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Reading Challenges for Youth and Adults

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Reading Activities

Did you know Summer Reading Adventure isn't just about reading? You can also participate in lots of fun challenges through the library to keep you busy and having fun all summer long! Sign in to your Beanstack account by clicking the red banner above and get busy unlocking your activity badges

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Curious about what badges you can earn? See below for this summer's badges!

1. Create your own recipe and submit it to Teen Chopped Challenge or read for 30 minutes.

2. Write a book review and submit it on Beanstack or read for 30 minutes

3. Attend an in-person or virtual library program or read for 30 minutes.

4. Visit a community center or read for 30 minutes.

5. Listen to an episode of a bookish podcast or read for 30 minutes.

6. Volunteer in your community or read for 30 minutes.

7. Read a book from a genre you don't normally read or read for 30 minutes.

8. Watch a movie on Kanopy or read for 30 minutes.

9. Listen to an audiobook on Libby or read for 30 minutes.

10. Film a BookTok about your favorite book and share the link with us or read for 30 minutes.

11. Attend an after-hours teen zone or read for 30 minutes.

12. Sign up for a library card or read for 30 minutes.

13. Visit a Fairfax County park or read for 30 minutes.

14.Change one thing about your routine to make it more environmentally friendly and tell us what change you made or read for 30 minutes.

15. Submit an essay or poem to the For Love of Country contest or read for 30 minutes.

Ready to participate using Beanstack? Learn how

Don't want to use Beanstack to log summer reading activities? Print a paper log or get a paper log from any FCPL branch. Return your log by August 12, 2022 to receive prizes for completing the program!

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