Reading to preschool-age children builds vocabulary and language skills, while creating fond childhood memories and a love for books.

Listening to books read aloud helps prepare children with the ready-to-read skills they need for kindergarten. These skills are what librarians call early literacy. In as little as 15 minutes a day, families can build the skills needed for future school and life success.

• Click HERE to register your child on the Beanstack Tracker app. You may also visit the Youth Services desk to register.
• Start tracking books read using Beanstack's website or the easy-to-use, always-at-your-fingertips mobile app, available on Apple and Android devices. If you wish to track using a paper log, you can pick up logs at the Youth Services desk.
• You will earn prizes at 100, 500, and 1000 books.
• For more information about the Beanstack tracker, check out our Beanstack FAQ website HERE.

Who can participate?
     Any child from birth to not-yet-enrolled-in-kindergarten

How long will the program take?
     If you read just one book a night, you will have read over 1,000 books in three years. If you read three books a night, you will finish in just a year. It depends on how quickly you want to read, but this program is not a race. Just enjoy reading with your child.

Do I have to read 1000 different books?
     No! Almost every child has a favorite book that they request to have read to them often. Every time you read any book, you can count it as one book read, even when you read the same book multiple times.

What books count?
     Any book read to your child counts, whether you read it, a teacher reads it, or a librarian reads it during story time. Every book counts!

How often is the Wall of Fame updated?
     The Wall of Fame is updated and printed every September after the fall semester of school has started.

If you are new to Beanstack, click the button that says "Register an Individual or Family" to get started.