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Experience all the feels this winter with Dover Public Library’s Winter Reading Challenge.

Beginning Sunday, Jan. 1, all ages (yes, you too adults) are invited to sign up and receive an emoji bingo card. For every hour read or activity completed, cross off an emoji on your bingo board. Get a bingo in any direction on your card and win a $5 gift card to La Festa, Lickee’s and Chewy’s, or Harvey’s Bakery and Coffee Shop (while supplies last). The fun doesn’t stop with bingo. Complete your entire bingo card and be entered into the grand prize raffle.

The Winter Reading Challenge lasts until Tuesday, Feb. 28. Miss the start date? Sign up is welcomed and encouraged throughout the program.

Participants can pick up a physical bingo board at the library to do by hand, or they can visit the library’s Beanstack website (doverpublic.beanstack.org) to participate virtually. Through Beanstack, participants can choose to record on their computer or through an app on their phone.

Looking for a longer challenge? Join Dover Public Library’s 2023 Book Challenge. Also available in-person or virtually through Beanstack. Can you read all 16 themed books in a year? Expand your world view by reading books and genres outside your usual stack. Win books for completing a bingo and filling out your board. This challenge takes place Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023.

Both book challenges are free, open to the public, and all ages are invited to participate.

If you do not have a library card, let this be a sign to get one. Dover Public Library cards are free to all Dover residents, as well as anyone who works or goes to school in Dover (must be 5years-old to get a card). Bring a photo ID and proof of address to 73 Locust St., in Dover to sign up – or visit our website to do it from the comfort of your own home.

For more information, visit the library’s website at library.dover.nh.gov or call (603) 516-6050.

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