Great Reading Race 2025

Calling all Bolingbrook middle school students in grades 6–8! Read to earn books for your school media center and classroom and prizes for yourself by joining the Great Reading Race from September 22 through October 27!

Log Your Reading!

What Reading Counts?

  • Any reading!
  • Books, audiobooks, graphic novels, eBooks and eAudiobooks
  • Independent reading at home and school
  • Classroom read-alouds or stories read as a class
  • Every minute you log is equal to one point

Prizes

  • Earn vouchers for free items from our sponsors for every 200 minutes you log.
  • Earn a free paperback book when you reach 1,000 minutes.
  • Prizes will be available from September 22 to November 17, while supplies last.
  • You can redeem your prize in the Vortex or at scheduled school visits.

Grand Prizes

  • Use your points to buy virtual tickets for the grand prize drawings.
  • Each ticket costs 100 points, and you can buy up to 10 tickets.
  • Grand prizes include: $50 Target gift card and a Fountaindale tote bag filled with books.

School Incentives

  • Each middle school in Bolingbrook will set its own goal, and students will read cooperatively to reach the goal.
  • Each school that meets that goal will receive a collection of 25 books for its Library Media Center.

Classroom Incentives

  • Students who read 100 minutes will be entered to win a $200 gift card for a classroom party and a set of 10 books for their classroom library.
  • Students can increase their odds of winning for every 100 minutes they read.

For questions, please contact Teen Services at 630.685.4199 or fountaindaleteen@fountaindale.org.


Great Reading Race 2025