Brrrrwicks Adult Winter Reading Challenge
January 1, 2022 - February 28, 2022

Keep cozy with reading and help our town win the trophy in the tri-town Brrrrwicks Adult Winter Reading Challenge!

 

Read (or listen to audiobooks) to win points for our town and tickets so you can enter a drawing for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card (2 available), a $100 Barnes and Noble gift card (2 available), or a $100 Hannaford gift card (2 available).

 

Adult and teen readers with a library card from the Berwick Public Library, South Berwick Public Library, or D.A. Hurd Library may participate either online through the website Beanstack or with a paper version of the Winter Reading Challenge that can be picked up at the library or downloaded here.

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There are two different versions of the challenge available: Chillin' at the Base with a Good Book or Race to the Peak. Pick one challenge or try to complete both!

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CHALLENGE 1: Chillin' at the Base with a Good Book Challenge

Read any adult and/or young adult books of your choosing. For every 5 books you complete, you will earn 3 tickets to enter for a chance to win prizes and 3 points for your town’s climbing team to advance up the mountain.  Repeat as often as you like. 

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CHALLENGE 2: Race to the Peak Challenges

Read adult and/or young adult books that match the reading prompts. Complete a set of 5 reading prompts and earn 5 tickets you can enter for a chance to win prizes, plus 5 points to help your town’s climbing team surge toward the peak.

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Race to the Peak reading prompts #1

Complete all five reading prompts to earn 5 tickets and 5 points for your town. Need some inspiration? Check out our recommendations for books that fit each prompt HERE.
 

1. Read a book set in wintertime

2. Read a book that inspired a movie or TV show

3. Read a book written in verse (any age level) or a book of poetry

4. Read a book set in or written in the decade you were born

5. Read a book by an author who is new to you

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Race to the Peak reading prompts #2

Complete all five reading prompts to earn 5 tickets and 5 points for your town. Need some inspiration? Check out our recommendations for books that fit each prompt HERE.
 

1. Read a book with a cold weather word in the title

2. Read a book by or about a person of color

3. Read a graphic novel (any age level)

4. Read a non-fiction book

5. Read a book by an indigenous author or about an indigenous person

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Race to the Peak reading prompts #3

Complete all five reading prompts to earn 5 tickets and 5 points for your town. Need some inspiration? Check out our recommendations for books that fit each prompt HERE.
 

1. Read book with a wintery cover

2. Read a book from a genre you think you don’t like

3. Read a recommendation from a staff member at the Berwick, South Berwick,
or DA Hurd Public Library

4. Read a book set in another country or written by an author who is not from the US

5. Read a banned or challenged book 

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