adult winter challenge
Smitten with books
December 1, 2024- January 31, 2025
Adults can participate in Winter Reading in the library, online, and via weekly trivia contests to win one of two grand prizes! Check out our website, stop in the library, or call the Help Desk for more information. Paper logs can be picked up at the Help Desk, or you can enter online here.
Enjoy trivia? Participate in our weekly Winter Trivia contest for adults. Every Monday a new puzzle will be added with a chance to win a $10 gift card. Enter here.
Summer Challenge
Summer Challenge: Explore — Discover — Renew
June 1 – July 31
Ages 0-100+. North Aurora, take the summer challenge to read and participate in fun activities! Everyone is invited to join the fun and earn prizes with challenges for every age.
Babies, kids, and teens can pick up reading and bingo trackers at the library and log reading/activities online at messengerpl.beanstack.org or via the Beanstack Tracker app.
Adults can pick up a log at the Help Desk or enter online.
Stop by the library all summer to enjoy trivia, scavenger hunts, guessing games, the Literacy Investigation Station, special prize drawings, and more!
Year-Round Challenges
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Encourage a lifelong love of books and learning while bonding with your little ones. Messenger’s reading challenges for children help build strong and positive habits through reading together. Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
500 Books Before Middle School
Elementary students can keep reading to earn badges and free books! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
100 Books Before Graduation
Read 100 book before graduating high school. Earn a free book for every 10 books that you read! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
School-Year Challenges
Illinois Children’s and Teen Choice Awards
Monarch Award (Kindergarten – Grade 3)
Bluestem Award (Grades 3-5)
Caudill Award (Grades 4-8)
Abe Lincoln Award (Grades 9-12)
Read this year’s nominees and earn free books! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
