Level Up with Winter Reading!

Only one more day until our Winter Reading Challenge begins! 

Are you ready to accept the challenge?

Registration for Forsyth County Public Library's Winter Reading Challenge begins Friday, December 19, 2025!

Sign up in the Beanstack app anytime between December 19, 2025, and January 19, 2026, then just log your reading to earn points toward motivating prizes. 

This challenge is for ALL AGES!

Earn 1 point for each minute of reading, or 20 points for one book, and receive prizes to keep you going until the end of the challenge on January 19, 2026. 

And speaking of prizes...

Children (Ages 0–Grade 5):

Participating children can earn wearable buttons at 250 and 500 points. This year, we’re debuting special buttons at each library location! All five branches and the Bookmobile have a unique button that children can earn by visiting that location. The branches will have engagement programs for participants to complete to earn their buttons. These activities include the opportunity to vote on finalists from the Bookmark Design Contest! 

Teens & Adults (Grade 6 and up):

Teen and adult participants can earn vinyl stickers at 250 and 500 points. At 500 points, they will get an FCPL Friends and Advocates Bookstore coupon for one free book up to $3.00 in value.

Grand Prizes

All participants will automatically get entered in the Grand Prize Drawing for their age group when they reach 500 points. Each branch has four grand prizes:

• Preschool: Magna-Tiles
• Elementary: Puzzle Night Basket with hot chocolate, a mini Squishmallow, handheld Tetris console, Rubik's Cube, and Kanoodle game
• Teen: Boba Basket with a boba tea kit for 6, sticky notes, and pencil pouch
• Adult: Murder Mystery Basket with Murdle: Volume 1, How to Get Away with Murder, and Body on the Boardwalk game

The Winter Reading Challenge begins on Friday, December 19 and runs through Monday, January 19, 2026, to give participants a full month to log their winter reading. 

Grand prizes will be drawn on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Grand prize winners will be notified via email to whatever email address is associated with their Beanstack account. 

Unreadable Podcast Transcript - December 2025

In this episode, Ross speaks with Programming Manager Sarah Brubaker about the upcoming our Winter Reading program. Listen for more information on this year’s theme (HINT: Get ready to press the A button!), incremental prizes, and grand prizes. 

Winter Reading runs from December 19, 2025 to January 19, 2026. To learn more about signing up for the challenge, please visit our website.

Winter Break Survival Guide: Week 1

Parents and caregivers, you made it through the first half of the school year! 

Now it’s winter break and as happy as you are to have some quality time with the kids at home for the next few weeks, chances are it won’t be long until you hear the first cries of “I’m bored.” 

Not to worry, we have some ideas to help you make your family’s winter break more fun and educational without breaking the bank. 

Register for Winter Reading Fun on December 19!

Registration for Winter Reading Fun begins on December 19. This fun, free reading challenge will run from Tuesday, December 19–January 21.