East Central Regional Library place 2nd in national reading challenge

By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (3/21/22)

(Central Minnesota) — In the month of February, the East Central Regional Library placed 2nd nationally in the NASA @ My Library Challenge after 3 months of participating in the nation-wide reading challenge.

In December 2021, ECRL patrons participated in a nation wide reading challenge, the James Webb Space Telescope Challenge. Participants read books, logged their minutes, and completed space-themed activities to earn badges in the Beanstack Tracker App. During the month of December, readers across the U.S. logged over 2 million minutes, read nearly 1,000 books, and completed nearly 3,000 activity badges.

Fast forward to February of 2022, ECRL took 2nd place and NSAS sent 2 specially curated NASA Space Explorers Backpacks to be added to the Library Collections as their prize.

The backpacks each contain: FunScope Telescope with instruction manual, Moon Map,  The Night Sky Planisphere with a red light flashlight,  Code & Go Robot Mouse Game, Book: Starry Skies by Samantha Chagollan, Book: Find the Constellations by H.A. Rey, Book: Mousetronaut Goes to Mars by Mark Kelly, Book: 8 Little Planets by Chris Ferrie, List of additional books NASA suggests for space-lovers.

These backpacks will soon be cataloged and be available for ECRL library card holders to check out and enjoy. ECRL holds monthly reading challenges for all ages through the free Beanstack Tracker app, learn more about how to participate at www.ecrlib.org/events.