Summer Reading Challenge 2024: Adventure Begins at Your Library!
The 2024 Summer Reading Challenge has ended. Please check back in June 2025 for information about the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge.
Challenge Dates: June 22 - August 17
Preregistration: June 1
Welcome to Tacoma Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge 2024! We’re delighted to have readers of all ages join us. This year’s theme is “Adventure Begins at Your Library!”
You can use a virtual or paper activity log to track your progress. Log your reading and activities on a computer or mobile device with Beanstack, opens a new window. If you would like to use a paper activity log, you may download and print one, or stop by any library to pick one up. Complete 25 activities to finish the challenge. Books, eBooks, magazines, graphic novels, and audiobooks can all be used to meet the reading requirements.
Stop by any library for a sign-up prize when you’ve started the challenge. When you complete the challenge you'll receive a completion prize and be entered into a grand prize raffle.
You can check out books and more from any of our eight locations. You can also access digital reading materials with your library card by using the Overdrive/Libby, and hoopla apps! Find everything you need to know about downloading and using these free apps on our A-Z Resources Page. The last day to complete the Summer Reading Challenge and pick up prizes is Saturday, August 17.
Thank you for joining Summer Reading Challenge with TPL this summer!
Summer Reading Challenge FAQs
- Sign up for a Beanstack account through the website or the app and add your family members so everyone can participate. Track your reading and complete activities to finish the challenge and earn prizes this summer. For more information on using Beanstack, visit our Beanstack FAQs.
- The second way to track your progress is to visit a l, opens a new windowibrary to request a paper activity log. You can also download and print activity logs from home! Complete 25 activities to complete the challenge.
Completion
When you've completed your Beanstack or paper activity log, stop by a branch to collect your completion prize. Prizes are available while supplies last. The last day to complete the challenge and pick up your prizes is Saturday, August 17. You will also be entered into a grand prize raffle. The winners will be announced before August 31.
Summer Reading Events
Programs and activities will be offered in a variety of formats:
- In Person Programs
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Outdoor Programs
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Live Virtual Programs Using Zoom
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Program Kits
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& More! - See our Featured Activities, opens a new window below for more ways to participate in the Summer Reading Challenge.
Upcoming SRC Events
Upcoming Program Kits
Special Events and Performances
Special Events and Performances
Creation Station
Summer Reading Creation Station
Storytimes
Tacoma Public Library Storytimes
Community Partners
Community Partner Events
ALSC SRC Birth-Preschool
ALSC SRC K-2
ALSC SRC 3-5
ALSC SRC 6-8
Activity Log Booklists and Helpful Links
Read a library book to learn a new eco-friendly habit
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Read a book recommended by a library staff member
Little Kids Kids Teens Adults
Read a book set in the woods or forest
Little Kids Kids Teens Adults
Read a book with a picture of nature on the cover
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Read a book that takes place in another country
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Read a book by a BIPOC author
Little Kids Kids Teens Adults
Read a book by a LGBTQIA+ author
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Read an adventure book
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Read a travel book
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Read a book by a PNW author
Little Kids/Kids Teens Adults
Read a book with a one word title
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Read a book with a non-human main character
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Learn an outdoor survival skill from a library book
Little Kids/Kids Teens/Adults
Visit a Tacoma public art installation or mural
Tacoma Murals Project
Thank you to our Summer Reading sponsors!
