Looking for a way to make your winter semester more fun? UAA students can join the Anchorage Public Library’s Winter Reading Challenge, explore thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks from the Alaska Digital Library, and earn free pizza, stickers, and bookmarks. Whether you’re reading for class, research, or just for fun, this challenge turns reading into rewards.
Access Thousands of eBooks with the Alaska Digital Library
The collection has something for every kind of reader:
- Popular and literary fiction
- Professional development and career-focused titles
- Audiobooks for listening between classes
- Magazines for research or casual reading
Many of the books and resources you’re already using for class can also count toward the reading challenge, so you can combine schoolwork with fun reading – and earn rewards at the same time!
How to Use the Alaska Digital Library
Getting started with ADL is simple. The Consortium Library has a helpful guide that walks you through:
- Logging in with your library credentials or Wolf Card
- Browsing and searching for eBooks and audiobooks
- Borrowing, placing holds, and downloading titles
- Using the Libby app on mobile devices
Check out the full guide here: Alaska Digital Library Guide.
How the Winter Reading Challenge Works
The Anchorage Public Library hosts the Winter Reading Challenge for Grownups with a bingo-style card full of reading prompts. The challenge encourages you to explore new genres, formats, and topics.
Here’s how to participate:
- Pick up a bingo card at any APL location or download it online. Your Wolf Card works at all branches.
- Complete prompts using print books, eBooks, or audiobooks. Many class or research readings may qualify.
- Complete a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of five squares to get bingo.
- Turn in your completed card at any APL location by March 15.
- It’s a fun and flexible way to track your reading without feeling like extra homework.
Rewards: Free Pizza, Stickers, and Bookmarks
Finish a bingo and turn in your card by March 15, and you’ll get a $10 gift card to Saverio’s Pizzeria.