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Winter Break Reading Challenge, 19 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Read through winter break, 19 December 2026 to 3 January 2027: 10 books if you are 5 to 7, 6 books if you are 8 to 10, and 4 longer books from 11 up. Every book climbs you a step up the snowy mountain.
The rules
How many books to the finish line depends on how old the reader is:
- 5 to 7 (about kindergarten to 2nd grade): 10 books
- 8 to 10 (about 3rd to 5th grade): 6 books
- 11 and up (about 6th grade and up): 4 books
What counts. Any book read from start to finish: a Peabody story, a book from the library or a shelf at home, a chapter book finished over several days. For readers 5 to 7, a book a grown-up reads aloud counts too.
The finish. The top of the mountain lights up, and the certificate is yours to print. Never for part of the way: the finish line is the point.
Who it is for. Readers 5 to 18, on their own device or a family one. Ten books is about one every day and a half for a kindergartner; four is about one every four days for a middle schooler with a long book.
The tracker opens for logging on the first day. You can start it now, pick a reader and print the chart for the fridge.
How the tracker works
- Pick your animal. Brothers and sisters each pick their own, up to six on one device, and nobody types a name.
- Tap Log a book and tap the book: a Peabody story at your level, a book from one of Peabody's kids' lists, a book from a series, or, with a grown-up, a book from somewhere else.
- Watch the picture fill. Read on more than one day in a row and the dots show your streak.
- Print the chart or your log at any time. The certificate lights up at the finish line, and only there.
Everything is kept on this device. Nothing a child logs is sent anywhere: Peabody counts that a book was logged in this challenge, and nothing about the book or the reader.
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Running this with a class or a club? Print the class wall chart (thirty readers, ten squares each) for the classroom version; the leaders' page has the sign-up sheet and the class log. Need a book? What should I read next asks three questions.