By Older Adult Services Librarian Claire Steiner
It’s time to pull out your reading list and get warmed up for adult summer reading 2025! From June 1 through August 19, sign up via Beanstack, track your reading, complete activities, and earn badges for a chance to win gift cards to local businesses.
No library card? No problem. You don’t need one to participate. If you are having trouble getting to the library, sign up for Home Delivery, and we’ll bring the books to you!
Use the Beanstack app to track your progress
The Beanstack app will track your reading, completed activities, and the library events you attend this summer to earn badges. Need help getting started with Beanstack? Follow these step-by-step instructions to log in.
Read, attend events & complete activities to earn badges & win prizes
You can earn badges by tracking your reading and completing activities like reading your favorite book or watching your favorite film, taking a course in Creativebug or LinkedIn Learning, visiting the Creative Studio, and attending library-led events. The Creative Studio is a terrific place to make amazing gifts and keepsakes, or digitize your home movies and slides.
As the program draws to a close in August, those badges will enter you in our raffle drawing for a variety of prizes.
Nothing to read? We’ve got you covered!
Whether you are reading poolside or during your lunch breaks, make sure you log and track your progress with us. All reading counts—print, audio, and ebooks. Try these suggestions:
- Check out these amazing reading lists curated by Oak Park librarians.
- Try NoveList Plus: This is a great tool for finding reading lists, as well as read-alike authors for the books that you already love. Log in with your Oak Park library card and PIN.
Attend free library events
If you’re looking for things to do this summer, whether you’re participating in our summer reading program or not, here are some great events at the library on the horizon:
- Parks & Pages: Read With Your Neighbors, Saturday, June 7, 1-3 pm, Scoville Park
- Journey to Juneteenth, Wednesday, June 18, 6 pm, Main Library
- Book Bike Thursday Nights Out, Thursdays in June & July, 5-7 pm, Lake & Marion Streets
- Wednesday Matinee Films Series, Wednesdays, 1 pm, Main Library
Check out our calendar to see all the amazing events happening at the library this summer.
Complete activities
If you’re not ready to jump into another book or just want to get out of the house, there are some fun activities you can do to earn badges too! Explore Chicagoland with one of our Museum Passes, view the art being displayed in the Main Library Gallery, or find the geocache located in the library. Log in to Beanstack to find out what else you can do to add to your badge count while enjoying all summer has to offer.
What prizes can I win?
For every badge you earn, your name will be entered in a drawing to win a gift card to local businesses.
We can’t wait to see you at the library this summer!
About Claire
Claire is the Older Adult Services Librarian. On Friday mornings, you can find her cruising around delivering books for Home Delivery. Claire loves a good podcast, awesome finds at the thrift store, and Friday happy hour.