Join us for a fun summer of reading! Receive virtual tickets and be eligible for prizes based on minutes read. Plus, join us for story sharing, music, and interactive experiences all summer long in our Youth Summer Reading Program, "Color Our World".
First, register everyone in the family for our Youth Summer Reading Challenge by creating a Beanstack account. Already have one? Log in! If you can't remember your login information, simply email beanstackhelp@handleyregional.org for assistance or ask a youth services staff to reset your password. Get the Beanstack app to make it even easier! This digital logging software allows readers to keep track of how many minutes they are reading through a timer, a book barcode scanner, and more!
The HRLS Youth Summer Reading Challenge is open to patrons who live and work in and around our 3 service areas of Clarke County, Frederick County, and Winchester City in Virginia.
You can pre-register starting on May 25, 2025, and then begin logging books or minutes read starting on June 1 until July 31, 2025.
Join us from June 1 to July 31, 2025, as we encourage all ages, from preschoolers to teens, to read during summer break as we enjoy a fun Reading Program "Color Our World".
Log through the Beanstack App by creating an account or signing in to log. Log your reading from June 1 to July 31, 2025.
Pre-Readers Ages 0-5
Earn online badges and raffle tickets as you count how many hours you can read this summer! Every 3 hours read = 1 virtual raffle ticket and 1 free book from the library. Log through the Beanstack App starting May 31, and try to read all the way to the "completion" of the program by reading 48 total hours by July 31! (Readers will still be able to log and participate even after passing the "end" of the program). Brag tags for pre-readers will be earned at registration and at hour benchmarks 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, and 48.
Readers Ages 6 and Up
Earn online badges and raffle tickets as you count how many hours you can read this season! Every 6 hours read = 1 virtual raffle ticket and 1 free book from the library. Log through the Beanstack App starting June 1, and try to read all the way to the "completion" of the program by reading 96 hours total by July 31! (Readers will still be able to log and participate even after passing the "end" of the program). Brag tags for readers are earned at registration and at hour benchmarks 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, and 96.
All logging must be entered by July 31 at 11:59 PM.
Visit all 3 branches to check out reading materials and for in person programming to supplement the reading challenge! You can also check out materials online from hoopla and Libby with your library card. However, to keep track of your reading and to earn badges and tickets for prize drawings, all logging needs to be done online. You can access the HRLS Youth Summer Reading Program anywhere with the Beanstack App!
- Do you already have an account in Beanstack? Log in with that! If you can't remember your login information, simply email beanstackhelp@handleyregional.org for assistance or ask a youth services staff to reset your password.
- Do you need to register to get started on Beanstack? Register online HERE.
- Don't forget to download the Beanstack App for easy logging after registering!
Reading helps build strong imaginations, smarter students, and more empathetic people! Be a part of the Handley Regional Library System reading community by signing up to participate today.
If you need help finding your next read, then just check out the resources below to help you find that perfect book!
Yes, this reading program is open to the whole family! We encourage families to read together, so the adult has a very important role as 'Account Creator' when tracking with Beanstack. Under your account, all readers in your family unit will be found and can be accessed by one login and password. Adults can choose to log their reading in this program with the rest of their family.
Special Presenters Summer 2025
Join us this summer for these special programs and earn badges on Beanstack!
Join us for one or all of these special events and click here to access our online events calendar to view more!
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The Eyes and the Impossible
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
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A Rover's Story
Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
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Odder
Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spending time with a good friend. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face to face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself-and about the humans who hope to save her. Inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs ophaned otter pups with surrogate mothers
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The Last Mapmaker
Joining an expedition to chart the southern seas, twelve-year-old mapmaker's assistant Sai, posing as a well-bred young lady with a glittering future, realizes she's not the only one on board harboring secrets when she discovers the ship's true destination.
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Going Places
Rafael has looked forward to the Going Places contest and builds his go-cart from a kit in record time, but his neighbor, Maya, has a much more interesting and creative idea for her entry and Rafael decides to help.
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
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The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
After Owen captures an enormous bullfrog, names it Tooley Graham, then has to release it, he and two friends try to use a small submarine that fell from a passing train to search for Tooley in the Carter, Georgia, pond it came from, while avoiding nosy neighbor Viola.
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Wild Rescuers: Guardians of the Taiga
Stacy was raised by wolves. She's never needed humans to survive and, from what she sees of humans, they're dangerous and unpredictable. For as long as she can remember, Stacy's pack of six powerful, playful wolves--Addison, Basil, Everest, Noah, Tucker and Wink--have been her only family. Together, Stacy's pack patrols the forest to keep other animals safe, relying on her wits and each wolf's unique abilities to accomplish risky rescue missions. But as the forest changes and new dangers begin lurking, are Stacy and the wolves prepared for the perils that await them? A rival wild pack, the constant threat of being found by humans, and a lost dog with a secret plunges.
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Knights vs. Dinosaurs
With the realm at peace and few dragons about, the Knights of the Round Table are bored, so Merlin sends them to face the most terrible lizards of all--dinosaurs.
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The Thickety: A Path Begins
When twelve-year-old Kara discovers her mother's grimoire in the dangerous forest, she must decide if she'll use it, even though such magic is forbidden.