Well, we are off and running with our new year! I have always felt that reading to or with children is very important in giving them a great start in life. I wanted to make reading a fun challenge for you and your kids and so I’ve come up with a book reading challenge for 2025. 🙂 I’ve compiled a list of types of books you can read. They are not specific titles but rather things like reading “A book with a red cover”. This way it can be adapted to the age of the children you are reading with. For instance, reading a book about a dragon could be a picture book or it could be a higher level chapter book. Please feel free to adapt the list to suit your family’s needs! First I’ll give you the challenge list and then I’ll share some examples of books that fit the different descriptions. Let’s see if we can challenge each other to read 25 books in 2025! Kudos to anyone that reads more! 🙂 Oh, one more thing…a book can only fulfill one spot in the challenge. 😉

Kids Book Challenge 2025

 1.) A book with a dog character                        23.) First book in a series

 2.) A book with a red cover                                24.) A book with magic

 3.) A book about making a craft                        25.) A book with a kid detective

 4.) A book with a number in the title

 5.) A book with a cat character

 6.) A book recommended by a friend

 7.) A book with an orange cover

 8.) A book with rhyming words

 9.) A children’s magazine

10.) A book about an unusual animal

11.) A joke or riddle book

12.) A book with a blue cover

13.) A book with chapters

14.) A book about a dragon

15.) A book that teaches you how to draw

16.) A book that has a mystery

17.) A book about a bird

18.) A coloring book

19.) A book about a monkey

20.) A book that is also a movie

21.) A book with a mouse character

22.) A book with a green cover

There’s the link for downloading the book challenge if you would like to print a copy.

Now for a few examples of books that might fit the descriptions.

This book could fit #3…a book about making a craft.

This book matches #21…book with a mouse character.

This one works for #9…a magazine

How about this book for #15…teaching you to draw.

Here’s a good book for #8 with rhyming words.

This book could be for a chapter book in #13 or #14 about a dragon. But it can only count for one! 😉 Oh, it also works for #24, a book with magic!

This one fits well for #1 about a dog or #7 a book with an orange cover.

Any Curious George book would work for #19 a book about a monkey.

Just one more example could be this book for #16 with a mystery, #23 first book in a series or #25 about a kid detective.

I hope these examples will give you some great ideas to get started on your book challenge! You can do the books in any order! Just see if you can get them all read in 2025!

Happy reading!! 🙂