter Reading Challenge 2025
There's snow better time for reading than winter! Join our Winter Reading Challenge, running from January 1 - February 28.

Read books, complete fun activities, and earn the chance to win exciting prizes! This challenge is open to all ages, so whether you're a young reader or a lifelong book lover, there's something for everyone.

Start the year with a good book and the opportunity to win, sign up today!
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November 2016 - The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman

“Nick didn’t believe in wizards, evil or otherwise.  Not in the real world, and certainly not in Maine.  Even when he was a little kid Nick had known that fairies and wishes and heroes who overcame dragons and evil wizards were all just make-believe and day-dreaming.  However, if there was such a thing as an evil wizard, Nick thought he’d have a coat like Zachariah Smallbone’s.  He might even have two black dogs, although they probably wouldn’t sit with their tongues hanging out, begging for bites of sausage.  They probably wouldn’t be called Mutt and Jeff, ei

Got Game!

Got Game, in partnership with the Barberton Police Department, will bring students in grades 3 - 12, and Barberton police officers together in a safe, fun, and relaxed environment. 
Students will interact with police officers through life-size board games, video games, conversation, and more. Students who attend the program will also receive a book to add to their own personal libraries. 

December 2016 - The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz

A brewster, a nun, a librarian, a butcher, an innkeeper, a jongleur (singer & entertainer), a chronicler, a king’s companion, a friar, a troubadour (poet & singer) and an inquisitor walk into a small French inn … no, it’s not the beginning of a joke, it’s the beginning of The Inquisitor’s Tale (Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog) by Adam Gidwitz.
 

January 2017 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

“Luna lost her footing in the dark and tumbled, head over feet, into a muddy ravine.  She cut her hand; she twisted her ankle, she knocked her skull against a low-hanging branch and burned her leg in a boiling spring.  She was fairly certain she had blood in her hair.
            ‘Caw,’ said the crow. ‘I told you this was a terrible idea.’
            ‘Quiet,’ Luna muttered.  …
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