Reading Challenges

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2024 SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

Friday, May 24 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024

You can participate in the Summer Reading Challenge three ways:

• Online, using our Beanstack site at LincolnLibraries.Beanstack.org.
• Using the paper booklet. You must still register in Beanstack, so let us know if you need help.
• Using the Beanstack Tracker mobile app — download from the App Store or Google Play.

All ages registering for the Summer Reading Challenge will receive:

• A ticket to a Saltdogs baseball game
• Pool pass good for one entry between June 1 and August 11
• $2 off gate admission for child ticket to Pinewood Performing Arts' "Tarzan"

Read for 10 hours and keep track of your reading time, complete 8 of our 20 activities, and visit the Library four times.

All ages completing the Summer Reading Challenge will receive the following coupons:

• A ticket to the Summer Reading Challenge Recognition Night Saltdogs game
• A free ice cream cone from Runza Restaurants
• One free skate rental with purchase of admission from Breslow Ice Hockey Center
• $5 off of a $20 or more purchase from HobbyTown
• 20 minutes of free bowling and one free shoe rental at Parkway Lanes or Hollywood Bowl when open lanes are available
• 20% off the purchase of any book from Francie & Finch Bookshop

Children will receive these additional coupons:

• A free special snack item or $0.50 off Dippin' Dots from Kazoo's U-Stop Café at Lincoln Children's Museum
• A free Cheesy Burrito from Amigos
• A free kid’s meal from Slim Chickens
• A free ride on the Z O & O Railroad at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo
• A $1 off coupon for any Yogurtini treat
• A State Fair “Read and Win Prize Packet”
• $3 off any purchase of $10 or more at Fazoli’s
• One free hour of painting (up to a $7 value) at Paint Yourself Silly
• Buy one book, get one 20% off at Elleinad Books

Teens will receive these additional coupons:

• A free Cheesy Burrito from Amigos
• A $1 off coupon for any Yogurtini treat
• $3 off any purchase of $10.00 or more at Fazoli’s
• 20% off coupon for A Novel Idea Bookstore
• One free hour of painting (up to a $7 value) at Paint Yourself Silly
• One free day pass at Mana Games
• $1 off any beverage at any Mill location
• Buy one book, get one 20% off at Elleinad Books
• Buy one get one 50% off of Balega or Feetures socks and $10 off a regular priced shoe purchase at Fleet Feet

Adults will receive these additional coupons:

• 20% off all used books at A Novel Idea Bookstore
• 40% off any book at University of Nebraska Press
• Buy 2 get 1 free (good up to $5) from Licorice International
• A free special snack item from Kazoo's U-Stop Cafe at Lincoln Children's Museum
• One free yoga class from Lincoln Yoga Center
• Buy one get one 50% off of Balega or Feetures socks and $10 off a regular priced shoe purchase at Fleet Feet

This summer you can earn tickets for logging your reading and activities. Put all of your tickets in one prize package or spread them out over several prizes. These packages are $50 per business, $100 total per prize!

Haymarket Happy Time - Mana Games and Muchachos
South of South Street - Lila Mae’s Southern Kitchen and Lounge and Leon’s Gourmet Grocery
Scrapbooking and Sweets - Picnic Hill Create and Butterfly Bakery
Comics and Coffee - Trade a Tape and The Coffee House
Boba and Bop – First Day Vinyl and Banhwich
Mini Golf and Big Burgers - Prehistoric Putt and Honest Abe’s
Cycles and Crepes - Cycle Works and Cultiva
A Film and a Frozen Treat - Marcus Theatres and 402 Creamery
Create and Dine - Paint Yourself Silly and Culver’s
Poseys After Breakfast - SR Pumpkin and Flower Farm and Engine House Café
Pinewood Performing Arts – 4 Tickets for the 2025 show, T-Shirts from PPA, Cooler

Everyone who completes the challenge will be entered in the grand prize drawings:

Three prizes of $250.00 each for performances of your choice at the Lied Center for Performing Arts for the 2024-2025 Season.

Be sure to enter all of your tickets in Beanstack by the end of Wednesday, July 31, 2024!