How It Works
Sign Up or Log in to Beanstack
- Online: Visit ahml.beanstack.org or use the Beanstack Tracker app on the App Store or Google Play Store. Find the Summer Reading 2026 Challenge and join. Trouble logging in? Recover your Beanstack username or password.
- Paper: Starting June 1, stop by the Kids’ World Desk (birth–grade 6) or the Hub (grades 7–12) to pick up a paper log.
Log the Days You Read
- Online: In Beanstack, Click the “Log Reading” button and choose “Log Days.” You can select individual or multiple days at once. You don’t need to include book titles in the app.
- Paper: Mark off a candle for each day you read.
Read anything you want, for as much time as you decide. Audiobooks, books with pictures, magazines or repeat-reads all count.
Pick Up Prizes
- After Tracking 10 Days of Reading: Play-to-win for a prize in the library!
- After 20 Days of Reading: Play-to-win again!
- After 30 Days of Reading: Play-to-win one more time and select your final prize: a book of your choice!
- Want Even More Summer Reading? Track 60 days of reading for a second prize book of your choice!
What’s Play-to-Win?
After 10, 20 and 30 days of reading, kids (birth–grade 6) can play Plinko in Kids’ World to receive a small prize. Different prizes are offered for babies/toddlers, kids and tweens.
Teens (grades 7-12) can Spin-the-Wheel in the Hub to receive a small prize. They can also strike the Hub Gong to mark their achievement.
Library Summer Reading Lists
Looking for a good book? Starting in June, discover displays for all ages featuring the Youth Services’ staff’s favorite books published last year.
Explore the recommended reading lists here:
School Summer Reading Lists
Some schools have required or recommended reading assignments for the summer.
View the booklists below by school to check the availability of or place holds on titles.
Thomas & South Middle School
Thomas & South Middle School
Rolling Meadows High School
Rolling Meadows High School
St. Viator High School
St. Viator High School
If you attend Buffalo Grove High School or John Hersey High School, check out selections in the library's recommended reads for teens booklist.