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2023 Summer Reading Program: Home

 

all together now

Summer Reading: June 17-August 26, 2023

Click here to register or log in to beanstack

 

Storywalk 2023

Book Lists

Book Lists

Beanstack Help & Support

Beanstack Help

children, birth-grade 6

Earn badges by reading & logging, completing activities, and writing book reviews. Completed badges earn you reading rewards and raffle tickets. Pre-readers with adults are welcome to participate in this challenge!

read and record

Read & Record

Log each day that you read for at least* 20 minutes in your Beanstack account. You can read any book, magazine, or audiobook that interests you! 

*Even if you read 3 hours on one day, you can only get credit for reading on that specific day. For example, if you read for 3 hours one day, it does not count as reading 20 minutes a day for 6 days. The goal is to read at least a little bit every day.

Reading Rewards

Reading Rewards

Registration: Lanyard, registration badge, bookmarks
7 Days: All Together Now Poster
15 Days: Deborah Ann's Ice Cream Coupon
24 Days: Friends of the Ridgefield Library Book Sale Coupon
34 Days: Toy Chest coupon
45 Days: Name in a book in the Lodewick Children's Library
57 Days: Reader's Journal
70 Days: Tote Bag

Activity and review badges

Activity & Review Badges

Complete activities to earn Activity Badges and write book reviews to earn Review Badges! These are virtual badges in your Beanstack account. Earn a Grand Prize entry for each Badge (including logging ) you complete.

Readers Raffle

Each day you read you are automatically entered in the Reader's Raffle, which will be drawn weekly.

The weekly raffle includes 3 issues of Bravery magazine, a Bravery coloring book, temporary tattoo, mini brick construction vehicle, DIY grass doll, kindness stickers and three books (titles will vary by grade/age of winner.)

Entries reset each week on Sunday. Winners announced on Tuesdays.

Grand prize raffle

Grand Prize Raffle

For every badge you complete, (including logging, review, activity and challenge badges) you will receive one entry for our Grand Prize Raffle.

The Grand Prize is a ride to school on a Fire Truck with the Ridgefield Fire Department.

Three (3) runners-up will receive one of three science or technology kits.

 

teen and adults

 

All together now

Teens, Grades 6-12

Log each day that you read for at least* 20 minutes in your Beanstack account. You can read any book, magazine, or audiobook that interests you! 

*Even if you read 3 hours on one day, you can only get credit for reading on that specific day. For example, if you read for 3 hours one day, it does not count as reading 20 minutes a day for 6 days. The goal is to read at least a little bit every day.

Incentives

  • You earn rewards for reading 15, 25, 35, 45 days. (They do not need to be consecutive days.)
    • 15 Days: Deborah Ann's Ice Cream Voucher
      25 Days: Friends of the Ridgefield Library Book Sale Coupon
      35 Days: Planet Pizza Slice Voucher
      45 Days: The Cake Box Mini Cupcake Voucher
  • Earn digital Badges in Beanstack by completing activities, writing book reviews, and logging the days you read at least 20 minutes.
  • Earn a raffle entry for every BADGE (including Logging Badges) you earn this summer. At the end of the summer, we will draw the raffle for 10 WINNERS!

All Together Now

Adult, Ages 18+

Read at least a book a week to enter the weekly raffle basket. Complete activity badges for more raffle entries.

End of Summer  Celebration on Thursday, August 17, 2023.

 

Summer reading is sponsored by the friends of the ridgefield library. Thank you to our ongoing prize sponsors

 

 

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