Reading Challenges

Want to win free books and other prizes? Sign up for one of our Reading Challenges!

You can sign up online or at the library.   Have you already participated in a reading challenge? No need to sign up again. Just log into your Beanstack account and select a new challenge.

The Beanstack app makes it easy to track your reading. Don’t have it? Visit the App Store or Google Play.


Join the Party!
Summer Reading Challenge

For all ages
May 15 – Aug 15 

This year, we celebrate Champaign Public Library’s 150th anniversary! 

Sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge! Win prize books and more. You can log your reading online or download a pdf and print out a reading log at home. Don't forget to pick up your prizes by August 15!


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 For Kids
Download the Reading Log for Kids »

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 For Teens
Download the Reading Log for Teens »

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For Adults
Download the Reading Log for Adults »

 


1000 Books Before Kindergarten

Start this challenge anytime!

Sign up for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Reading Challenge and enjoy reading 1000 books with your little one!

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HOW IT WORKS
Read 1000 books with your child from birth to age 5.
• Log each book, or you can scan the book’s ISBN code using the Beanstack app.
• If you read a few books at a time, you can enter those at once.
• For every 100 books you log, you’ll earn a badge on Beanstack and a prize sticker to pick up at your next library visit.
• When you finish 1000 books, come back with your child to choose a free book!

Repeat readings of books are counted.

Happy Reading!

Looking for reading ideas? We can help!
Check out our Early Childhood Resources.

The 1000 Books Foundation is a national organization dedicated to promoting reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers and encouraging parent and child bonding through reading.

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Book Bundles

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Champaign Public Library
217.403.2000

200 W. Green St.
Champaign, IL 61820

Douglass Branch
217.403.2090

504 E. Grove St.
Champaign, IL 61820

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