New to Beanstack? Check out this tutorial.
The Summer Reading Challenge begins June 20 and ends August 31. Kids can drop off completed logs and receive their reward coupon anytime through the summer. Winners of the teen and adult prizes will be notified in September.
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Register for summer reading on the Beanstack website or download the app from the app store or Google Play.
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Log your reading and/or complete activities to earn tickets.
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Use those tickets to win one of our three grand prizes.
The Prizes
Adults
Coming soon!
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Register for summer reading on the Beanstack website or download the app from the app store or Google Play.
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Log your reading and/or complete activities to earn tickets.
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Use those tickets to win one of our three grand prizes.
Teens
The Prizes
Grades 6-12
CANDY TOWER
Indulge your sweet tooth
ARTISTIC DELIGHTS
Get into a creative mood
THE COZY READER
Perfect for an autumn night at home
Option #1
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Pick up your reading log beginning June 20. Complete all the activities to earn the reward.
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Bring your log into the library to receive your prize!
Option #2
Kids
Up to grade 5
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Register for summer reading on the Beanstack website or download the app from the app store or Google Play.
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Complete all the activities to earn the reward.
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Come into the library to receive your prize!
The Prize
MECHA CHOCOLATE!
A certificate for one free chocolate lollipop or two free chocolates from the case! The certificate will be available as soon as you turn in your log.
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Thank you, Mecha for this generous donation!
summer Reading Begins!
June 20
Children's reading logs will be available to pick up at the circulation desk in the kids' department.
Teen and adult Beanstack challenges will be active on this day but will be pre-registration will be available.
​Summer Reading Opening Party
Unfortunately, due to the bad weather forecast, we are canceling the Summer Reading Opening Party this weekend.
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We will be rescheduling the Kona Ice truck, tattoos and sand art activities, so please stay tuned for that dates.
You can still hear Mr. Bobby when he visits the Library on July 11, July 20, August 3 or August 15.
Science Heroes:
Saving the earth together
August 13
K-5th grade
1:00 - 1:45 & 2:15 - 3:00
Both sessions are the same
In this action-packed story, two unlikely heroes work together to save their town (and the planet) from a super-polluting mastermind!
Resources and Activities
SUMMER GUIDES
NEA's summer reading resources
https://www.nea.org/resource-library/get-serious-about-summer-reading
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PBS Kids summer activity guides
https://www.pbs.org/parents/summer
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Start With a Book activities
https://www.startwithabook.org/
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Reading Rockets summer resources
https://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/summer
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NoveList's summer reading guide
https://www.ebsco.com/blogs/novelist/summer-reading-your-2021-guide
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ALSC's summer reading lists
http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2021-summer-reading-list
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Babble Dabble Doo
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Exploratorium
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Instructables
https://www.instructables.com/craft
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Little Bins for Little Hands
https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com
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Pop Goes the Page (Princeton University's Cotsen Children's Library book-related craft blog)
https://popgoesthepage.princeton.edu
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Steam Powered Family
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/category/activities
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Steve Spangler Science Experiments:
https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiment-library/