Summer Reading Challenge 2023

June 12 to Aug. 19
For children ages 0 through grade 8
Register online, select Picture Book or Chapter Book reader option (details below), and log your reading to earn prizes.
Get started now at Beanstack. The Beanstack Tracker mobile app is also available for Android or iOS.

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Registration begins June 12, 2023.
Prizes

  • Earn collectible celebration tags for reaching your reading goals. Read more, earn more!
  • Select a book of your choice to keep when you complete the challenge goal.
  • Pick up prizes at any VBPL branch

 Picture Book Readers

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  • Register online in Beanstack to receive a celebration tag holder and a "Summer at VBPL" celebration tag
  • Read or listen to picture books and record the titles in Beanstack
  • Visit your local library when you have reached each of the reading goals (3 books, 6 books, 9 books and 12 books) to spin the prize wheel for a celebration tag.
  • Receive a book of your choice and a "20 Book" celebration tag when you read 20 books.
  • Read and log all summer to reach stretch goals of 25, 50 and 100 picture books and earn a celebration tag for each goal.
  • Explore VBPL’s Summer 2023 Recommended Booklists!

 Chapter Book Readers

  • Register online in Beanstack to receive a celebration tag holder and a "Summer at VBPL" celebration tag
  • Read or listen to chapter books and record the titles in Beanstack
  • Visit your local library when you have reached each of the reading goals (1 books, 2 books, 3 books and 4 books) to spin the prize wheel for a celebration tag.
  • Receive a book of your choice and a "5 Book" celebration tag when you read 5 books.
  • Read and log all summer to reach stretch goals of 10, 12 and 15 chapter books and earn a celebration tag for each goal.
  • Explore VBPL’s Summer 2023 Recommended Booklists!

 A Note for Parents:

Virginia Beach Public Library provides a variety of resources and programs to support your child's literacy and educational growth over the Summer.

Summer Reading Challenge offers age-specific goals, incentives and creative activities to encourage children and families to read during the summer months. Visit www.VBgov.com/library-events to find free and fun activities for your child, all summer long.  

10 Tips to keep your child on the path to success this summer:

  1. Establish a regular reading time.
  2. Set a realistic reading goal: 20 minutes a day is enough to maintain reading skills. 
  3. Visit the library as part of your weekly routine.
  4. Register your child for Virginia Beach Public Library's Summer Reading Challenge. It's free, and they can earn great prizes: www.VBgov.com/SRC.
  5. Register your child for his own library card.
  6. Let your child choose her own books to read.
  7. Show a genuine interest in what your child is reading.
  8. Be a model reader: make sure your child sees you reading for pleasure, too!
  9. Read together!
  10. Explore VBPL’s Summer 2023 Recommended Booklists!
Thanks!

​Thanks to the Friends of Virginia Beach Public Library and to the Virginia Beach Library Foundation for their continued support of the Summer Reading Challenge! Their support makes it all possible!

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