Join Our Free Summer Program
Celebrate all the ways that art enriches our lives this summer at HPL!
Babies, kids, teens and adults can read and complete fun activities to earn prizes and a free book. Use a print Reading Log or our online program, Beanstack, to keep track of your reading and activities.
Note: A library card is not needed to participate in the program.
Again this summer, lanyards, stickers and buttons will be available upon registration. Stop at the library’s Summer Desk, at HPL Express in Uptown Janesville or on the HPL Bookmobile to pick up your lanyard and the four Color Our World buttons.
Register June 9-August 8
To participate using a print Reading Log:
Stop at any of the library's service desks to register. You will receive your Reading Log to begin keeping track of your reading and activities.
To participate using Beanstack:
Register with the button below or stop by the library. You can also download the Beanstack App for iOS or Android. Create a Beanstack account, then register for the Summer Library Challenge. If you have an existing Beanstack account, you will use the same username and password.
Everyone who registers and provides an email address (needed for prize drawings) will receive a welcome email.
Beanstack How-To Guides
Getting Started Online
Getting Started with the Beanstack App
Instructions to Recover Username and Reset Password
FAQs
Pick Up Your Lanyard & HPL Button or Sticker
After you register, be sure to stop at the library’s Summer Desk, at HPL Express in Uptown Janesville or on the HPL Bookmobile to pick up your lanyard and first button or sticker.
New buttons and stickers will be released on June 23, July 7 and July 21.
Read and Complete Activities June 9 - August 8
READING
Complete 8 reading levels throughout the summer. On your Reading Log, color or mark a picture when you have completed that increment of reading time. In Beanstack log your reading online or in the app. Don’t forget that ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, comics, newspapers, and magazines count toward your reading time.
ACTIVITIES
Complete an activity for each level and mark it on your Reading Log or complete that level’s activity badge in Beanstack. Try one of our suggested activities on the Reading Log or in Beanstack or visit the library’s Summer Library Challenge webpage for additional activities. Each activity that you complete will enter you into a drawing for experience passes. These drawings will be held on Tuesday, August 12. Winners will be notified
Earn Prizes June 16-August 8
KIDS
Visit the Children’s Desk when you have completed a reading level to receive the prize for that level. Prizes available while supplies last.
TEENS & ADULTS
For each reading level completed, you will be entered into the weekly prize drawing. Visit our website or Facebook page each week to see the upcoming prizes. All prize drawing winners will be notified via email.
- Reading Log: Visit the Service Desk or Teen Central Desk when you have completed a reading level to be entered into the weekly prize drawing.
- Beanstack: For every reading level/badge completed, you will automatically be entered into the weekly prize drawing.
Teens and adults will also receive a prize for completing levels 2, 4, 6 and 8. Stop at the Teen Central Desk or Service Desk to pick up a prize. Prizes available while supplies last.
Can You Complete All 8 Reading Levels by August 8?
We are challenging participants to complete all 8 reading levels by August 8. After completing the final level, stop by a library service desk to let us know. Readers that complete all 8 levels will be recognized with their first name on a yard sign. This sign will be placed in the library’s yard for the entire community to see.
Pick Up a Free Book August 1-15
Summer Library Challenge participants of all ages will receive a FREE BOOK at the end of the Summer Library Challenge. Books for all ages will be available at the library’s Summer Desk from August 1-15.
Help Us COLOR OUR WORLD
Help us Color Our World in the library this summer! Look for our large community coloring sheets in the Children’s Room, Teen Central and Lab 316. Take a few minutes to add your creativity. Coloring sheets will be displayed on the wall in the entryway to the Children’s Room.
SLC News & Updates
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