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Winter Reading Challenge

December 17, 2025

Our 2025-2026 Winter Reading Challenge takes place December 22-February 15!

Stay warm and cozy this winter with great books for a chance to win great prizes.

Register at the library or online.


KIDS & TEENS

🎉 After you register, come into the library to pick up your:

  • Registration Prize
  • First Raffle Ticket
  • Reading Log

⭐ Set your weekly reading goal for this 8-week challenge:

  • For every week you meet your goal, earn a raffle ticket for a chance to win a fun prize!
  • Met your goal all 8 weeks? Earn a bonus raffle ticket!
  • Find a book.

🏆 Raffle Prizes

  • Winter Squishmallow & Squishmallow puzzle
  • Deluxe Art Set
  • LEGO Happy Plants set
  • National Geographic Chemistry Set
  • Magna Tiles Safari set
  • Bluey Firefighter playset & 5-Minute Stories book
  • Amazon Gift Card
  • Lion Cub’s Cookies Gift Card

ADULTS

How Do I Earn Prizes?

📚 Read books

  • Every book you read (up to 8) earns you a raffle ticket!
  • All books count—mystery, romance, cookbooks, graphic novels, even audiobooks!
  • Find a book.

🎟️ Raffle tickets

  • Turn in your tickets at the library or drive-thru by end of day February 15 to enter the Grand Prize Drawings.

What are the prizes?

🕵️‍♂️ Savor & Solve

  • Gift card to La Tavola
  • Gift card for two (2) to Escape It Grandview

🏠 Shelf Indulgence

  • Book nook kit
  • Bookmark making kit
  • Lego succulent
  • Reading journal
  • Krema snacks

🍫 Curl Up & Cocoa On

  • Two mugs
  • Gourmet hot chocolate
  • Marshmallows and candy canes
  • Jigsaw puzzle

🏖️ Snow to Splash Pool Pass (Grandview residents only)

  • A pool pass for a family of four (4) to the Grandview Heights Municipal Pool
  • Four (4) beach towels

🎶Music on the Lawn VIP

  • Prime seating for one (1) performance of your choice
  • Two GHPL camping chairs
  • One (1) reserved parking space for chosen performance
  • Your choice of snacks, or a gift card towards that evening’s food truck & ice cream from the GHPL Foundation’s Novel Treats cart

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