from Los Angeles Public Library / Library Foundation of Los Angeles
June 10 – August 10, 2024
What makes L.A. special to you? What is your dream?
Children, Teens, and Adults:
Earn badges for reading and completing fun, learning-based activities. Register for the Summer Reading Challenge online or in person and collect your participation prizes.
- Read for one hour = 1 badge
- Complete an activity = 1 badge
- Earn 10 badges and be entered into branch and grand prize drawings!
Sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge either at your local Los Angeles Public Library location or online with Beanstack. Track your progress online at lapl.org/summer or on the Beanstack Tracker mobile app, or download and print a gameboard. To finish the Summer Reading Challenge, you must complete 10 activities and read for 10 hours or a combination of those.
Once you have completed the reading and activities, bring your completed game board to your local Los Angeles Public Library location to collect your competition prizes. Everyone who completes the Summer Reading Challenge can be entered into drawings to win exciting prizes like gift cards, museum memberships, or a new Apple iPad.
Download a gameboard here today and start taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge.
Read
- Browse our booklists for recommended reads.
- Access e-books, magazines, audiobooks and more.
- Discover local authors with the library’s Indie Author Project.
- Sign up for LA Reads and the Dodgers Reading Champions literacy challenge.
Connect
- Browse through our events calendar to find programs for all ages.
- Connect with authors and illustrators at Your Author Series.
- Join us for fascinating and eclectic LA Made programs.
- Check out the activities page for fun family projects and ideas.
Discover
- Record your family’s story using TheirStory.
- Take advantage of our digital collections and resources.
- Learn a new language, watch a crafty video tutorial, or enroll in an online course.
- Reserve a free pass to museums and attractions with Explore L.A.
This program is generously supported by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles; lead sponsor, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation; and the following donors: Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund; Estate of Victoria Erteszek Foote; The Council of the Library Foundation; Maxwell H. and Muriel S. Gluck Endowment; California State Library; Walter and Holly Thomson Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee; Flora L. Thornton Endowment; Mattel, Inc.; The Albert Parvin Foundation; and The Morrison and Foerster Foundation.
The Golden Globe Foundation proudly supports Library Foundation of Los Angeles.
Header image: Summer Reading original artwork by Noor Sofi.
