Reading Challenges
Current Challenges
2025 Reading Challenge
Read any book that fits the monthly theme to be entered into a drawing for Dysart Dollars. We'll draw at the end of each month. Read one month, or every month, fiction, nonfiction and audio books. Anyone can participate, from children to adults. See our displays for ideas.
Themes:
January: Face on the Cover
February: Takes Place on Vacation
March: Green Cover
April: Mystery/Thriller
May: Celebrity Book Club Selection
June: Set in a Different Country
July: American Historical Fiction
August: Nonfiction
September: Number in the Title
October: Orange Cover
November: Staff Picks
December: Holiday
Past Challenges
Norma Anders Public Library 2024 Summer Reading Challenges
Two Options: Use one option, both options or some of both. Just have fun reading!
Option 1: Reading Logs Track Minutes Read in June & July
Preschool through High School
Read 120 minutes to complete your card. Read books, newspapers, magazines, or graphic novels. Read together or on your own, just have fun reading! Turn in completed cards to earn instant rewards and to be entered into the monthly drawing for Barnes & Nobel gift certificates.
Option 2: Monthly Theme Challenge June, July & August
Preschool through Adult Read a book that fits the monthly theme, then enter our monthly drawing for local business gift certificates. Need ideas? Check the displays or ask staff.
Themes: June: Animals/July: Summer/August: Nature & Outdoors
Read More in '24!
We're planning lots of different ways to get you excited about reading in 2024! Read Through the Alphabet with our book clubs or on your own staring January 1. Look for reading challenges for teens and kids, too! Use this link to print the form: Read More in '24 A to Z Challenge
Read Books, Spark Change Bingo
We're celebrating Children's Book Week with a fun reading challenge. This year's Children's Book Week theme speaks to the power that books and stories have to inspire positive change. Books can spark change within an individual reader, a family, a classroom, or a whole community. To participate in this reading challenge, find a bingo card at the library or using this link: Read Books, Spark Change Bingo. Read books to complete a bingo. Bring your completed card into the library and win a free book and prize. The reading challenge will run through the month of November 2023. Completed cards must be turned in by November 30 to receive a prize.
Reading Through Time, A Sesquicentennial Reading Challenge for Adults
We're celebrating Dysart’s 150 years with a year-long reading challenge. Read any ten books set in ten different decades from the 1870's to today. Win a small prize for completing the challenge and be entered into a drawing for a larger prize at the end of the year. Completed forms may be turned in throughout the year. Prizes must be picked up at the library. Click the link to print the form: Reading Through Time
Challenge Start Date: January 1, 2023
Challenge End Date: December 31, 2023
2023 Evening Book Club for Adults Monthly Themes
Read a book that fits the monthly theme in this "just-for-fun" reading challenge. Join us for our monthly discussion and tell us about what you read, or read on your own for fun. The Evening Book Club meets either the 3rd or 4th Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Contact the library for more information.