Reading Programs

More information about Youth Summer Reading coming soon.

More information about Adult Summer Reading coming soon.

Shared reading is the best way to help babies, toddlers and preschoolers develop the important early literacy skills they need to learn how to read independently later on. The more books children ages 0-5 hear, the more prepared they will be to learn how to read.

• Every time you read any book to your little one, log it on Beanstack! Even if it's the same book 10 times, log it 10 times.
• For every 200 books that are read, children will get a prize book.
• After 1,000 books are read, participants can stop by the library to get their final prize book. They can also put their name on a customized magnet that will be featured on Kids’ World’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten display. 

• Register every year in September and pick up a paper log at the library. The program will last from September through May.
• Log how many minutes your child reads. Enter the exact number of minutes you read, and Beanstack will keep track of your total as you approach 500 minutes.
• Receive a digital badge every time you read for 500 minutes. Visit the Kids' World Desk for a matching animal sticker to add to your paper log.
• Earn a free book for every three badges you earn. If you read 500 minutes every month, you can earn three free books every year!
• Make sure to log your reading on Beanstack regularly to be entered into our monthly prize drawings! At the end of every month, anyone who logs minutes on Beanstack will be eligible for a random prize drawing. 

• Register on Beanstack anytime.
• Receive a drawstring bag just for signing up.
• Log every book you read on Beanstack.
• For every 20 books logged, you’ll earn a badge and a free book.
• Stop by the Kids’ World or Hub Desks to choose from a selection of prize books, and get a real-life badge to wear proudly. 

• Sign up for FourScore on Beanstack.
• Read books from the AISLE Lincoln Award Nominees list and vote for your favorite.
• Read four books and you'll score a free book.
• Vote for your favorite book between February 15 through March 15 and earn a Bluetooth speaker.
• Read all 20 Lincoln Award Nominees to complete the ultimate FourScore challenge - and earn a customer 3D printed trophy!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025-2026 Youth Winter Reading program. See you again in December!