Summer Challenge
Summer Challenge 2026: Plant a seed, read!
June 1 – July 31
Ages 0-100+. North Aurora, take the summer challenge to read and participate in fun activities! Everyone is invited to join the fun and earn prizes with challenges for every age.
Babies, kids, teens, and adults can pick up reading and activity badge trackers at the library and log reading/activities online at messengerpl.beanstack.org or via the Beanstack Tracker app.
Stop by the library all summer to enjoy scavenger hunts, guessing games, the Literacy Investigation Station, and more!
Beanstack Tips
- How to complete activities in the app
- How to deposit tickets in the app
- How to log multiple days of reading at one time in the mobile app
- How to delete, share, or move a reader
- How to share a reader with another account
- How to import reading from Epic! in the app
- How library readers add friends and view leaderboards on the mobile app
Year-Round Challenges
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Encourage a lifelong love of books and learning while bonding with your little ones. Messenger’s reading challenges for children help build strong and positive habits through reading together. Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
500 Books Before Middle School
Elementary students can keep reading to earn badges and free books! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
100 Books Before Graduation
Read 100 book before graduating high school. Earn a free book for every 10 books that you read! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
School-Year Challenges (August-May)
Illinois Children’s and Teen Choice Awards
Monarch Award (Kindergarten – Grade 3)
Bluestem Award (Grades 3-5)
Caudill Award (Grades 4-8)
Abe Lincoln Award (Grades 9-12)
Read this year’s nominees and earn free books! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
