Books Like Us: Celebrate Diversity Through Reading

For Readers of All Ages: January 1 - March 1, 2021
This winter the Library invites readers to explore the transformative power of seeing oneself reflected in a book.
How to Participate
- Sign up on Beanstack.
- Earn badges by reading books in different categories (pick your own or use our book lists).
- Complete Winter Reading by earning five badges.
- Raffle winners will be notified after March 1.
Prizes
- Each badge you earn equals one entry into the Winter Reading raffle.
- There will be one raffle per age group: Kids, Teens and Adults.
- Raffle prizes are gift cards to Loyalty Bookstores.
Why is Winter Reading different this year?
This year has been unique in many ways. We’ve faced a pandemic, but we’ve also experienced a national reckoning on inequity. Arlington Public Library believes that one way to in challenging these inequities is through literature.
Reading books by authors that reflect the wide variety of people and experiences in our community broadens our understanding of each other's lived experience. We hope through this year’s Winter Reading you discover new voices that you may not have encountered otherwise.
Winter Reading is made possible through the generosity of the Friends of the Arlington Public Library.