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Reading and Badge Challenge 2026

Summer at Austin Public Library

📚 Read or be read to 20+ minutes per day (audiobooks count)
Or read for a total of 600 minutes (10 hours)
🏅 Complete 3 activity badges
📅 June 6 to August 8
2026 Theme: Unearth a Story™ 🦖

 

Get a prize starting June 8!
Ages 0 to 17: Free book
Adults: Free mug
While supplies last at any Austin Public Library branch

Participate

Summer coloring sheets 📲 Join Online:
Sign up and track progress at library.austintexas.gov/beanstack 
Or use the Beanstack app.

🖍️ Go Lo-Fi:
Pick up a printed challenge at any APL branch or from the links below in each age group.
Print a coloring sheet.

Plus!
Free events all summer long

Events

Bestie Wonderland Presents: Lost Library of Time!

Monday, June 8, 2026
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Spicewood Springs Branch
Kids (ages 6-10) Kids Summer

Stellar Accessories

Monday, June 8, 2026
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Little Walnut Creek Branch
Tweens (ages 9-12) Tween Summer

Air Dry Clay Seed Mosaics

Monday, June 8, 2026
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Cepeda Branch
Kids (ages 6-10) Kids Summer

Age Groups

Triceratops with a book

Babies & Toddlers (Ages 0-5)

Download the Babies & Toddlers Challenge PDF.

Babies & Toddlers Events
t-rex with a book

Kids (Ages 6-10)

Download the Kids Challenge PDF.

Kids Events
Stegosaurus reading a book

Tweens (Ages 9-12)

Download Tweens Challenge PDF.

Tweens Events
Brontosaurus with a book

Teens (Ages 13-17)

Download the Teen Challenge PDF.

Teen Events
Ankylosaurus with a book

Adults (Ages 18 and up)

Download the Adult Challenge PDF.

Adult Events

Booklists