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Past Challenges!
2024
- January: Hold On to Your Hat
- February: I Can Read a Rainbow
- March: Put a Spell on You
- April: Some Friendly Competition
- May: Cold-Blooded Creatures
- June: Step Right Up and Enjoy the Show
- August: Great to Have Every Body
- September: Let’s Shape Things Up
- October: Reading Past Bedtime
- November: A Bouquet of Books
2023
- January: How Sweet the Sound
- February: Something to Sip
- March: The Rest is History
- April: Nothing Rhymes with Orange
- May: Show Them the Door
- June: You Are My Sunshine
- July: Staying Alive
- August: Double Trouble
- September: The Early Bird Gets the Bookworm
- October: That’s Fall, Folks!
- November: Flavor of the Month
2022
- January: Borrowing Books
- February: It Runs in the Family
- March: Check the Yellow Pages
- April: Bookworms Bugging Out!
- May: Under Lock and Key
- June: Books of the Future
- July: Our Bookshelf Overfloweth
- August: Playing by the Book
- September: Reading Rodents
- October: Ghost Stories
- November: It’s There in Black and White
2021
- January: Reading by Moonlight
- February: Tickled Pink
- March: Here for the Plot
- April: Horsing Around
- May: Your Name in Lights
- June: Right Royal and Readable
- July: Booked for the Summer
- August: Going Green
- September: Flying Off the Shelf
- October: It Came from the Shelves
- November: If the Shoe Fits
- December: Plotting a Course
2020
- January: Well Red
- February: It’s a Classic
- March: Puppy Love
- April: Say the Magic Word
- May: Rain or Shine
- June: What a Treat
- July: Making Waves
- August: Barnyard Bookshelf
- September: Read by Number
- October: Bewitching Bookshelf
- November: Telling Tales
- December: Branching Out
2019
- January: Here There Be Dragons
- February: To the Letter
- March: Draw Me In
- April: On the Move
- May: MerMay
- June: The Cover Purple
- July: Home Sweet Bookshelf
- August: Next in Line
- September: Good Sports
- October: The Cat’s Meow
- November: Those Meddling Kids!
- December: Written in the Stars
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I love that these reading challenges are self-paced.