Is your New Year’s Resolution to read more in 2026? We have a great way to help you kick things off in January! From January 1 – 31, 2026, Davenport Library patrons are encouraged to Read with Benny (the bean) as part of the 2026 Winter Reading Challenge.

To participate, you can either log into Beanstack online or download the app to your phone or tablet. If you have participated in one of our online challenges before, log into your account. If you haven’t, you’ll have to create an account first. Once you have done so, search for Davenport Public Library challenges. You’ll see the “Read with Benny Winter Reading Challenge” logo that matches the one up above. Click on that, and you are entered!

What next? Read! Whether you like fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, audiobooks, or magazines, the library has something to help you meet this challenge! If you are looking for inspiration, check out the 2026 Online Reading Challenge or some of our recent blog posts about new materials in the library: New Memoirs and Biographies, Winners of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards, or Straight Off the Shelf.

People who complete the challenge will be entered into a prize drawing. Prizes are determined by age group:

• Children’s Prize (0 – 11 years old): Enter to win a Tonies Bundle, including a Toniebox and assorted audiobooks and interactives to go with it!
• Teen (11 – 19 years old): Enter to win a $75 gift card to The Atlas Collective and a YA Romance Book Bundle!
• Adult (19+ years old): Enter to win a $100 Hyvee gift card along with a shopping tote and cookbook for inspiration!