Level Up – The 2025 AAPLD Summer Reading Challenge

Beanstack is our online reading program software where you can track all your reading progress.

You can reset your password yourself within the Beanstack sign-in page.

Still stuck? Contact the Library via phone at 847-458-6060 or fill out the Contact Us form.

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While the Library has a wide variety of titles in our collection of over 225,000+ books, ebooks, & audiobooks for you to enjoy, books from anywhere (including your home or other libraries) count towards your goals this summer. Do you like to reread old favorites? Those count! Do you love graphic novels? They count! Does your toddler want to hear the same book five times in a row? Great! That counts as five books towards their goal. Do you read in multiple languages? That all counts! Do you prefer to listen to audiobooks? Audiobooks are reading, too!

For Baby/Toddler and Youth, anything they read or that is read-aloud to them by another counts towards their Reading Challenge.

For Teens, your challenge is based on how many hours of reading you are doing. Reading can take place in many formats. Novels, comics, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels, audiobooks, and ebooks all count towards your Reading Challenge.

For Adults, print books, eBooks, and audiobooks all count towards your Reading Challenge.

Yes. You can set up as many profiles as you like, for readers of any age. If you’re a parent who reads aloud to more than one kid at a time, you can credit that reading time to multiple children’s accounts with a single click—no need to log it in separately for each child.

No. An AAPLD library card is not required and all are welcome to participate whether your card is from another library or you don’t have a card at all.

However, prizes must be picked up in person and will not be sent via mail to participants. Eligibility for grand prizes is limited to AAPLD cardholders. Non-AAPLD participants are qualified for milestone rewards (e.g. T-shirts, coupons, etc.). For further clarification, please call us at 847-458-6060.

Log Online:

• Click on the Sign In button to get to your Beanstack account.
• Click the Log Reading and Activities button in the upper left corner. To log for different readers, change the reader in the drop-down menu on the upper right.

Log using the Beanstack Tracker app:

• Download the Beanstack Tracker app to get started:     Google Play     iOS
• To log your reading, flip your book over and use your phone to scan the barcode on the back. For Teen and Youth challenge participants, be sure to add the number of minutes or hours that you read where applicable.

You can print out a paper log or ask for one at the Harnish Main Library or Eastgate Branch Library beginning June 1, 2025. When you are ready to receive your prize(s), redeem them at either library location.