Bookworm 2025

Registration begins Monday, May 19

Log reading and activities between

Monday, June 2 -

Wednesday, July 23 at 12 noon

This summer, challenge yourself to read every day!

How many minutes will you read each day? That’s up to you to decide! (If you’re not sure, try 20 minutes each day.)

Track your progress with Beanstack as you complete daily reading goals and/or quests.

How to participate

Bookworm is for all ages!

If you participated in Bookworm last year and have a Beanstack account, you can sign in using your username and password from before. If not, you can sign up for a new account.

You can create either an individual or family account. A family account lets you log things for your whole family without having to log into individual accounts.

For each reader, you'll pick one Bookworm Challenge:

• Read to Me: Birth to starting Kindergarten
• Independent Readers: Grades K-6
• Teens: Grades 7-12
• Adults: Anyone age 18 and up

Logging

You will be able to log your reading and activities starting Monday, June 2, 2025, and all logging must be complete by 12 noon on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

Sign into your Beanstack account, and click the red button that says "Log Reading and Activities." You will not see this button until June 2, when Bookworm officially starts.

Choose whether you want to log minutes or quests, or start a reading timer. If you use the reading timer in Beanstack, those reading minutes are logged automatically.

Feel free to [download and print the Bingo tracker] if you'd rather have a paper copy.

Prizes

For all age groups, you can either log 40 days of reading or complete the Challenge with a mix of reading logs and quests. Just earn a total of 40 badges to complete the Challenge.

For the Grand Prize drawings, we will have different prizes and you can choose which prize drawings to enter in the Beanstack app.

Patrons must have a phone number on their Beanstack account in order to receive the Grand Prize.

You must visit the library to pick up your prizes. Prizes cannot be mailed. Trophies and Grand Prizes will be awarded at the Bookworm Finale Party. To qualify for prizes, readers must be Ohio residents.

Read to Me:

• 10 days of reading: Coupon
• 20 days of reading: Free book and local prize ticket entry
• 30 days of reading: Coupon
• 40 days of reading: Free book, coupon booklet, a trophy, and entry into our Grand Prize Drawing! Trophies will be awarded at our Bookworm Finale Party at Yoctangee Park on July 23 from 6-9pm, or you can pick it up at your local branch after that date.

Independent Readers:

• 10 days of reading: Coupon
• 20 days of reading: Free book and local prize ticket entry
• 30 days of reading: Coupon
• 40 days of reading: Free book, coupon booklet, a trophy, and entry into our Grand Prize Drawings, including a chance to win a bike sponsored by Adena Health System! Trophies will be awarded at our Bookworm Finale Party at Yoctangee Park on July 23 from 6-9pm, or you can pick it up at your local branch after that date.

Teens:

• 10 days of reading: Coupon
• 20 days of reading: Free book and local prize ticket entry
• 30 days of reading: Coupon
• 40 days of reading: Free book, coupon booklet, and entry into our Grand Prize Drawings, including a chance to win a bike sponsored by Adena Health System!

Adults:

• 10 days of reading: Coupon
• 20 days of reading: Local prize ticket entry
• 30 days of reading: Coupon
• 40 days of reading: Coupon booklet, and entry into our Grand Prize Drawings, including a chance to win a Fitbit sponsored by Adena Health System!

Bookworm Book Recommendations

Find books to fulfill your Bookworm Reading Challenge in the library’s online catalog, or dive into eBooks and audiobooks from hoopla and the Ohio Digital Library. If you need a library card, you can register for one online.

If you're looking for something good to read, check out these staff-curated book recommendation lists for all ages.

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