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✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 14/15

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

★★★Tasks: ★★★

1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.
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2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).
🟢~#1~ The Last Thing He Told Me ★★★★ 17 February

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart:
🟢That Night ★★★★ 8 February

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
🟢~7797~ Louder Than Hunger ★★★★ 1 March

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T
🟢~ Dani Collins~ Fake Skating ★★★★ 25 February

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author who uses three names OR both names begin with a consonant:
🟢~ Lisa Marie Presley~ From Here to the Great Unknown ★★★★ 25 February

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London:
🟢The Bookbinder's Secret ★★★★ 11 February

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Fantasy:
🟢Alchemised ★★★★ 22 February

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y -
🟢The School for Thieves ★★★ 19 February

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alask:
🟢365 Days to Alaska ★★★★ 5 April

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Published in March (of any year):
🟢~2023~ You Are Here: Connecting Flights ★★★★ 13 February

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.
🟢Pearce Oysters ★★★ 28 March

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Land is taken from someone.
🟢 The Lies They Told ★★★★ 4 April

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names
🟢The World's Best Class Plant by Liz Garton Scanlon ★★★ 29 March

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Title begins with M.
🟢Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma ★★ 8 March

✅Done!!!✅ 15

Read The Months
Durantion: January 1, 2026 -March 31, 2026

Level January: 3-5 tasks
Level February: 6-9 Tasks.
Level March: 2 tasks for each number. They have to be different.

For the first 2 levels each task can be done once.
TASKS

1. There were quite a few authors born in January. Issac Asimov, Susan Wittig Albert, Erik Larson, J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl Sandburg, Jack London, Michael Bond, Virginia Woolf, A.A. Milne, J.D. Salinger, Edith Wharton, Norman Mailer, and Lewis Carroll.
📖Read a book by one of the above authors
📖Read a book published in January of any year
📖A book where the authors initials can be found in JANUARY.

2. January has a couple of strange holidays. January 3 has a Festival of Sleep Day, Fruitcake Toss Day, and Drinking Straw Day, January 10 is National Houseplant Appreciation Day. January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day, and Penguin Awareness Day.
📖 Read a book with either a squirrel or a penguin on the cover
📖A character eats fruitcake
📖A character attends a festival.

3. January also has some quirky challenges. National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day (Jan 11). No Pants Subway Ride Day (Mid-Jan, Date Varies). Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day (Jan 24). Global Belly Laugh Day (Jan 24) and Yodel for Your Neighbors Day (Jan 30).
📖Read a book where it rains
📖A character who laughs a lot
📖A character rides a subway.

4. Authors who have a birthday in February are Meg Cabot, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Kate Chopin, Amy Tan, Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and John Steinbeck Plus many children's authors like Judy Blume, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Jane Yolen.
📖 Read a book by one of the above authors
📖A book published in February of any year
✔ ~2021~Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World ★★★★ 17 January
✔ ~2023~ The Last Tale of the Flower Bride ★★ 21 January
📖A book where the authors initials can be found in FEBRUARY.
✔The Bookbinder's Secret by A.D. Bell ★★★★ 11 February

5. Some weird holidays are Feb 1: Spunky Old Broads Day, Feb 4: Stuffed Mushroom Day, Feb 6: Work Naked Day, Feb 16: Do a Grouch a Favor Day, Feb 22: Be Humble Day, and International Sword Swallowers Day, and Feb 28: Public Sleeping Day.
📖 Read a book where a character eats mushrooms
📖 A character who is a grouch
✔Overdue ★★★ 20 February
✔Problematic Summer Romance★★★ 24 January
📖A character who is a spunk old lady.

6. There are also a few strange challenges for the month of February. Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day (Feb 7): A challenge to interact with those living nearby through a simple wavek, Eat That Frog Challenge: A productivity challenge based on the idea of completing your most difficult or unpleasant task first thing in the morning and February Doodle Challenge: A daily drawing challenge with quirky prompts like "Perfume," "Box of Chocolates," "Cupid’s Arrow," and "Sunset".
📖Read a book with a sunset on the cover
📖A character who draws
📖A character waves at someone

7. Some of the authors who were born in March. Khaled Hosseini,
Sarah J. Maas, Gabriel García Márquez, Bret Easton Ellis, Kenneth Grahame, Dr. Seuss, Douglas Adams, Jack Kerouac, John Updike, Henrik Ibsen and Philip Roth.
📖 Read a book by one of the above authors
📖A book published in March of any year
✔~2023~ You Are Here: Connecting Flights ★★★★ 13 February
✔~2024~ Louder Than Hunger ★★★★ 1 March
📖The authors initials can be found in MARCH AUTHORS.
✔Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega ★★★ 15 March
✔Worst-Case Collin by Rebecca Caprara ★★★★ 22 March
✔The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar ★★★ 17 January
✔Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money by Tom Sullivan ★★★★ 5 January

8. March is packed with quirky celebrations like International Goof Off Day, Make Up Your Own Holiday Day, National Something on a Stick Day, Everything You Think Is Wrong Day, If Pets Had Thumbs Day, and Open An Umbrella Indoors Day.
📖 Read a book where a character goofs off
✔Stand Up!: A Graphic Novel ★★★ 13 March
📖A pet on the cover
✔Stuff Kids Should Know: The Mind-Blowing Histories of (Almost) Everything ★★★ 1 March
📖The word umbrella can be found in the text

9. In March there are some strange challenges. The Middle Name Pride Challenge (March 10) people are challenged to use only their middle names for the entire day or share the bizarre stories behind their often-hidden second names, The Alien Abduction Challenge (March 20): Observed on Alien Abduction Day, this niche challenge involves enthusiasts sharing "survival tips" or creating staged, humorous videos of themselves being "beamed up" and a notable "strange challenge" that gained infamy in March 2020 was the dangerous "Coronavirus Challenge". This ill-advised social media trend encouraged individuals to film themselves licking public objects, such as toilet seats.
📖 Read a book with an author who has a middle name
📖A book tagged science fiction
📖A character uses social media.
✔This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March
✔Sounds Like Love ★★★★ 8 February

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✅Done!!!✅ 12/12

March Scattergories
Duration: March 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

Letter: O

March Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title: The Other Year: A Novel ★★★ 11 March
✔2. Author ~Claribel A. Ortega~ Witchlings ★★★ 15 March
✔3. Main Character ~Ossie Brown~ This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March
✔4. Secondary Character ~Olivia~ The Other Year: A Novel ★★★ 11 March
✔5. Place/Setting ~Greenwood, Oklahoma~ Angel of Greenwood ★★★★ 19 March
✔6. Item on cover ~oyster~ Pearce Oysters ★★★ 28 March

March Specials:
✔7. Not closed ~ open~ "....open to their scrutiny." p. 9 This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March
✔8. Where you work ~office~ "...to Mrs. Wright's office..." p. 35 This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March
✔9. A word used to describe someone ~obnoxious~ "... to sound this obnoxious ..." p. 95 This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March
✔10. A food ~olive~ "Maybe an olive branch." p. 95 This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March
✔11. A four letter word ~odor~ "...heatwave odor that's started...." p. 13 This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March
✔12. Another word for arrange or command ~orders~ "... have our marching orders..." p. 345 This Thing of Ours ★★★★ 31 March

✔1er★★★★ 2 February

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Witchlings (Witchlings, #1) by Claribel A. Ortega

✅Done!!!✅ 47/50

March 2026 Word Search - Moose
Duration: March 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

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✮22/50✮

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

★★★★★
3 March 2026

1. alive: pg. 102
2. anger: pg. 285
3. animal: pg. 74
7. battle: pg. 104
10. brown: pg. 13
15. charge: pg. 243
19. flies: pg. 18
20. food: pg. 8
22. fur: pg. 119
23. grass: pg. 76
24. graze: pg. 250
25. hunt: pg. 293
26. kick: pg. 114
27. large: pg. 19
34. range: pg. 178
35. river: pg. 186
38. season: pg. 266
39. shoot: pg. 52
40. slow: pg. 19
41. smell: pg. 57
45. ticks: pg. 5
47. velvet: pg. 294

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✮37/50✮

★★★
11 March 2026

6. attack: pg. 63
9. branches: pg. 83
12. calf: pg. 319
14. cautiousn: pg. 213
16. cold: pg. 11
21. forest: pg. 131
29. mountain: pg. 104
30. nature: pg. 105
32. plants: pg. 209
36. salt: pg. 5
43. solitary: pg. 22
44. territory: pg. 10
46. twigs: pg. 212
48. wade: pg. 9
49. wander: pg. 14

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✮41/50✮

Enigma Girls How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming

★★★
6 March 2026

8. birch: pg. 190
13. Canada: pg. 155
17. cow(s): pg. 114
33. protect: pg. 14

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✮45/50✮

★★★
15 March 2026

28. mate(s): pg. 159
31. newborn: pg. 291
42. snout: pg. 201
50. willow: pg. 106

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✮46/50✮

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

★★★
8 March 2026

11. bull: pg. 32

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✮47/50✮

Mistakes Were Made (Timmy Failure, #1) by Stephan Pastis

★★★
23 March 2026

18. flank: pg. 178

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List:
4. antlers
5. aspen
37. scat

Penguins
Duration April 1, 2026 - March 31, 2027

Level 1 10 - 25 tasks
Level 2 26 - 45 tasks
Level 3 46 or more tasks

Each penguin has 3 tasks you can do each task once to get the level you want.

Tasks

1. Emperor Penguin:
The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The head and back are black and have a white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches. The emperor is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Its diet consists primarily of fish, but also includes crustaceans.
🐧Read a book with a character who is tall over 6 feet or where a character eats fish or where the authors initials can be found in EMPEROR.

2. King Penguin
The king penguin is the second-largest penguin species, closely resembling the emperor penguin but distinguished by its sleeker body and more vibrant, intense orange plumage on its head and chest.
🐧Read a book that is second in a series or a book with an orange cover or with a character who is a king.

3. Adélie
The Adélie penguin is the classic "tuxedo" penguin. They are feisty, medium-sized bird known for the distinctive white ring around its eyes. Their beak is mostly covered in feathers, leaving only the tip exposed to minimize heat loss.
🐧Read a book with a character who gets a ring or a character who is bold or a book tagged classic.

4. Chinstrap
The Chinstrap penguin is often called the "Stonecracker" because of its piercing, high-pitched call. They are easily identified by the narrow black band under their heads that looks like a helmet strap.
Beyond the "strap," they have a white face and a black back. They are considered the most aggressive of all penguin species. Chinstraps prefer to nest on steep, rocky slopes and cliffs. They are excellent climbers, using their claws and beaks to scale heights to reach ice-free ground.
🐧Read a book where a character goes climbing or a book with a black cover or a book set in a cold area.

5. Gentoo Penguins
The gentoo penguin is the fastest-swimming penguin in the world, capable of reaching underwater speeds of up to 22 mph. They are the third-largest penguin species, standing approximately 30 inches tall and weighing up to 19 pounds. They are easily recognized by a white stripe that runs across the top of their heads, along with a bright red-orange beak and peach-colored feet.
🐧 Read a book with a white cover or that is 19th in a series or where the book is set by water.

6. Macaroni
The macaroni penguin is found in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Peninsula. They are best known for their flamboyant yellow-orange crests that sweep back from the center of their forehead, a feature that earned them their name from 18th-century English sailors who likened the plumes to the "macaroni" fashion trend of the time.
🐧 Read a book where a character eats macaroni/pasta or with a character who is flamboyant or set in England.

7. Royal
The royal penguin is a species of crested penguin that is often confused with the macaroni penguin due to their nearly identical yellow-orange crests. The key difference is their face: while macaronis have black faces, royal penguins typically have white or pale gray faces and chins. They breed almost exclusively on Macquarie Island and its tiny neighboring islets in the sub-Antarctic.
🐧Read a book set on an island or with a face on the cover or where the authors initials caan be fund in MACQUARIE ISLAND.

8. Fiordland
The Fiordland penguin also known by its Māori name tawaki, is one of the rarest penguin species in the world. Unlike most penguins that live in icy environments, they are unique for breeding in the temperate rainforests of New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island.
🐧Read a book set in New Zealand or a book with a tree or forest on the cover or where a character is caught in a rainstorm.

9. Snares
The Snares penguin also known as pokotiwha, is a medium-sized species endemic to the Snares Islands. They have the most restricted breeding range of any penguin species, nesting on an area of just about 3 square kilometers. They have a bright yellow eyebrow-stripe that forms a bushy, drooping crest. The most reliable way to tell them apart from the nearly identical Fiordland penguin is the conspicuous patch of bare pink skin at the base of their large reddish-brown bill. They also lack the white cheek stripes found on Fiordland penguins.
🐧Read a book with a brown cover or where a character gets a bill or a book that is medium length between 150-300 pages.

10. Erect-crested
The erect-crested penguin breeds on the incredibly remote and rugged Antipodes and Bounty Islands southeast of New Zealand. They are the only penguin species with the ability to raise and lower their stiff, sulfur-yellow crest feathers at will. They have a heavy orange-brown bill with a thin line of pale pink skin at the base. Their eyes are dark brown, unlike the red eyes of the macaroni penguin.
🐧 Read a book with a red cover or with a character who shows skin (Tell us who) or read a book where the authors initials can be found in ANTIPODES.

11. Northern Rockhopper
The Northern Rockhopper penguin is an endangered species of crested penguin known for its distinctive "punk rock" appearance, featuring spiky yellow plumes and blood-red eyes. They are named for their unique behavior of hopping over rocks and boulders with both feet. They have slate-gray upper parts, white bellies, and a bright orange beak. Their most notable feature is the supercilium—a straight yellow eyebrow that ends in long, luxuriant yellow plumes. Highly aggressive and vocal, they use loud "braying" calls and head-shaking displays to defend territory or attract mates
🐧Read a book where a character attracts a mate or with a character who is agressive or where the authors initials can be found in NORTHERN.

12. Southern Rockhopper Penguins
The Southern rockhopper penguin is the smaller, more widespread cousin of the Northern rockhopper. While they look similar, the Southern variety is known for being slightly more "compact" and having a much shorter, spikier yellow crest.
They are famous for their blood-red eyes and pink webbed feet.
Unlike the Northern species (which stays in temperate waters), Southern rockhoppers prefer the sub-Antarctic and far southern regions.
🐧 Read a book that is smaller under 150 pages or with blood on the cover or where the authors initials can be found in SOUTHERN.

13. African
This is the only penguin species that actually breeds on the African continent, specifically along the southwestern coast of South Africa and Namibia. They have a classic black-and-white "tuxedo" look with a distinctive black U-shaped stripe across their chest. They are nicknamed the "Jackass penguin" because they make a loud, braying sound similar to a donkey.
🐧 Read a book set in Africa or where a man wears a tuxedo or with a book title that starts with U.

14. Magellanic
The Magellanic penguin is a South American penguin closely related to the African penguin. They are named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted them in 1520. Adult Magellanics have two black bands between their head and chest. They have a broad white "horseshoe" shape that runs over their eyes and meets under their chin. They nest in huge colonies along the coasts of Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Instead of nesting on open rock like Rockhoppers, they prefer to dig underground burrows or nest under bushes to protect their eggs from the sun and predators.
🐧Read a book set in one of the three countries above or where a character eats eggs or where the first letter of each title word can be found in HORSESHOE. (Three word minimum)

15. Humboldt
The Humboldt penguin is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile. The Humboldt penguin and the cold water current it swims in are both named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN with no population recovery plan in place.
🐧 Read a book in Peru or a character called Alexander or where the first letter of the location can be found in IUCN.

16. Galápagos Penguins
The Galápagos penguin is the only penguin species that naturally occurs north of the equator. It is one of the world's smallest penguin species and is endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. To cope with the equatorial heat, they seek shade in lava tubes and crevices, pant like dogs, and have bare patches of skin around their eyes to release heat. Unlike most penguins, they have no set breeding season and can breed up to three times a year whenever food is plentiful.
🐧Read a book that is third in a series or with a setting that is hot or with a dog on the cover.

17. Yellow-Eyed Penguin
The yellow-eyed penguin also known by its Māori name hoiho ("noise shouter"), is one of the world's rarest penguin species. Native to New Zealand, it is the only living member of its genus and is distinguished by its striking pale yellow eyes and a matching band of feathers that wraps around its head. Unlike many other penguins, they are not colonial nesters. Instead of living in massive groups, they prefer to nest in secluded, dense coastal forests and scrubland, often out of sight from one another.
🐧Read a book with a yellow cover or with a character who is in a band or where the authors initials can be found in MAORI HOIHO.

18. Little penguin (also called the Little Blue or Fairy penguin)
The little penguin is the smallest penguin in the world. They are known as fairy penguins in Australia and little blue penguins (or kororā in Māori) in New Zealand. They have indigo-blue feathers on their head and back, contrasting with a white chin and belly. Their eyes are pale silvery-grey or hazel, and they have pink feet with black soles. Little penguins live in underground burrows, rock crevices, or even under coastal buildings.
🐧Read a book with a character who is noisy (Your interpretation) or with a building on the cover or with a character who is a fairy.

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April 2026 Word Search - Arbor Day
Duration: April 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

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✮XX/50✮
★★★★★
3 April 2026

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List:
1. absorb
2. adapt
3. advice
4. alert
5. attention
6. balance
7. climate
8. color
9. community
10. correct
11. damage
12. day
13. decisions
14. deep
15. dig
16. earth
17. environment
18. failure
19. garden
20. green
21. ground
22. hole
23. leaves
24. light
25. nature
26. organic
27. pest
28. plant
29. pot
30. pride
31. professional
32. prune
33. quality
34. region
35. remove
36. requirement
37. rescue
38. roots
39. setting
40. soil
41. solar
42. steps
43. success
44. sun
45. temperature
46. tree
47. trim
48. water
49. weather
50. well

April Scattergories
Duration: April 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026

Letter: C

April Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
✔3. Main Character ~Lena Conti~ The Lies They Told ★★★★ 4 April
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
✔5. Place/Setting ~Connecticut~ 365 Days to Alaska ★★★★ 5 April
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)

April Specials:
✔7. An item in your house ~cabinets~ "...glass-fronted cabinets." p. 23 The Lies They Told ★★★★ 4 April
✔8. A bad guy commits this ~crime~ "...enough dirt, misery, crime, and death..." p. 27 The Lies They Told ★★★★ 4 April
✔9. Another word for fetters, necklace, irons, bonds, shackles, etc. ~collars~ "...near their collars ..." p. 24 The Lies They Told ★★★★ 4 April
10. Add this to your coffee
11. Someone that makes food
✔12. Something you can drink from ~cup~ "...half a cup of milk..." p. 7 The Lies They Told ★★★★ 4 April

✔1er★★★★ 2 February

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The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman

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Musician: Merle Haggard
Duration: March 15, 2026- May 14, 2026

You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.

Choose your level:

🎼 Mama Tried: 3-10 tasks
🎼 Okie from Muskogee: 11-15 tasks

🎼Merle Ronald Haggard was an American country music singer and songwriter, often considered one of the most influential figures in country music. Haggard’s parents had relocated to Oildale, California from Oklahoma after their farm burned down. Haggard’s dad, James, had converted a boxcar into a house and that was where Merle was born on April 6,1937. When Merle was nine, his father passed away so his mom took a job as a bookkeeper. Haggard started getting into trouble while his mom was at work, which resulted in him being sent to a juvenile detention center for a weekend, but his behavior continued to worsen. Merle’s interest in music began when his older brother gave him his old guitar when Merle was 12.

1. Read a book that takes place in California OR Read a book that was published or takes place in 1937 OR Read a book published in April of any year.

2. Read a book where a character plays an instrument OR Read a book where a parent dies.

3. Read a book where there is a fire OR Read a book where a character builds a house OR Read a book with brothers.

🎼 By 13, Haggard was stealing and writing bad checks. He was caught shoplifting and sent to another juvenile detention center in 1950. The following year, Haggard and a friend rode freight trains and hitchhiked to Texas. Eventually they returned to California, but were accused of robbery and jailed; they were only released when the real robbers were found. He was arrested and jailed several times over the next few years. While released in 1950, he and a friend made their musical debut performance at a Modesto bar. In 1958, while in San Quentin Prison, Haggard was inspired to change his life after a fellow inmate was executed. In 1960, he also attended a Johnny Cash concert at the prison, where Cash sang “Folsom Prison Blues.” This experience helped influence Haggard to pursue a music career.

4. Read a book with a character that is a criminal OR Read a book where a character runs away OR Read a book where a character is falsely accused of a crime.

5. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MERLE HAGGARD (two word minimum) OR Read a book where a character makes a change (you decide) OR Read a book with a blue cover.

🎼 After Haggard was released from San Quentin in 1960, he worked for his brother’s electrical contracting company by digging ditches. He began performing again. His first few releases were not very successful. While in Las Vegas, he heard the song “Singing a Sad Song” and asked for permission to record it. It was his first national hit in 1964. The following year, his first record Strangers was released. Around this time, the band called The Strangers was formed, mainly as a backup band for Haggard. In 1967, the song “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive” was released on his fifth album, Branded Man. It was his first number one single and that album helped launch commercial success for Haggard.

6. Read a book that is a considered a tearjerker or has a “sad” part OR Read a book where strangers meet OR Read a book where a character is “lonesome.” You decide.

7. Read a book that is fifth in a series OR Read a book where a character does manual labor OR Read a book that takes place in Las Vegas.

🎼 By the end of the 1960s, Haggard had composed several number-one hits, including “Mama Tried”, “The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde”, “Hungry Eyes”, and “Sing Me Back Home”. In 1969, Haggard and the Strangers release “Okie From Muskogee” which purportedly celebrated Haggard’s pride in being from Middle America. American president Richard Nixon wrote to Haggard about the song and eventually would invite Haggard to perform at the White House several times.

8. Read a book where a character is a mom OR Read a book with eyes on the cover.

9. Read a book by an author whose initials are in MUSKOGEE OR Read a book with a character that is a president OR Read a book with “white house” in the text. Give us a page number and partial sentence

🎼 Haggard had wanted to follow “Okie from Muskogee” with “Irma Johnson”, a song about interracial romance between a white man and an African American woman, but his record label discouraged it. It was eventually included on his 1972 album, Let Me Tell You About a Song. The song “The Fightin’ Side of Me” was released instead. In 1972, he had his first TV special. The following year he released the song, “I Wonder If They Think of Me” which was about an American POW in Vietnam. That same year the song “If We Make It Through December” was released, which helped solidify his status as a champion of the working class. In the mid 1970s, he also appeared on the TV show The Waltons. He appeared on the cover of TIME in 1974, and released his autobiography in 1981.

10. Read a book tagged autobiography or memoir OR Read a book where a character fights OR Read a book by an African American or Black author.

11. Read a book with a character that is a soldier OR Read a book that is also a TV show or movie OR Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in TIME (any letter).

12. Read a book published in December of any year or Read a book that features characters that are “working class.”

🎼 Haggard was married five times. In 1983, after he had divorced his third wife, Haggard spent the next decade battling drug and alcohol problems. His last number one hit was “Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star” in 1988. He released 66 studio albums and had almost 40 number one hits. He continued to release albums until his death in 2016 on his 79th birthday. He received numerous awards and honors and is considered one of the greatest country singers of all time.

13. Read a book that is fifth in a series OR Read a book with a character that celebrates a birthday OR Read a book with a star on the cover.

14. Read a book with a 7 and 9 in the page count. Tell us the number OR Read a book where a character battles addictions OR Read a book where a character gets a divorce.

15. Read a book with more than 2016 ratings. Tell us the number OR Read a book with a character that is a musician OR Read a book that has won an award.

Sources:
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February 2026 Word Search - Red
Duration: February 1, 2026 - February 28, 2026

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

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That Night A Young Adult Story of Recovery and Love After a Mass Shooting by Amy Giles

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7 February 2026

2. apple: pg. 87
4. banner: pg. 233
5. bird: pg. 110
8. candy: pg. 3
10. cardinal(s): pg. 184
15. crayon: pg. 36
16. cross: pg. 106
18. dress: pg. 193
19. drink: pg. 73
21. flag: pg. 250
25. health: pg. 155
26. image: pg. 171
29. life: pg. 8
31. paint: pg. 161
37. shade: pg. 8
38. shift: pg. 2
39. soda: pg. 82
40. spot: pg. 153
41. star: pg. 14
42. strawberry: pg. 157
43. sun: pg. 91
45. sunset: pg. 182
47. tomato: pg. 86
49. victory: pg. 276

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19 February 2026

1. anger: pg. 57
3. autumn: pg. 67
6. blood: pg. 68
7. bright: pg. 94
9. cap: pg. 20
13. color(s): pg. 165
14. cotton: pg. 95
17. danger(s): pg. 176
22. food: pg. 156
23. fox: pg. 150
24. hair: pg. 134
27. iron: pg. 141
28. leaves: pg. 61
30. light: pg. 80
32. pepper: pg. 62
33. red: pg. 80
35. ruby: pg. 63
44. sunrise: pg. 214
46. theor(ies): pg. 116
48. uniform: pg. 16
50. wheel: pg. 71

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22 February 2026

11. cave(s): pg. 1001
36. sacrifice: pg. 162

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You Are Here Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh

★★★★
13 February 2026

20. dye: pg. 131

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20 February 2026

12. cherry: pg. 128
34. robin: pg. 82

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February Scattergories
Duration: February 1, 2026 - February 28, 2026

Letter: L

February Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title: The Last Thing He Told Me ★★★★ 17 February
✔2. Author ~Laura Dave~ The Last Thing He Told Me ★★★★ 17 February
✔3. Main Character ~Lily Delaney~ The Bookbinder's Secret ★★★★ 11 February
✔4. Secondary Character ~Laurel~ We Met Like This ★★★★ 15 February
✔5. Place/Setting ~London~ The School for Thieves ★★★ 19 February
✔6. Item on cover ~lemons~ We Met Like This ★★★★ 15 February

February Specials:
✔7. Intense feeling of deep affection ~love~ "...to put love stories..." p. 7 We Met Like This ★★★★ 15 February
✔8. You are ? ~leaving~ "As he was leaving the office..." p. 14 We Met Like This ★★★★ 15 February
✔9. A mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened ~latch~ "...we are able to latch..." p. 104 The Last Thing He Told Me ★★★★ 17 February
✔10. Something you drink ~lemonade~ "...moving a beer to the lemonade row..." p. 183 We Met Like This ★★★★ 15 February
✔11. You need to obey this ~law~ "'What do you know about the law?'" p. 161 The Last Thing He Told Me ★★★★ 17 February
✔12. Ends with -S ~leftovers~ "His leftovers." p. 22 We Met Like This ★★★★ 15 February

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The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1) by Laura Dave

Old Scattergories 2020-2023

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