Towns battle it out at the Library starting Jan. 31

NORTHFIELD — Who can read the most books in February? Bow’s Baker Free Library and Tilton/Northfield’s Hall Memorial Library will go head-to-head during the month of February to see whose patrons read the most in one month.

The Book Battle between Bow and Tilton/Northfield will start on Monday, Jan, 31 and will continue through February. Hall Memorial patrons — and interested community members — are encouraged to log how many minutes they read per week via an online form, (rebrand.ly/HMLBookBattle), or on paper bookmarks which can be picked up at Hall Memorial Library or from Book Battle boxes posted around town. Completed logs can also be deposited in these boxes.

There will be weekly prize drawings from all entries submitted each week during the competition. A large mural at Hall Memorial will keep track of our progress against Baker Free, so patrons are encouraged to stop by often to check how we’re doing.

Any type of reading counts: fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, audiobooks, newspapers (in print and online), reading aloud to others. Teachers, if you read aloud to your class for 20 minutes and you have 20 students in your class, that’s 400 minutes you can log for the contest.

The grand prize is bragging rights for a year, as well as the joy that comes from building community among our readers. Consider supporting the Bow-Tilton/Northfield Book Battle this February.

For more information on any of the programs including the reading competition, contact Hall Memorial Library at 603-286-8971 or hallmemoriallibrary@gmail.org.