Winter Reading Challenge at your Lincoln Library

Helena -The Lewis & Clark Library Lincoln Branch and the Lincoln School Library are teaming up to encourage consistent reading for Pre-K - 6th graders.

Lewis & Clark Libraries are providing a Winter Reading program through the month of January that is open to all ages.

Grades PreK-6 will have the opportunity to take part in the Read It Challenge through the Lincoln School during the month of February. Students who participate in both programs will have their names submitted for an opportunity to throw a pie at the librarians. Four students will be randomly drawn, and each librarian will get pied twice. In addition to throwing a pie at your favorite librarian, kids can earn prizes through the Beanstack Winter Reading Challenge.

Thanks to a generous donation from the Lewis & Clark Library Foundation, the Library is pleased to offer Beanstack, a web-based platform where individuals, families, and groups can track their reading and participate in library reading and activity challenges.

"We are very excited about Beanstack as it is a great way to engage readers of any age and any level in fun reading challenges throughout the year," explained Lewis & Clark Library Children's Librarian Molly O. Hudson.

The first reading challenge has already begun the 2020 Winter Reading Challenge.

"Lewis & Clark Library is joining hundreds of other schools and libraries across the United States as participants in this exciting event. We challenge you to read 20 minutes each day," stated Hudson. Sign up, read, and log your minutes on Beanstack.

Participating is as easy as 1-2-3! Sign up online at https://lclibrary.beanstack.org or visit any branch of the Lewis & Clark Library. Reading books, ebooks graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, and listening to audiobooks all count.

Earn online badges for registering and for every 60 minutes you read!

Want to go mobile? Download the Free Beanstack tracker mobile app, available in the Android and iOS, to register and easily track reading minutes.

It's not too late to start! Visit the Library's webpage at https://www.lclibrary.org/381/Beanstack and get started today! "Don't worry if you didn't begin on the first of the month.The app allows you to backdate your reading journal," explained Hudson.