This summer, it’s time to Level Up! with reading, activities, and prizes for everyone. Whether you're tracking reading minutes, completing fun challenges, or aiming for prize drawings — there’s a path for every age.
- Sign-ups begin: Sunday, June 1
- Start earning prizes: Monday, June 9
- Challenge ends: Thursday, July 31
Birth – 8th Grade (Two Ways to Participate):
Individual Leveling Up
- Color in one square for every 15 minutes you read
- Log your time anytime in the Beanstack app!
- Turn in your completed log to receive:
- A “Level Up” button
- A prize token (for our prize vending machine)
- A free prize book
- Keep going! Earn bonus tokens and buttons by completing extra logs all summer long!
Community Leveling Up
- Help us reach our goal of 500,000 total minutes read
- For every 5,000 minutes, we’ll add a block to our giant Tetris wall
- At each 100,000-minute milestone, vote for community prizes like toys, games, or fun new in-library activities
Teens (7th & 8th Grade): Choose Your Challenge!
If you're in 7th or 8th grade, you get to choose:
- Join the Birth–8th Grade reading challenge OR
- Sign up for the Teen & Adult Challenge (see below)
Teens & Adults
- Complete activities from your Teen or Adult activity list
- Log your progress in the Beanstack app or ask staff for help at the desk
- No need to do every activity — repeat your favorites if you’d like!
Prize Entries
- Every 5 completed activities = 1 prize drawing entry
- Maximum of 10 entries per person (up to 50 activities)
How to Join
- Online
- Download the Beanstack app
- In person: Library staff and volunteers can help you sign up and log your progress
Logs & Activity Sheets
Get ready to read, explore, and Level Up! this summer at New Lenox Library!
Complete challenges, earn prizes, and help us hit our community reading goal!