Massachusetts Reading Challenge

From the Mass Center for the Book:

Massachusetts Center for the Book in partnership with Massachusetts School Library Association is delighted to announce the inaugural Reading Challenge: Massachusetts Student Edition, a companion to the Adult Reading Challenge, which launched in January.

The Reading Challenge: Student Edition gives students of all ages a chance to set and meet the goal of reading a book each month in a specific category and to share their experience within their reading community.

We invite your library to host this Reading Challenge locally by signing on to become a Reading Partner using this form. This would entail:
- Promoting the Reading Challenge to the students you serve in your community. Attached you will find flyers (color and black & white versions) with the category calendar and a QR code linking to our the Reading Challenge: Student Edition page on our website, accessible here.
- Creating a way for students to sign up for the challenge and tracking the number of participating readers monthly.
- Reporting out to us once a month with the number of students participating, using this form.
- (Optional) creating an incentive plan to encourage students to read! Note that your library would be responsible for obtaining these incentives.

That's it! We ask that your library signs on as a Reading Partner by May 31. The first month students will be reading for this challenge is June.

Note that Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners is supporting the creation of a Beanstack component to this challenge, which will be made available early summer.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly at kzapal@massbook.org.