Bookish Biomes

Winter 2026 Reading Challenge

Busy yourself with some biomes this winter during our Winter 2026 Reading Challenge!

Why let the cold and gloom of winter get you down when you can be out there exploring, through books! This year's Winter Reading Challenge is all about biomes, delving into books that take you into different environments all over the world!

Sign up here! Starting January 2, head to either library to pick up your reading log. Once you finish, turn it back in and be entered in to win a grand prize! Last day to turn in finished logs is March 31.

Need some recommendations? Try our curated book lists!

Teen & Adult / Youth

Have questions? Please reach out to either Annabelle at aho.ddm@minlib.net or Michaela at mcalderwood@minlib.net

Biome descriptions:

• Freshwater: Places including freshwater (non-salty water), like rivers, lakes, and ponds
• Marine: Places including saltwater (salty water), like the ocean
• Tundra: Places that are cold, snowy, and treeless, like the Arctic and Antarctic
• Rainforest: Places that are wet and full of dense trees and plants, like the Amazon
• Savanna: Places with hot, dry grassland and spread out trees, like the Serengeti in Africa
• Taiga: Places that are cold and have dense evergreen trees, like in Russia & Canada
• Temperate forest: Places that have all four seasons and a variety of trees, like right here in Dedham!
• Temperate Grassland: Places with large flat grassland, very few trees and seasons, like the prairies in the American West
• Alpine: High up places that are full of mountains and very few or no trees, like the Rockies or Himalayas
• Desert: Places with very little rain and limited plants, like the Sahara or Gobi deserts

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