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Reading Challenges
Want to win free books and other prizes? Sign up for one of our Reading Challenges!
You can sign up online or at the library. The Beanstack app* makes it easy to track your reading. Have you already participated in a reading challenge? No need to sign up again. Just log into your Beanstack account and select a new challenge.
*Find the Beanstack Tracker app in the App Store or Google Play.
Oceans of Possibilities!
Summer Reading Challenge
For kids, teens, and adults
May 15 – August 15
Sign up starting May 15 for the Summer Reading Challenge! Win prize books and more. You can log your reading in the Beanstack app—or download a pdf and print out a log at home.
Made possible with support from the Library Friends.
Earn a prize every time you read for 2 hours! Prizes include coupons for sweet treats around town, prize books, Champaign Park District Passes, and more!
Oceans of Possibilities!
Summer Reading Challenge for Adults
May 15 – August 15
Earn a reward every time you read for 2 hours! Track your reading online using the Beanstack app. The tickets you earn can be applied toward winning a Grand Prize Gift Basket (up to $325 value). You can earn additional tickets by attending library events and by completing the challenge. When you log your reading online, you’ll have a chance to earn 25+ tickets!
Grand prizes are available when you log your reading online. Winners will be selected in September. Questions or need assistance logging your reading? We can help!
You can also download a paper reading log to track your reading at home.
Happy Reading!
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Oceans of Possibilities! Activities
Oceans of Possibilities! Grand Prizes
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Start this challenge anytime!
Sign up for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Reading Challenge and enjoy reading 1000 books with your little one!
HOW IT WORKS
Read 1000 books with your child from birth to age 5.
• Log each book, or you can scan the book’s ISBN code using the Beanstack app.
• If you read a few books at a time, you can enter those at once.
• For every 100 books you log, you’ll earn a badge on Beanstack and a prize sticker to pick up at your next library visit.
• When you finish 1000 books, come back with your child to choose a free book!
Repeat readings of books are counted.
Happy Reading!
Looking for reading ideas? We can help!
Check out our Early Childhood Resources.
The 1000 Books Foundation is a national organization dedicated to promoting reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers and encouraging parent and child bonding through reading.
Book Bundles
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