Family Winter Reading: read together 55 days between 12/2/24 – 3/1/25 ✅
Prize: a new family game
Winter Reading Challenge: Section 1
The prizes for section 1 were lip balm and a book!
Ask a library staff member about their favorite book – Jimmy recommended a book about ham radio.
What is something your local library offers for arts/crafts? – a weekly crafting group
Choose to read one day instead of watching TV.
Attend a library program – Spice Club: Christmas cookies
Write someone a card/letter – we sent a card to a relative in a nursing home, a birthday card to a friend, and a few “thank you” notes
Read a book that makes you happy: “The Last Holiday Concert” by Andrew Clements
Read a book that has a wintry cover: “The Family Under the Bridge” by Natalie Savage Carlson
Read a book set in your favorite time period: “Jotham’s Journey” by Arnold Ytreeide (4 BC)
Winter Reading Challenge: Section 2
The prize for section 2 was a coupon to a local business! We went out for soup and ice cream and used a coupon we found in the “Saver” we got in the mailbox.
Print out the categories for the extreme book nerd. You can visit the link below to see the categories:
https://www.ifpl.org/extreme-book-nerd/
Attend a library event – Escape Room
Perform an act of community service – participate in the Friends of the Library meeting, pick up trash on the roadside, donate books to the library, donate clothes/toys to the local thrift store
Discuss your current book with a friend or family member
Read a book that gives you the chills: “I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888” by Lauren Tarshis
Read a book from a new to you author: “The Great Turkey Walk” by Kathleen Karr
Read a non-fiction book: Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci?” by Roberta Edwards
Winter Reading Challenge: Section 3
The prize for section 3 was a lunch container!
Check out a blind date with a book
Read 5 days in a row
Learn about your state (NV)
Read a favorite book: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson
Read a book with a number in the title: “The Twenty-One Balloons” by William Pène du Bois
Read a book that begins with one of the letters in your local library’s acronym: eg. IFPL (Idaho Falls Public Library): “Little House Christmas” by Laura Ingalls Wilder & Garth Williams
Read a book that’s the same color as the outside of your home: “Louisiana’s Way Home” by Kate DiCamillo – DiCamillo has an uncanny ability to make me feel not just like I can see the story unfolding, but like I am the main character in the story. I was captivated by Louisiana and by Raymie in the previous book in this series.
We hope this post inspires you to read one of the books we read, or read different books that fit into these fun categories, or get yourself a fun prize for the books you’ve been reading lately!
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My nephew got Poetry For Neanderthals for his birthday last year, and it was funny (and challenging too! Later on, I suddenly had many ideas on how to phrase the words on the cards 🤣 Perhaps I’ll get it next time lol.)
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Yes! The game seems simple but it’s really challenging. I get stumped often and bopped with the club frequently too! 😂
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I really like the color and trim on your house! Great job on all that reading. What an adventure!
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Sitting on your front porch with the green grass sounds like a lovely afternoon! Spring is right around the corner and with the rain, the grass will be growing. Elliot just finished reading Pilgrim’s Progress by Helem Taylor and he seemed to have enjoyed it. The illustrations are pretty. Louisiana’s Way Home was such a good book: “swampy lungs.”
I wrote down a few book titles for us…thank you for your recommendations!
Great job, kiddos, for all your reading!!
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The illustrator for that version on Pilgrims Progress also illustrated The Wingfeather Saga. Have you kids read those? I haven’t read them, but my oldest read a couple of them and we have friends who rave about them.
I think you recommended Louisiana’s Way Home. I really enjoyed that book. DiCamillo has a way of making me feel like I am the main character in the story.
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