Reading Programs

Adventure 365

Adventure 365 is a year-round reading program for all ages! Log your reading throughout the year to earn badges. Try reading each day for 20 minutes. You will earn achievements when you hit major reading milestones, like logging your first book, completing your first challenge, or maintaining a lengthy reading streak, as well as when you read on special days or holidays. If you do, special badges will be yours! Can you gather them all in 2024? We challenge you! Register for the challenge HERE!

Smokey Bear Reading Challenge

Preregistration is open for the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge on Beanstack. It is open to all ages, 0-99. The challenge begins August 10. This reading challenge is a joint effort among HRLS, the Library of Virginia and the USDA Forestry Service. The reading program is found in Beanstack. We are celebrating Smokey Bear’s 80 anniversary.

Receive a Smokey Bear sticker when you register. Read 3 books and complete 6 activities to complete the challenge and receive a Smokey Bear information card and an entry into the prize drawing on December 1. No tickets are needed to enter the drawing.

The program in Beanstack ends on November 30.

At the end of the program all participants that have completed the challenge will be placed in a drawing. The prizes include a Smokey Bear stuffed animal, a 100-piece puzzle, stickers, decals, a Harvester Jeep model car, a Smokey Bear game and other items purchased by the Friends of HRLS and items gifted by the Forestry Service.

Winter Reading Challenge

Winter Reading Challenge 2024: This challenge is now closed- check back in next January!

The 2024 Winter Reading Challenge theme was Where We Come From, inspired by the captivating picture book, "Where We Come From," a poetic masterpiece written by John Coy, Shannon Gibney, Sun Yung Shin, and Diane Wilson. Participants were immersed in the rich history and captivating stories of individuals, exploring themes of family, history, identity, and belonging. Through the magic of literature, readers embarked on a transformative journey that encouraged self-reflection and a deeper understanding of their own personal narratives. All while earning badges on a virtual bingo card!

We challenged each participant to read and log at least 8 hours (or 480 minutes) during the challenge. Earn fun badges for logging your reading, completing activities, submitting book reviews, and earning bingo. Earn badges in a row, column, or diagonal to finish the challenge and earn your bingo badge.

Top-performing participants that complete the entire BINGO card receive an additional ticket.

Register HERE for the "Where We Come From" winter reading challenge, sponsored by our friends at The River Radio Station, 95.3 and on Beanstack. Reading logs were recognized during January 1-31, 2024. Join us next time for Winter Reading Challenge 2025.

Pre-Readers Ages 0-5

Complete a BINGO card by logging reading, completing activities, and submitting book reviews. Earn tickets and enter prize drawings! Log through the Beanstack App.

Readers Ages 6 and Up

Complete a BINGO card by logging reading, completing activities, and submitting book reviews. Earn tickets and enter prize drawings! Log through the Beanstack App.

Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading Challenge 2024 is now closed. Congratulations to all participants!

Join us from June 1 to August 7, 2024, as we encourage all ages, from preschoolers to teens, to read during summer break as we enjoy a fun Reading Program "Adventures Begin at Your Library!".

Learn more HERE and register your family today! Log through the Beanstack App by creating an account or signing in to log.

Pre-Readers Ages 0-5

Earn online badges and raffle tickets as you count how many books you can read this summer! Every 30 books 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 480 total books by August 7! (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 book benchmarks 60, 120, 180, 240, 300, 360, 420, and 480.

Readers Ages 6 and Up

Earn online badges and raffle tickets as you count how many minutes 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 August 7! (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 August 7 at 11:59 PM.

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Read. Track. Win!

1KBb4K is a year-round library program that encourages all families and caregivers to read at least 1,000 books with their young children before they enter Kindergarten. Reading to your children is the best way to prepare them for Kindergarten! 1KBb4K encourages families to spend quality time together and promotes pre-literacy learning so that children enter school ready to read, listen, and learn.

Any child from birth to entering Kindergarten can participate in this self-paced early literacy program at Handley Regional Library System.
Each Fall and Spring, we have a graduation ceremony to acknowledge the achievement of the graduates of the program.
Learn more about the program HERE.
Register HERE!

Resources

Books your child should hear before going into Kindergarten
Continue your pre-literacy learning at home with these educational apps:

Log through the Beanstack App by creating an account or signing in to log for any of our Reading Programs. Can't remember your login information? Just email beanstackhelp@handleyregional.org for assistance.

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