Winter Reading Program

Cute fox with a white mug prize; Pounce on a good book! Dec 21 - Feb 15 for the 2025 Winter Reading Program

Pounce on a good book!

December 21, 2024 - February 15, 2025

Curl up with a good book this winter!

Available to all readers age 3 to adults. Register and log your reading online, pick up a gamecard from the Library, or print your own.

Finish the challenge to receive a fun prize (while supplies last):

  • For children: a SpareMe prize and a hot cocoa mug
  • For adults and teens: a hot cocoa mug and chance to win a $50 Downtown District Gift Card

Track your reading online

Printables

Resources

Upcoming events

Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Learn the basics of LEGO robotics through our Junior Bots mini camp! Design and build attachments to lead your robot to victory in a head to head sumo challenge. Discover more about the engineering process through designing, prototyping, and...

Tweens Kids Science & Technology

Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two threads or yarn made of fiber onto a warp and weft of a loom and turning them into cloth. Today we will be exploring the simple art of weaving using yarn and homemade llama looms...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting
digital creativity challenge

Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 7:00pm

Zoom

Join Stacey for a kick-off of the 2025 Digital Creativity Challenge! We'll talk about the challenges, look at samples, and share ideas for how to approach them. You'll have January and February to make your art, which will go on display in the...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting Science & Technology

Friday, January 3, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Dance Me a Story ties together ballet performances and the literature that inspires the choreography. Participants first learn how the literature inspires the choreographer and dancers, then see costumes, head pieces, props and pointe shoes—all...

Kids Babies Families Music
book club matchmaking

Saturday, January 4, 2025 - 11:00am

Meeting Room A

Do you have some books you'd like to read and discuss with others? Are you in the mood to be in a book group but don't have a book in mind? This time, Book Club Matchmaking will be based on the book you want to read. You're welcome to bring some...

Adults

Sunday, January 5, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Today we're making colorful, sparkly snowflakes from popsicle sticks and some fun decorations like sequins and buttons! Display your festive flake on the fridge with a magnet! Sunday Fun Days are suitable for all-ages, but younger children...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting
cozy reading in the library

Monday, January 6, 2025 - 10:00am

Other

Adults are invited to come and grab a comfy chair and a mug of hot cocoa or tea on Monday mornings in January. Enjoy some quiet reading time in our light-filled magazine area! This event is part of our Wintering Together series for adults. Join us...

Adults

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Lego Club is an informal hour of Lego building from 4-5pm on the first Tuesday of the month. We will have both Legos and Duplos, so all ages are welcome to attend, but this is a semi-unsupervised library activity. If your child is too young to play...

Tweens Kids
hygge chat

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 - 7:00pm

Zoom

hygge (noun): a cozy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable Do you need some help warming up to winter? Or are you one of those people who has a secret love of the coldest season? Either way, join us as we present some of the...

Adults

Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Preschool Stories & More is the Thursday Storytime program at the library and will often be a guest presenter, storyteller or performer! All ages are welcome to attend Preschool Stories and More every week, but some programs may be better suited...

Kids Families Storytimes