Get Ready for the 2026 Winter Reading Challenge!

January 1 - 31, All-ages, All Carlsbad City Library locations

Ready, set, read! Join this year's Winter Reading Challenge, the Reading Olympics, and race toward your personal reading goals, explore new genres and aim for gold. Register using the Beanstack app or web browser starting January 1, then swing by any library location to claim your registration rewards, including Dave & Buster's Power Vouchers (while supplies last).

Keep logging your minutes to track your progress, power up our most ambitious yet community reading total of 250,000 minutes.

Participants who read 240 minutes during the challenge will score entries in the raffle for experience-based prizes, including free skate passes to Ice Realm Skating Rink and free music and vocal lessons from Ascend Music Studios and babies (0-4) will be entered into their own dedicated raffle for age-appropriate rewards.