Ages 3-6 Summer Library Challenge 2026

 

Want to plan out your badges before you enter your activities in Beanstack? Here’s a list of all the activities for the 2026 Summer Library Challenge for ages 3-6!

You’ll need to complete one activity for each badge to earn the badge. To finish your Summer Library Challenge, complete 14 book or activity badges. If you complete more than 14 badges, you earn additional prize entries! You can also earn badges by logging the books you read. Happy reading!

Library
  • Tell the librarian a joke
  • Check out a book from the New Book shelves
  • Check out a library book by a Wisconsin author (like Pat Zietlow Miller or Kevin Henkes)
  • Try a book recommended by someone at the library
Come to one of these events!
Library Activity Map
  • Go to the Library and complete 5 of the Library Activities listed on the Library Activity Map..
Creativity
  • Make chalk art
  • Write a book review
  • Make your own craft
  • Make up your own story
Go read the Storywalk at the Platteville Inclusive Playground
  • Go read the Storywalk at the Platteville Inclusive Playground or scan the code to listen to the Storywalk
Action
  • Play a game outdoors with friends or family
  • Play with Play-Doh
  • Do the weekly library scavenger hunt
  • Spend half an hour outside reading
Favorite
  • Go to your favorite park
  • Re-read a favorite book
  • Wear your favorite shirt to the library
  • Share your favorite snack with a friend
Explore
  • Go on a walk or a bike ride
  • Go to a Little Free Library
  • Go to Farmer’s Market
  • Go to the Platteville Inclusive Playground
Reading
  • Read a bedtime story
  • Read a story about friendship
  • Read at night with a flashlight
  • Read a book about about helping others
Listen
  • Sing your favorite song
  • Learn a new song or rhyme
  • Try a Vox or Wonderbook Read Along audio book
  • Listen to a lullaby
  • Scan the QR code and listen to the Storywalk at the Platteville Inclusive Playground
Share
  • Give someone a hug or high-five
  • Color a picture for a friend
  • Have a dance party with a friend
  • Help out in the kitchen
  • Help out in a garden
Watch
Library Storytime
  • Go to a Library Storytime Wednesdays, July 1 – August 19th at 10:30 a.m. at the Library or one of our pop-up storytimes: June 15, July 20, or August 10 at 10 a.m. at Legion Park (by the Broske Center). Bring a stuffie or stuffed animal friend!
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