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2024 Summer Reading Challenge

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ADVENTURE BEGINS AT YOUR LIBRARY this summer… and that may mean the possibility of winning some fabulous prizes, just by reading!

The Chattahoochee Valley Libraries are once again encouraging EVERYONE to read this summer as part of our annual Summer Reading Challenge!

The rules are simple…  Just read ten books (for kids, including babies!) or for five hours (for older kids, teens, and adults) and you are on your way to winning. See below for the many ways you can log and report your reading to us.

The fun begins May 11th with the Columbus Children's Book Festival and runs through July 31, 2024.

HOW TO LOG YOUR READING

This summer we have two ways to log your reading: our new Beanstack Online Website and free mobile App, and good old-fashioned paper!  

Beanstack

Beanstack allows you a quick way to log your reading, either online or through the Beanstack Tracker App, available for Apple  and Google Play You can create accounts for yourself and for your children, and you can enter your reading as an individual or your family.

BEANSTACK LOGIN

Paper

Good old paper! Some of us still love paper logs. You can pick up an individual or family log at your favorite library branch, or you can download an individual log or family log. Print these out, fill them out, then bring them back in to claim your prize!

 

INDIVIDUAL READING LOG
FAMILY READING LOG

ENTRIES MEAN PRIZES!

Once you have finished your ten books or five hours, come on into the Library! If you used a paper log, bring it with you… otherwise, we will look up your account in Beanstack.

Your first entry brings you a nice thank you gift from the Library – a new book for kids, and water bottles or book bags and more for teens and adults. And it gets you your first grand prize entry in our End-of-Summer Grand Prize Drawing for VISA gift cards and more!

But don’t stop there! Each additional entry earns you another chance at one of our Grand Prizes! Keep reading all summer long!

PROGRAMS GALORE (and another way to earn prize entries!)

YES, in-person programs are back and better than ever at your library! Come join us for a movie, a storytime, a book discussion, an exhibit or more! Be sure to check out our comprehensive Events calendar for a complete listing.

And this summer, if you log your reading with Beanstack, every program you attend can be entered to help you earn new prize entries quicker!

SUMMER PROGRAMS

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

ADVENTURE BEGINS AT YOUR LIBRARY… the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge is brought to you by the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries and is sponsored by AFLAC,  MUSCOGEE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION, The Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy, The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, WRBL News3 and PMB Radio.