Ages 12-18 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 12-18!

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
  • 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
Create
  • Write a letter to a friend
  • Make your own craft
  • Write a poem
  • Write a story
Action
  • 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
Favorite
  • 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
Read
  • 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
Listen
  • 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
Share
  • 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
Watch
  • 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
  • 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
Come to one of these events!
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