What is a Reading Challenge?
Part of the library’s mission is to encourage literacy and reading. Let’s be a community of readers together! Register in Beanstack online or with the app, and see what library reading challenges are available. Participation is always optional and just for fun. It might challenge you to read more often, try different types of books, or do fun activities at home or around town. Prizes give readers extra incentive and often include free books or free items from local restaurants and businesses.
What is Beanstack?
It’s an easy way to keep track of all the books you read. When you create a Beanstack account for yourself or your family, you’re instantly connected to your local library’s reading programs, so you’ll get credit for every minute and every page. We’ll keep all your stats for you, cheer you on while you work towards your program goals, and let you know when you’ve earned prizes. When your library’s program ends, you keep your account, and your reading history—it’s always free, and you can keep right on logging your leisure reading. When the next library program comes around, no need to re-register—just click on it, and you’re in.
Additional Questions
Keep track of your reading using Beanstack. Beanstack is the program we use to track reading time and prizes for the library’s Reading Challenges. You can create a Beanstack account and use it year-round to log reading, keep track of books you have read, and write book reviews. Create an account with a username and password so you can log in anytime. You can also add family members to the same account, making it easy to log reading time and see when anyone has earned a prize. You can only have one account attached to an email.
We welcome readers from our community and surrounding towns to join in. Some challenges are for specific age groups, and others are open to all ages. You do not need a library card to sign up.
You can track your reading in the free Beanstack Tracker app or by logging in online. In the app, tap the plus sign (+), choose “Reading,” select the reader, and enter your minutes. Online, click “Log Reading,” then choose “Log Minutes” and enter the date and time read. You do not have to enter a book title unless you want to. You can log as little as 1 minute or as much as 19 hours at a time.
When you earn a prize, it may appear as a badge or reward in Beanstack. Visit the library to claim your prize. Check the Rewards section in your account to see what you have earned. You may also receive an email when a prize is ready for pickup.
Most library challenges count minutes toward the reading goal. You can also enter hours by adding an “h” after the number, such as 2h for 2 hours. Some challenges, like 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, count books instead. In those cases, you can enter each title or simply log the number of books read.
Yes. You can add children or other adults to one account so everyone shares the same username and password. In the app, click the gear icon, choose “Readers,” and then select “Add a Reader.” On a computer, click the name in the top right corner and choose “Add a Reader.” If family members want separate accounts, they will need different email addresses and usernames.
To update your password, name, age, or email preferences, go to your account settings in Beanstack. In the app, use the gear icon to access account and reader settings. On a computer, click your name and choose the option to edit your account or reader profile. From there, you can update account details and notification settings. To delete your account, go to Edit Reader and choose “Delete Reader” at the bottom.