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The Kern County Library is hosting a reading challenge in partnership with Disney On Ice. Children aged 0-11 can participate in the Beanstack Reading Challenge for a chance to win a family 4-pack of tickets to the Disney On Ice event at the Mechanics Bank Arena.

To enter, participants must read five books before the deadline of October 4, 2024. The tickets, valid for the performance on October 11, 2024, at 7 PM, will need to be collected at the Beale Memorial Library.

For more information and to join the challenge, visit the Kern County Library's Beanstack page at https://kernlibrary.beanstack.org/.

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