2024 Summer Reading Program for All Ages, May 18 - August 1, 2024
Find your fanciest duds and shell-a-brate Summer Reading (and the library’s centennial year) with Spike the Library Turtle. Beginning May 1, log into the Beanstack app or smfpl.beanstack.org and update your contact information. Then, on May 18, start logging activities (including reading) to win prizes.
How to get started
Visit smfpl.beanstack.org or download the Beanstack Tracker app for your Apple or Android device.
New to Beanstack?
Sign up for an account.
Used Beanstack before?
Log in and update your account information.
Forgot your login information?
Username: Try the account holder’s first name and last name with no capitals or spaces. For instance, “janedoe.”
Password: Try “beanstack” or “password.”
If you can’t remember what email you used to set up the account, or if you’ve never had an account and need help getting started, stop by the library, call (330) 688-3295, or visit www.smfpl.org and click the chat button in the bottom right corner.
What to do (all ages)
Log activities between May 18 and August 1. You may log one activity per day. You do not have to log activities on consecutive days. By logging only one activity a day, you can participate all summer long.
Earn a virtual badge, a grand prize entry ticket, and a coupon or small prize for every 5 activities completed (there are 5 small prizes available).
Keep logging activities until August 1 for more grand prize entries (you can enter the grand prize drawing up to 12 times, including the badges earned for signup and completion). Pick up all prizes by August 3.
Teens – As an extra challenge, you can stop by the Information Desk for a BINGO card, read books to complete the BINGO card, and return the card to the Information Desk at the library for a book prize (you can win up to 5 BINGO books).
Adults and Teens – Get a custom, limited-edition "Read What You Fancy" enamel pin when you earn 5 badges.
Grand Prizes
Adult Grand Prizes
- Akron Rubber Ducks Voucher (4 ticket vouchers to see the Akron Rubber Ducks during the 2024 Season)
- Akron Zoo Passes (5 tickets for free entry to the Akron Zoo)
- Cleveland Monsters Voucher (free tickets for 2 lower bowl seats at a 2024-2025 home game)
- Garden Bundle (includes 4 passes to Holden Forests & Gardens in Cleveland and a $25 gift card to Suncrest Gardens)
- Adult Shell-A-Bration Basket (basket containing a throw blanket, water bottle, and $50 Visa gift card)
- LEGO Hokusai – The Great Wave
- Nintendo Switch
Teen Grand Prizes
- Dinner and a Movie ($35 gift card to El Campesino and 2 Cinemark passes)
- Akron Zoo Passes (5 tickets for free entry to the Akron Zoo)
- $75 Target gift card
- Teen Shell-A-Bration Basket (includes books, bookmarks, a beach towel, beverage tumblers, and more)
- Nintendo Switch
- LEGO - The Insect Collection
- Chipotle Bundle (2 free entrees and free chips & queso)
Children's Grand Prizes
- Squishmallow Bundle
- Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Servin' Up Fun Food Truck
- Kindle Fire HD 8-Inch
- Nintendo Switch
- Bluey Ultimate Beach Cabin Set
- V-Tech Explore and Write Activity Desk
- LEGO Minecraft Crafting Box 4.0
- Family Fun Passes (four passes to Great Lakes Science Center, four passes to the Akron Zoo, and four passes to SkyZone)
- Family Day Out Passes (six passes to the Akron Zoo, six movie tickets for the Kent Plaza Theater, and four MovieScoop tickets for treats at the Kent Plaza Theater)
Summer Reading is sponsored by
Akron Rubber Ducks, Akron Zoological Park, Altieri’s Pizza, Applebee’s (Kent Road), Cinemark Cuyahoga Falls, Cleveland Monsters, Dairy Queen Grill & Chill, El Campesino, Fleming's Lawn and Tree Service, Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop, Great Lakes Science Center, Half Price Books, Holden Forests & Gardens, Insomnia Cookies, McDonalds (Munroe Falls), MovieScoop Kent Plaza Cinemas, Nervous Dog Coffee Bar & Roaster, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Ohio Renaissance Festival, Panera Bread, Papa John’s, Ramseyer Farms, Robeks, Sky Zone, Stow-Munroe Falls Library Foundation, Suncrest Gardens, Target, TGI Fridays
Special thanks to our Anonymous Donors