Winter Reading Challenge 2024-25

Our Winter Reading Challenge Starts Sunday, December 1

Sign up, read books, and earn prizes for reading. And, when you complete the challenge, you'll earn a finisher prize and the chance to be entered into drawings for the chance to win other great prizes. There are two ways to participate:

1) Register and log your reading at the library

Starting December 1, adults can register and pick up a paper reading log at the Reference or Fiction & Media desk, and youth and teens can register and pick up a paper reading log at the Youth Services desk.  

2) Sign up and log reading online using the Beanstack website or app

Starting December 1, you can use the Beanstack website or the Beanstack app (Apple or Google) to sign up and track your reading.

Register and log your reading on the Beanstack website (https://northbrookpl.beanstack.org)

After you create an account on Beanstack, you're set for all of our future Summer and Winter Reading programs. Parents/caregivers can set up one registered account holder and then add children to the account, which makes it easy to log reading with just a couple of taps.

  1. Visit the Beanstack website.
  2. If you don't already have a Beanstack account, select the "Register an Individual or Family" button under Create an account.
  3. You will be asked if you have previously used Beanstack. If you already have a Beanstack account, click "Yes." If it is your first time using Beanstack, select "No." 
  4. You will be asked who you would like to register. You can either register yourself as an individual or register as an adult who would also like to register one or more children.
  5. Enter your account information, including your first and last name, a username, a phone number, and a password. You can also enter your email address, but it is optional. If you are also registering a child, you can also enter your child's information at the bottom of the screen. After you register yourself, you will be given the chance to register additional children.
  6. Once you have created an account, you can log your reading (or reading for other members of your family) by selecting the "Log Reading" button at the top of the screen. You can search for a book's title, author, ISBN, or scan its UPC barcode.

Register and log your reading with the Beanstack app

After you create an account on Beanstack, you're set for all of our future Summer and Winter Reading programs. Parents/caregivers can set up one registered account holder and then add children to the account, which makes it easy to log reading with just a couple of taps. Beanstack for iPhone/iPad  Beanstack for Android

  1. To sign in and start logging your reading using the Beanstack app for Apple or Android devices: 

    • Tap "Let's Go."

    • Tap "At my library, school, or bookstore."

    • Tap "Find a Site" and then type Northbrook into the search field, and select "Northbrook Public Library" from the list that appears.

    • If you don't already have a Beanstack account, tap "Sign Up" at the bottom of the screen, then tap "No" if this is the first time you are using Beanstack to participate in a reading challenge. After that, you will be asked to create a user name, add your email address, and create a password.

  2. Once you have created an account for yourself (and any other members of your family who would like to register), you can enter your reading activity by tapping the "+" button. You can search for a book's title, author, ISBN, or scan its UPC barcode.

Have questions? 

Winter Reading is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Northbrook Public Library and the Thomas & Kathleen Laird Family Foundation.