We’re going year-round with our reading challenges! Now you don’t have to wait for our Summer Reading Program to have fun, “level up,” and earn badges and prizes for reading! You can do it all year long through the Beanstack reading platform.
Beanstack allows you to create an account online, add all of your family members who are participating, sign up for appropriate challenges, and log all of your reading through the web or via the Beanstack mobile app.
If you signed up with Beanstack for the 2023 Summer Reading Program, you’re already set up and ready to go. Just sign in to your Beanstack account and select a new challenge.
Upcoming challenges
Dav Pilkey Reading Challenge
The Bryan + College Station Public Library System is partnering with OPAS at Texas A&M University and their production of “Dog Man: The Musical!” Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, “Dog Man: The Musical” is a hilarious and heartwarming production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture.
Read and log any three Dav Pilkey books between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15 to win a completion prize, while supplies last, and a chance to win tickets to “Dog Man: The Musical” on February 21, 2026.
- Dates: Jan. 15 – Feb. 15
Current challenges
January – April 2026 Author Series
Join us for the 2026 Author Series! We will have a total of three 2026 Author Series Challenges throughout the year. The first 2026 Author Series Challenge features Jenny Lawson, ReShonda Tate, Marcela Fuentes and David Baron. For the challenge, read any three of the four author’s books from Jan. 1 – April 30 and log your reading. Completion prize is a coupon valid for three free books at the next Friends of the Library Book Sale!
- Dates: Jan. 1 – April 30
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes you can repeat books) to your precious one before they start Kindergarten.
If you want some help with picking good books to read to your child, check out our “1000 Books” collection located at Larry J. Ringer Library or online and borrow one of our “book backpacks.” There are 10 books in each backpack and we have 100 backpacks to choose from. Once all 100 backpacks are read (in no particular order), the challenge is complete and you’ll get a certificate, five free books at the next Friends of the Library Book Sale, and your picture put up on our “Wall of Fame.”
- Dates: Ongoing
Read the Classics
Get swept away in the classic tales that helped shape literature as we know it, and discover timeless stories that capture humanity through the ages. Log your reading to earn badges throughout the challenge. Books are counted from the time you register, so you can reread the classics. Ages 14 and up. The challenge starts Jan. 1.
- Dates: Ongoing
