Summer Challenge 2025

Reading & Activities Program for Kids, Teens & Adults!

Reading & Activities Program for Kids, Teens & Adults!

May 15 - July 31, 2025

May 15 - July 31, 2025

For Kids & Teens (ages 0-17)

Parents! Looking for solutions this summer? Keep kids engaged over Summer Break with our FREE Summer Challenge program. Kids of all ages can win great prizes while sharpening their school skills in reading, science, art, math and critical thinking. Our theme this year is Discover the World, which you can do every day right at your local library. And it's all FREE!

Kids up to age 18 receive daily FREE meals at select library locations.

For Adults (ages 18+)

Summer Challenge isn't just for kids anymore. Adults have their own program, where they can win great prizes like cool swag from the Vegas Golden Knights and Las Vegas Raiders, plus gift cards & items from our bookstores. Discover the World at your local library through engaging programs, art gallery exhibitions, fascinating lectures & more. And it’s all FREE!

How It Works:

Reading + Activities = Fun All Summer Long

To qualify for great prizes, kids, teens, & adults participate in age-customized activities (see below) and fun reading recommendations for every ability. Then track your reading & activities in our special log, and complete all three levels! Track your progress online through Beanstack and you will be automatically entered to win. You can also track your progress on a paper log, available at any Library District branch, then drop it off at any branch to be entered.

Two Ways to Track Your Progress!

Go to Beanstack: Create an Account or Sign in

All ages can use Beanstack to track their progress and qualify to win prizes! Simply click on Beanstack, opens a new window to get started. It is also available as an app for either iOS, opens a new window or Android, opens a new window. Complete all three levels on Beanstack and you will be automatically entered for a chance to win.

Printable Reading + Activities Log

You can also track your progress on our paper log, which is available at any of our libraries, OR you can print it at home:

Once the log is complete, turn it in at any Library District branch.

How to Win Awesome Prizes:

Receive a Book Buck – Just for signing up! Use it to redeem an item from your local library bookstore.

Every Eligible Participant – Receives additional prizes for each level completed.

Guaranteed Prize – Get a prize for each level you complete!

Drawing Prize – Winners are selected by random drawing in August 2025 from eligible completions.

Kids & Teens

Adults

Guaranteed Prize

Drawing Prize

Guaranteed Prize

Drawing Prize

Guaranteed Prize

Drawing Prize

Adults

Guaranteed Prize

Drawing Prize

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SC25 Online Resources

Discover the World & Enter to Win an iPad!

Collect stamps for your passport by learning about our free online resources in this virtual scavenger hunt for adults!

Stream Music with Freegal!

Stream songs & albums, create your own playlists, or download music to keep!

Enjoy eBooks, Audiobooks, & More on the Libby App

With your free library card, you can instantly check out eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, & more using the Libby app, by OverDrive.

ABCmouse

Help your little one get ready for kindergarten. Learn to read through phonics, and teach lessons in all subject areas.

Kids & Teens

Don't Miss This Month's Featured Event!

Featured Event This Month

Music from Fiddler on the Roof

Nov 1st | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Join artists from The Metropolitan Opera & Broadway for a special musical adaptation of the Broadway production & movie Fiddler On The Roof.

Explore These Reading Lists for Kids & Teens!

For Birth to Pre-K

Dive Into These Reading Lists for Kids and Teens

Storytime Rewind

A nostalgic journey through the picture books that shaped our childhoods.

Start a Series!

Want to read a chapter book series but not sure where to start? These books are all number one.

Dive Into These Reading Lists for Kids and Teens

For Grades K-5

8 Children’s Books About Taking a Trip

These books feature characters who plan out trips with maps and checklists and then document their adventures in journals and photographs.

Children’s Travel Books for Road Trips, Plane Rides, & More

These travel books for kids, recommended by librarians and bookstore owners, will tide you over until your next family vacation.

Let's go on an Adventure

Early Chapter Books for adventurous readers. AR levels 3.0-3.9. This list was created by Enterprise Library Staff.

8 Children’s Books About Taking a Trip

These books feature characters who plan out trips with maps and checklists and then document their adventures in journals and photographs.

For Grades 6-12

Explore Germany

Looking to travel to Germany? Check out these picks to indulge a dream or make it a reality!

Fiction for Forever Fans

You binge watched all 8 episodes of Forever on Netflix...now what? We've got you!

Explore Thailand

Looking to travel to Thailand? Check out these picks to indulge a dream or make it a reality!

Travel Through the Tomb Raider Video Games

Learn about the real places that Laura Croft has been or at least the real places that inspired these iconic games.

Adults

Don't Miss This Month's Featured Event!

Featured Event This Month

Music from Fiddler on the Roof

Nov 1st | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Join artists from The Metropolitan Opera & Broadway for a special musical adaptation of the Broadway production & movie Fiddler On The Roof.

Embark on a Voyage Through Storytelling & Imagination!

Explore Germany

Looking to travel to Germany? Check out these picks to indulge a dream or make it a reality!

Explore Romania

Looking to travel to Romania? Check out these picks to indulge a dream or make it a reality!

Explore Ireland

Looking to travel to Ireland? Check out these picks to indulge a dream or make it a reality!

Best Beach Reads of All Time

Check out these all-time great beach reads as recommended by Book Riot.
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