Extreme Book Nerd for Kids —
January 3 to December 17, 2022 —
What is Extreme Book Nerd for Kids?
A variation of the Extreme Book Nerd challenge for adults and teens, Extreme Book Nerd for Kids is a year-long reading challenge that starts January 3 and ends December 17, 2022. For independent readers, grades 1-6. Kids read 25 books aligned with specific reading categories to earn an exclusive Extreme Book Nerd for Kids prize.
How to Participate
To participate in this challenge, kids must:
- Read books that are 100 page minimum, junior fiction level and above (no intermediate, easy reader, picture, or board books), no magazines, one book per category
- Be independent readers in grades 1-6.
- Have their own Idaho Falls Public Library cards.
- Have an IFPL Beanstack account.
- Not be participating in Extreme Book Nerd for Teens.
Extreme Book Nerd for Kids Reading Categories
Here are the 2022 categories for the kids challenge. Participants must complete 25 of the 26 categories to earn the prize. Titles that are linked have a downloadable bookmark to help you find books on the topic:
- A Wild Card. Pick up at the Children’s desk
- From a library display
- Non-Fiction (NOT a biography or autobiography)
- Book you love, read it again
- Recommended by IFPL librarian
- Published this year (2022)
- Book a friend likes
- Book you have at home
- Cover you don’t like
- Knight or dragon in it
- “Clock” or “time” in the title
- Coretta Scott King Award winner or honor
- Author who is new to you
- Trip in it (by car, train, plane, or boat)
- Features music or a musician
- Biography or autobiography
- About something in nature
- Published the year you were born
- From the bottom shelf
- Blue cover (at least 50%)
- Part of a series
- Author’s last name has fewer than five letters
- Pet in it
- Gemstones or jewels in it
- Person on the cover
- Illustrations in it
Prefer to use paper? During the challenge you are welcome to track your reading with our printable reading log. You may also use a journal, a spreadsheet, or a list. Just remember that your books must be entered into Beanstack before reporting completion at the end.
You must have a current library card during the program and when you pick up your prize in order to be eligible for prizes.
Printable reading log (8 1/2 x 11″)
To see the reading categories for our adult and teen challenges, visit our Extreme Book Nerd page.
Extreme Book Nerd Your Way for Kids
Extreme Book Nerd Your Way for Kids is new this year! Kids can read 50 books over the course of the year that include:
- 10 books that were published before they were born
- 10 books that were published after they were born
- 25 award winners
- and 5 books of their choice – all a minimum of 30 pages with no board books, magazines, or duplicates allowed.
Extreme Book Nerd Your Way Reading Log
As you read books for this challenge, record the titles/authors in your Beanstack reading log.
Prefer to use paper? During the challenge you are welcome to track your reading with our printable reading log. You may also use a journal, a spreadsheet, or a list. Just remember that your books must be entered into Beanstack before reporting completion at the end.
Printable reading log (8 1/2 x 11″)
For more information about this reading challenge, contact us online or call 208-612-8460.