“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?

Attend any library event from January 22nd through March 18th and you will earn 50 points for each event attended. 

There will be three special events during the program. Attend an event and you earn 50 points:

·        On Wednesday, February 8th, at 2:00 PM, we will show the feature film, Where the Crawdads Sing, at the library. The movie is based on the popular book, Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens.

·        On Thursday, March 2^nd, at 6:00 PM, we will host a group discussion about two of the featured books:  Circe and The Bear.

·        On Saturday, March 11^th, at 1:00 PM, we will host a group discussion about two of the featured books: When the Emperor Was Divine and Station Eleven.

Attend any library event from January 21st through March 22nd and you will earn 50 points for each event attended. 

Go for a walk and look for letters of the alphabet all around you! For example, two branches on the ground might form the letter T. The goal is to find the letters without having to move items around to create the letter. Mark off each letter as you find it!

We’ve selected some different book genres and book formats. Read a book from one of the selected genres and book formats and you’ll earn 25 points. Here is what we’ve selected this year:

·        Historical fiction

·        Graphic novel

·        Non-fiction

·        Audiobook

We’ve selected some different book genres and book formats. Read a book from one of the selected genres and book formats and you’ll earn 25 points. Here is what we’ve selected this year:

·        Historical fiction

·        Graphic novel

·        Non-fiction

·        Audiobook

The program centers around four featured books. You’ll earn 200 points by reading two of these books. Read all four and you earn 400 points. Here are the featured books:

·        The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir, by Thi Bui

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, by Sarah Smarsh

The Cold Millions, by Jess Walter

Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden

The program centers around four featured books. You’ll earn 100 points by reading two of these books. Read all four and you earn 200 points. Here are the featured books:

·        Circe, by Madeline Miller

·        The Bear, by Andrew Krivak

·        When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka

·        Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel

The program centers around four featured books. You’ll earn 200 points by reading two of these books. Read all four and you earn 500 points.

Here are the featured books: 

• True Grit, by Charles Portis
• Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell, by Ann Powers
• Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
• Fire Keeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley  

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!

Do something nice and show kindness to others! These activities are great ways to show your generosity.

Get your little ones to expand their horizons. This can be accomplished by trying something new or seeing things in a different light. Teach your little ones that you don’t have to travel far to explore new things—wonderment can be found everywhere!

Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!