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Reading Challenges

Explore familiar stories, discover new favorites, and earn prizes for what you already love to do: reading! Get in on the fun by signing up for Long Beach Public Library (LBPL) reading challenges.

Getting Started

  1. Register for a Beanstack account online or pick up a reading log at any LBPL location.
  2. Join a reading challenge (or two)!
  3. Log your reading, activities, and write book reviews.
  4. Earn badges and redeem prizes at any LBPL location.
  5. Download the Beanstack mobile app to make tracking your reading even easier.

For more information, watch a tutorial on how to use Beanstack.


The Challenges

50 Book Challenge
Jan. 1 – Dec. 31

Challenge yourself to read 50 books in a year! Log them on Beanstack and earn prizes along the way. Choose any kind of book and expand your mind in 2026.

Dive Into Learning
Ongoing

Got a little one ages 0 to 5? Join Dive Into Learning, our early learning program, at the Long Beach Public Library. Dive Into Learning encourages families to read 1,000 books with their children before they enter kindergarten, provides activities and workshops to get little ones ready for school, and supports caregivers as their children’s first teachers.

KOALA Quest: 500 Books Before Middle School
Ongoing

Are you KOALA-fied? Read 500 Books Before Middle School! Log your reading to earn badges and prizes along the way. Those who reach the 500-book milestone will be celebrated with a congratulatory pizza social.

Summer Reading Program

The annual Summer Reading Program (SRP) invites readers of all ages to read, complete activities, and enjoy special events and programs at all 12 LBPL locations. Get points and rewards for reading and completing activities. There are also grand prize drawings for kids, teens, and adults!

Check out the 2026 Summer Reading page for more information.

Yeti, Set, READ: A Winter Reading Challenge
Dec. to Jan.

Cozy up on the couch and dive into a winter reading adventure with the Library! Kids who complete 5 of the 10 books in the challenge will a prize, while those who conquer 10 books will earn a special prize and qualify to enter a raffle for the grand prizes.