2024 Summer Reading
read books • do activities • earn prizes
June 1 – August 1 • 2024
1. Sign up for the challenge
Visit the Henrico Library Beanstack page to sign up your whole family online. Adults with pre-reader children can also sign up their little ones for challenges with their own special goals. See below for more about Beanstack.
Then visit your favorite Henrico library to pick up your starting prizes—a reading log, a bookmark, and a pencil—and get started on logging all your progress this summer!
Follow us on social media for more activities and fun as the summer goes on!
2. Log your reading and activities
You will earn points every time you read books and interact with the library:
- Reading a book = 50 points
- Attending a library event or storytime = 10 points
- Reviewing a book in Beanstack = 10 points
- Completing a literacy activity in Beanstack = 10 points
Points help you win prizes! Try to reach these goals:
| General Goal | Prereaders Goal | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 50 points | 100 points | Sticker for your reading log |
| 100 points | 200 points | 2nd Sticker + Midpoint Prize |
| 150 points | 300 points | 3rd Sticker |
| 200 points | 400 points | Final Sticker + Finisher Prize + Grand Prize Drawing Ticket |
| 250, 300, 350, 400 points | 500, 600, 750, 800 points | Additional Grand Prize Drawing Tickets |
3. Collect your prizes and enter drawings
As you reach your goals, come in to the library to pick up your prizes! Midpoint and finisher prizes will be available starting July 1:
| Midpoint Prize | Finisher Prize | |
|---|---|---|
| Kids | FREE Book | Sunglasses OR Compass Key Chain |
| Teens | FREE Book OR Blank Journal | Collapsible Water Bottle |
| Adults | Book Sale Voucher OR Blank Journal | Collectible Coffee Mug |
Grand Prizes
Grand Prize Drawings will take place August 2—be sure to have all your reading and activities entered in Beanstack by Thursday, August 1 to qualify! The more you have read, the more chances you'll get to win one of these great prizes:
(10.2-inch) Wi-Fi 64GB
T100 Digital SLR Camera
OLED Mario Red Edition with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Branch Prizes
Branch Prize Drawings can be entered in person at any Henrico library. You can win one of these prizes:
camp chair / shade tent / State Park pass
with tools
There are other drawings during the summer! Follow us on social media or visit the information desk at your favorite Henrico library to learn more.
We hope you to see you there!
Sign up with Beanstack
Beanstack is a free website and app that Henrico Library uses to offer reading challenges like Summer Reading. Once you start an account for yourself and the other readers in your family, you can log all of your reading and activities in one place. You can join challenges in Beanstack, and as you reach challenge goals, you'll earn prizes ranging from virtual badges to entries in our Grand Prize drawings!
Visit the Henrico Library Beanstack page or download the Beanstack Tracker app from your app store to get ready. Note that only books and activites logged from June 1—August 1 will count toward the Summer Reading challenge.
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