Library issues Winter Reading Challenge

Readers of all ages may earn a raffle ticket for every book read (or listened to) during the Sussex County Library System’s (SCLS) “Bundle Up with a Good Book Winter Reading Challenge” during February.

Tickets and raffle boxes will be available at every SCLS location.

A variety of prizes, including Amazon and Panera gift cards and SCLS campfire mugs, will be awarded to individual winners in four different age groups at each library.

“The premise is simple,” said Louisa Bann, adult services supervisor. “Read a book, fill out a raffle ticket, drop it in the box. The more books you read, listen to, have read to you ... the greater your chances to win.”

Reading ends Feb. 28, and all tickets must be entered by 5 p.m. March 4. Winners must be SCLS cardholders.

For information or to apply for a library card, stop by or call any branch:

• Main Library, 125 Morris Turnpike, Newton, 973 948-3660

• Dennis Branch, 101 Main St., Newton, 973 383-4810

• Dorothy Henry Branch, 66 Route 94, Vernon, 973 827-8095

• E. Louise Childs Branch, 21 Sparta Road, Stanhope, 973 770-1000

• Franklin Branch, 103 Main St., Franklin, 973 827-6555

• Sussex-Wantage Branch, 66 Route 639, Wantage, 973 875-3940

Or go online to sussexcountylibrary.org