We have a winner!

I got to deliver the trophy to the 2017 winners of the Missouri Book Challenge - The River Readers of Missouri River Regional Library!  Let me warn the rest of you that this competitive crew led by team captain Angie (see photo), have already made lists of all the pirate books in their collection!

Rounding out the top ten teams:

2. University City Public Library
3. JCL Reads
4. Missouri State Library
5. St. Charles City-County Library District
6. St. Louis Public Library
7. St. Charles Community College
8. Brentwood Public Library
9. Joplin Public Library
10. St. Joseph Public Library

Congrats to all the teams for another highly competitive year!

UCPL May totals

 6 bloggers

51 books

15,477 pages

1 trophy

1 painted piano in front of UCPL

UCPL April totals

6 bloggers
55 books
17,790 pages
1 lovely garden at UCPL

UCPL totals

Even though they got to hug the trophy,
we haven't yet asked these frogs to blog.
They've been reading that same book for YEARS.

6 bloggers

54 books

16,715 pages

2 frogs

1 trophy

SLPL October totals

This photo is best viewed when accompanied
by the Rocky theme song

We are really enjoying this beautiful trophy here at SLPL. So much so that we intend to keep it for years to come. Care to try to stop us? 

*insert evil laugh here*

12 bloggers

127 books

39,859 pages