Ages 12-18 Summer Library Challenge 2024
Want to plan out your badges before you enter your activities in Beanstack? Here’s a list of all the activities for the 2024 Summer Library Challenge for ages 12-18! You’ll need to complete one activity for each badge to earn the badge. You can also earn badges by logging the books you read, or by writing a book review. Happy reading!
Library Adventure
- Tell the Librarian a joke
- Visit a library that’s not the Platteville Public Library
- Try a book or movie recommended by someone at the library
- Check out a book from the New Book shelves
- Download an ebook or e-audiobook
Creative Adventure
- Write a letter to a friend
- Make your own craft
- Write a poem
- Write a story
Action Adventure
- Do a random act of kindness
- Spend half an hour outside reading
- Recommend a book to a friend
- Try a food you’ve never tried before
- Help the Earth by planting something
Favorites Adventures
- Leave a note inside a favorite library book for the next reader to find
- Listen to your favorite song
- Read a book by your favorite author
- Re-read a favorite book
- Ask a friend what their favorite book is
Reading Adventure
- Read a graphic novel
- Read an entire series
- Read or listen to a book by a person whose life has been shaped by different factors than your own (race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, class, political viewpoint, etc)
- Read a magazine or newspaper
- Read a TikTok-famous book
Listening Adventure
- Try a Playaway/audiobook
- Listen to a podcast
- Create a new playlist
- Listen to a live performance (a musician, a band, a speaker, etc.)
- Listen to an album that’s older than you
Sharing Adventure
- Give someone a hug, a high-five, or a fist bump
- Read aloud to someone
- Try a new recipe with a friend
- Send a thank you note or text to someone
- Volunteer
Watching Adventure
- Watch a movie based on a book
- Watch a documentary
- Binge a season of a new show
- Watch a movie or show based on a true story
- Close your eyes and pick a book off the shelves
Community Adventure
- Go on a walk or a bike ride
- Support a locally owned business
- Go to a Little Free Library
- Go to the Farmer’s Market
Go to a Library Teen Program
- Go to a Library Teen Program
Come to one of these events!
- Summer Kick Off-Magic Show with Isaiah The Magician on Wednesday, May 29th at 6PM at City Park
- Zoozort Live Animal Program on Friday, June 14th at 6PM at The Broske Center
- Fishing For Fun! With the Genoa Fish Hatchery on Tuesday, July 16th at 2PM at City Park