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Summer Reading

 

2025 Summer Reading Challenge
COLOR OUR WORLD!
Summer Reading for Everyone

Monday June 16th - Saturday August 9th
(don’t miss the SRC After Party events for Kids from Aug 11th - 23rd!)

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for making this program possible! 

Each summer the Library offers programs and activities for adults, teens, and children to encourage reading and excite curiosity. Register on Beanstack to log your reading and activities, and win prizes!

REGISTER HERE: Beanstack Summer Reading

Or download the Beanstack App to log your reading and activities on the go!

Have questions? See the Beanstack FAQ

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: July | August

For information about the Summer Reading Program by age group:

Kids

Teens

Adults

The Summer Reading Program is generously supported by the Friends of the Maplewood Library.
You can become a Friend of the Library and continue to support library programming by clicking here. 

KIDS

Programs for kids:

Click here to preview our summer programs for children, or go to our events calendar

How It Works:

  • Register on Beanstack (SOMSD student email addresses won’t work here, so please use a different email address)

  • Join the Children’s Summer Reading Challenge

  • Come to the library and make a book mobile to hang in the new building on Baker Street

  • READ and WRITE to earn badges, free books and comic books, and to enter weekly raffle drawings for pizza, ice cream or baked goodies from local businesses!

Ways to Participate & Be Eligible for Prizes in Beanstack:

  • READING TIME:  Click on the ORANGE Log Reading button, then click on Log Minutes, then click on START TIMER to start the reading timer 

  • WRITING TIME:  click on Add a Review. Under the book title, tell us what you wrote and how much time you spent writing.
    For example, you can write TITLE:  I wrote a story  – 30 minutes
    You can write a book review, a story, a comic, or whatever you want.

Prizes

Weekly Prizes: Read or write for at least 1 hour to get your weekly prize. Weekly prizes include: comic books, books, bookmarks, and notepads. You’ll also earn Beanstack Badges for the time you spend reading or writing. KIDS can start picking up their prizes the week of July 7th.

Weekly Raffle Prizes: Each week you read or write for at least 1.5 hours, you will be entered into the weekly raffle for a $5 gift card for Pizza, Ice Cream, or a delicious dessert. Raffle winners will be notified each week by email starting the week of July 21st.

Grand Prize: The top readers (the kids who spend the most time reading and writing over the summer) will be chosen by raffle drawing to win a $25 gift card to a Maplewood business of your choice! Grand prize winners will be notified by email.

SOMSD Summer Reading Lists

2025 Grades K-2 Suggested Reading List

2025 Grades 3-5 Suggested Reading List

Contact the Children’s Department:

Any questions? Please email us at kids@maplewoodlibrary.org or call 973-762-1688 ext. 5101 (or press 2)

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for making this program possible!
You can become a Friend of the Library and continue to support library programming here. 

TEENS

Beanstack

The Maplewood Library uses Beanstack to facilitate our summer reading challenge. To join, click here to register. The Teen Summer Reading Challenge runs from Monday, June 16 through Saturday, August 9.

Prizes

Teen summer reading prizes can be viewed here. For a chance to win prizes, register and participate actively on Beanstack!

Teen Summer Reading Events

To view and register for teen summer reading events, click here.

Reading Lists

2025 Middle School Suggested Reading List

2025 High School Suggested Reading List

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the teen librarian via email.

ADULTS

How It Works:

  • Register on Beanstack

  • Join the Adult Summer Reading Challenge

  • Participate to enter prize drawings for gift card prizes to local businesses!

Ways to Participate & Be Eligible for Prizes in Beanstack:

  • Log the minutes and books you read this summer

  • Write book reviews

Prizes

Grand Prize: three winners will be chosen by raffle drawing from all the entries submitted over the course of the program to win a $50 gift card to a Maplewood business of their choice!

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for making this program possible!

You can become a Friend of the Library and continue to support library programming here. 

 
 

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