2026 Summer Reading Challenge

This summer, unearth a story at your library!
Log the books you read to earn badges and rewards.

Summer Reading runs from July 1st to August 31st.

Reading Challenges

Early Literacy (ages 6 and under)
Children’s (ages 7-11)
Teens (ages 12-17)
Adult (ages 18 and up)

Visit our Beanstack site or download the app for more information and to register for a reading challenge.
Paper logs for all ages are available to download and print here.

Prizes for children and teens will include entries into drawings for Monster Golf coupons, Five Below gift cards, and other gift cards from local business.

Prizes for adults will include entries into drawings for Long Branch beach badges, tickets to a Blue Claws game and gift cards to businesses including Omaha Steaks, Texas Roadhouse, Starbucks, Target and Surf Taco.

Contact Nekesha Marshall (nmarshall@longbranchlib.org) for additional details about early literacy, children’s and teen reading challenges. For more information about the adult reading challenge, contact Wes Blackburn (wblackburn@longbranchlib.org).

Museum Passes

Interested in learning more about dinosaurs, seeing fossils and more?

Visit Monmouth Museum’s Becker STEAM Wing or The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University’s Dinosaur Wing this summer! Reserve museum passes with MuseumKey.

Request American Museum of Natural History vouchers at the Main Library Circulation Desk and see a variety of dinosaur fossils and the special exhibit Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs.