The Green Gables Package (Brighter Winter Bonus Content)

This listing is for a PDF download of the 2026 Brighter Winter reading grids, and digital access to our online Reading Room. This package is a great option if you'd like to get an early start on planning your reads for BW 2026! The Reading Room is an online gathering space where you can meet and interact with other participants throughout the program. Via five ZOOM meetings, you will get to enjoy author interviews and a monthly book club. Sessions will be recorded for later viewing as well. This year we're excited to feature these five topics:

• Monthly book club led by Cathy Breit (2 total). In January, we will be discussing Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, and in February, the delightful series Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion.
• Interview with author Katrina Hoover Lee
• Interview with illustrator Margie Yoder
• Book Chat: What We're Reading with the Brighter Winter team

In addition to exclusive access to the 2026 Reading Room, you will also gain access to the recorded sessions from last year:

• Interview with Anita Yoder, author of Life is for Living
• Interview with Emily Smucker, author of The Highway and Me and My Earl Grey Tea
• Literary Talk by Carita Keim, “Is It Worth It? My Experience With Reading Challenging Fiction”
• Literary Talk by Natasha Witmer, “Why Poetry?”

After checkout, you will receive an email with a digital download link for the 2026 reading challenge grids. We will be in touch soon with more details about the Reading Room!