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Summer

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Reading and Badge Challenge 2025

Summer at Austin Public Library📚 Read or be read to 20+ minutes per day (audiobooks count)
Or for a total of 600 minutes (10 hours) of reading
🏅 And Complete 3 activity badges
📅 June 7 – August 10
2025 Theme:
Color Our World

Get a prize!
Ages 0–17: Free book
Adults: Free mug
While supplies last, at any Austin Public Library (APL) branch

 

Participatesummer 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 download at home.

Plus!
Free events all summer long
Printable Event List | Coloring Sheets

    Events

    Science Fiction & Fantasy Literary Trivia

    Sunday, June 8, 2025
    3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
    Spicewood Springs Branch
    Adults Summer for Adults

    Jungle Explorers

    Monday, June 9, 2025
    2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
    Pleasant Hill Branch
    Kids (ages 6-10) Kids Summer

    Age Groups

    Babies & Toddlers (Ages 0-5)

    Download the Babies & Toddlers Challenge PDF.

    Babies & Toddlers Events

    Kids (Ages 6-10)

    Download the Kids Challenge PDF.

    Kids Events

    Tweens (Ages 9-12)

    Download Tweens Challenge PDF.

    Tweens Events

    Teens (Ages 13-17)

    Download the Teen Challenge PDF.

    Teen Events

    Adults (Ages 18 and up)

    Download the Adult Challenge PDF.

    Adult Events

    Booklists