Winter Reading Challenge 2025 - 2026

Monday, December 15 – Saturday, January 31
All ages!

• Sign up on Beanstack at palatinelibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
• Download the Beanstack Tracker app on your smartphone or device. You may already have an account from the past reading programs.

If you cannot sign up online, call or visit any Library location for help from our friendly staff. Don’t remember your password? We can help! For Palatine cardholders only.

When you take part in the Winter Reading Challenge, you help the community! When we all read a total of 12,000 books, these generous partners will donate to Greater Family Health.

$500 – Palatine Bank & Trust
$500 – Warehouse Direct
$200– Vogue Printers

Greater Family Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides high quality and affordable healthcare to all, regardless of their ability to pay. This means that whether a patient is uninsured, underinsured, publicly insured, or privately insured, no one will ever be turned away because of their inability to pay for services. Those services include pediatrics, family medicine, OB/GYN, oral, and behavioral health.

After completing the reading requirements, you will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win an amazing prize basket filled with gift cards, generously donated by these participating businesses.

Winter Reading Donation Drive
Monday, December 1 – Saturday, January 31
During Winter Reading, donate winter clothing items to Greater Family Health's pediatric patients! Donations accepted are: hats, gloves, scarves, and coats for ages birth-18 years old.