RI Libraries Wrap Up Winter Reading Challenge

For the month of February, libraries across the state challenged Rhode Islanders to read every day in the Statewide Winter Reading Challenge, and the people stepped up! Nearly 2000 people registered at their local library to join the challenge, and together logged over 24,000 days (that's over 66 years of reading!). WOW! 

The average participant logged 12 reading days throughout the month, and 471 readers read, at least a little bit, every single day in February. 

Thank you to all of our participating libraries, and our partners Ocean State Libraries and Beanstack for supporting reading in Rhode Island all year long. 

Rhode Island Winter Reading Challenge Statistics:

1,979 total readers registered
67.96% of readers logged reading
24,303 days logged (That's 66.58 years of reading)
Average days logged per reader: 12

Readers:
Ages 0-5: 210 readers
Ages 6-10: 302 readers
Ages 11-17: 167 readers
Ages 18+: 1,300 readers

23 libraries participating. 7 libraries ran their first challenge on Beanstack in over 2 years.