Back to SearchWyoming, ON – Lambton County Library is encouraging kids and teens to read this winter with its annual Winter Reading Programs – Bundle Up With A Book and Teen Freedom to Read. The programs are designed to incorporate literacy activities through interactive programming in addition to reading challenges to earn prizes.
This year, kids and teens are invited to register for the challenge using the Library’s Beanstack app at lambton.beanstack.org. Participants will need to sign up for Beanstack before they can join the challenge. Registered participants will be able to join the challenge beginning January 2, 2023 and begin tracking their reading starting January 9, 2023.
Between Monday, January 9, 2023 and Sunday, February 19, 2023, participants can complete activities in the Bundle Up With A Book – Winter Reading Program Challenge to earn badges and be eligible for prizes.
Kids will win a free book prize for earning their 5 Books Badge, 10 Books Badge, and 15 Books Badge. Kids can also earn a ballot into a draw to win a $100 Cineplex gift card by earning their Family Literacy Day activity badge in Beanstack. The challenge also includes a BINGO card made up of different badges, including badges earned for reaching reading milestones and badges earned for completing activities. Once a participant has completed a line on the BINGO card, they will earn the BINGO Completion Badge and earn an entry into a prize draw to win a KiwiCo STEAM kit.
Teens who wish to participate can register for the Freedom to Read Challenge using Beanstack. Teens can log the number of minutes they read and earn badges for reaching different reading milestones. Teens will win book prizes when they earn their 200 Minutes Badge, 400 Minutes Badge, and 600 Minutes Badge.
In addition, teens are encouraged to learn about intellectual freedom and the important role libraries play supporting it. Teens are encouraged to read books from the Freedom To Read challenged works list found at freedomtoread.ca/challenged-works/ to earn their Freedom to Read Badge. Teens who successfully complete their 600 Minutes Badge and Freedom to Read Badge will be entered into a draw to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
Any book read, bought, or borrowed, counts toward your total. Books can be borrowed at your local library or by using eLibrary platforms such as TumbleBook Library or Libby. To learn more about Lambton County Library’s eLibrary, visit lclibrary.ca.
Programming
As part of the Winter Reading Program, Lambton County Library will be offering programming in branches throughout the County. Registration for all programs is available through Lambton County Library’s online calendar at lclibrary.ca/wrp. Programs include:
Ice Age Breakout Escape Room
Ages 10 and up
Unlock the safe to save the planet in this daring escape room set in an ice age! It is 50 years in the future, a series of catastrophic volcanic eruptions has caused the earth to descend into an ice age. The key to the earth’s survival may rest with research locked inside a safe protected by a series of clues that would lead to the combinations to unlock it. The survival of Earth depends on you. Work fast. Every minute without the research the ice advances south. For a full list of dates, times and locations visit lclibrary.ca/escaperoom.
Indigenous Storytelling and Interactive Sharing
Saturday, January 21 – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Forest Library
Participate in a storytelling and interactive sharing circle with Deb and Barry Milliken, proud members of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. Since retiring, their special interest has been in working with schools to help raise awareness about their history and culture through drumming, storytelling and interactive sharing as well as working with various teaching aids.
Heaven’s Wildlife Rescue
Saturday, January 14 – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Sarnia Library
Saturday, January 21 – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Petrolia Library
Saturday, January 28 – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Corunna Library
Saturday, February 4 – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Bright’s Grove Library
Learn about local wildlife with Peggy from Heaven’s Wildlife Rescue. Heaven’s Wildlife will be bringing some animal friends to the library for this program.
Family Read Along
Saturday, January 28 – 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. – Port Lambton Library
Celebrate Family Literacy Week with us as staff read a family-appropriate story and participate in activities that encourage a love of reading.
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Please contact:
Vanitia Campbell
Public Services Coordinator – Youth, Lambton County Library
County of Lambton
519-845-0809 ext. 5237
Email Vanitia Campbell
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