Coming soon! Summer Challenge 2024
Summer Challenge: Explore — Discover — Renew
June 1 – July 31
Ages 0-100+. North Aurora, take the summer challenge to read and participate in fun activities! Everyone is invited to join the fun and earn prizes with challenges for every age. Pick up reading and bingo trackers at the library and log reading/activities online at messengerpl.beanstack.org or via the Beanstack Tracker app. Stop by the library all summer to enjoy trivia, scavenger hunts, guessing games, the Literacy Investigation Station, special prize drawings, and more!
Year-Round Challenges
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Encourage a lifelong love of books and learning while bonding with your little ones. Messenger’s reading challenges for children help build strong and positive habits through reading together. Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
500 Books Before Middle School
Elementary students can keep reading to earn badges and free books! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
100 Books Before Graduation
Read 100 book before graduating high school. Earn a free book for every 10 books that you read! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
School-Year Challenges
Illinois Children’s and Teen Choice Awards
Monarch Award (Kindergarten – Grade 3)
Bluestem Award (Grades 3-5)
Caudill Award (Grades 4-8)
Abe Lincoln Award (Grades 9-12)
Read this year’s nominees and earn free books! Visit the youth desk or messengerpl.beanstack.org to get started.
