Summer Reading Club - June 11 to August 15

Our summer reading club, Libraries: Your Passport to the World, has started! Sign up for the reading club on Beanstack, where you can log your daily reading. Earn a virtual ticket for every 10 days of reading and enter drawings for chances to win fantastic prizes. Stop by the Children's Department to pick up a paper log or print the log from home.

Need help with Beanstack? Here's a guide to help you sign up for an account or register for the Summer Reading Club.

Around the World with Eugene

Our summer reading club mascot Eugene is traveling around the world! But you can see Eugene on his travels in 16 Uptown store windows from Friday, June 18 to Sunday, August 15. Stop in the Children's Department beginning June 18 to pick up your passport and travel with Eugene. 

Here are 16 clues to help you find Eugene:

1. Eugene can borrow a whole LIBRARY full of books here, just by using his card.  His favorites are about unicorns, of course.
2. Eugene is so thoughtful to buy a HALLMARK card for his friend at this store.
3. One of Eugene’s favorite foods is SUSHI, and he can get it here in a hurry.
4. Eugene likes to go to new stores, and this one is SOOO CUTE.
5. This PIZZA is so good, and it is so close to the Library on Prospect, Eugene goes here all the time.
6. Eugene is often in the mood for ICE CREAM and goes here.  They sell milk too.  Moooo…
7. PANCAKES are Eugene’s favorite.  Who doesn’t like pancakes at this ORIGINAL place?
8. Eugene’s old friend JOE goes grocery shopping with Eugene here.
9. NATURALLY, Eugene has a PET dog, whose name is “KRIS”.
10. Eugene has a taste for some good BARBECUE, so he thinks he will go to the CITY of Park Ridge.
11. JILL is Eugene’s hair stylist, and he and his friend JACK go here to get their hair cut.
12. Eugene is DESIGNING a new kitchen for his house on VINE STREET.
13. Sweet treats are the best here.  Eugene and his friend DOLCE go here for pastries all the time.
14. It’s that time again for Eugene to get a checkup at the DENTIST.  He’s going to the one in UPTOWN.
15. Eugene loves to ROCK and wants to go to SCHOOL to learn to play an instrument.
16. Since Eugene is so good at leaping in the air, he might try out some MARTIAL ARTS here.

Find all 16 and bring in your passport to enter a drawing for a chance to win one of two prizes: a Melissa & Doug Ice Cream Set or a $25 Gift Card to Triple Scoop’d Ice Cream.  

Travel Stickers

Pick up a sheet of Summer Reading Club travel stickers at the desk in the Children's Department. Complete 10 days of reading and add a sticker to your paper log to show you've arrived!

One sheet per child; stickers available while supplies last.

Family Activities

Peace Takes Flight

Beginning June 11, be a part of a community-wide art installation for peace by folding an origami peace crane. Learn how to participate here.

Pick-Me-Up Craft Kits 

Available Tuesday, July 27 - Olympic Medal                                 

Get a break from all the screen time with a craft project!  We provide the basic supplies and plans, you provide the creativity and crafting skills. Pick one up in the Children's Department while supplies last. 

• Kits include the special supplies needed, but you may still need some basics from home like glue, tape, scissors, crayons, etc.
• Caregivers, limit one kit per child in your caregiving unit.

Share your creations with us on Facebook, Instagram @prplkids or by email at prkchild@prpl.org.

Book Bundles

Whether you're making an unexpected quick exit or are just popping in for a stack of books, check out one of our Grab & Go Bundles, a preselected group of books by age or reading level:

- 2- & 3-year-olds 
- 4- & 5-year-olds 

- A & B for beginning reading levels  
- C & D for more advanced reading levels