Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading programs and online challenge for every age


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Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading programs and online challenge for every age 
 
Spokane, WA | June 5, 2025 – Spokane County Library District (SCLD) announces this year’s Summer Reading theme Level Up at Your Library, based on puzzles, games, and improving skills. Kids and families, tweens and teens, and adults are all encouraged to check out games, crafts, author talks, and events at SCLD libraries.
 
Online Summer Reading Challenge
 
SCLD’s Online Summer Reading Challenge with Beanstack is for readers of every age. Participants can track their reading for prize drawings and giveaways, while supplies last. All types of reading, including audiobook listening, eBooks, and magazines, count toward the challenge.

Kids and teens (ages 0–17) who register for summer reading with Beanstack can visit their library to choose a free new book, while supplies last. Registered youth (ages 5–17) who read at least 300 minutes can earn a free ticket to a Spokane Velocity FC or Spokane Zephyr FC soccer match, while supplies last. Everyone who reads for at least 600 minutes, completing the challenge, is entered into the prize drawing for their age group.
 
K–12 Summer Series Author Talks
 
The K–12 Summer Series Author Talks for kids, teens, and families includes four amazing authors and illustrators with live, online author talks. Everyone can watch and hear from wonderful authors, draw with amazing illustrators, and get tips for writing their own stories.
 
Programs for Kids & Families
 
Along with summer favorites such as Family Storytime in the Park and LEGO Free Play, kids and families can explore engaging events, crafts, and activities at SCLD libraries:
For kids entering grades 2–5, Camp Read-a-Rama and Campamento de verano en la biblioteca / Library Summer Camp in Spanish both offer enjoyable days of reading, crafting, and playing games at the library.
 
Programs for Tweens & Teens

Tweens and teens can level up their technology, creativity, game play, and ecology skills this summer at libraries around Spokane County as well as at SCLD’s creative and maker spaces:
Find out more about Level Up at Your Library Summer Reading in Engage, the programs and events guide, available for free at all SCLD libraries, on newsstands around Spokane County, as well as online at scld.org/engage.
 
Spokane County Library District provides resources, experiences, and places that empower people to learn, explore, and succeed. The District operates 10 libraries that include Airway Heights, Argonne, Cheney, Deer Park, Fairfield, Medical Lake, Moran Prairie, North Spokane, Otis Orchards, and Spokane Valley as well as the mobile library LINC. District library cards are free to Spokane County residents.

For more information about our libraries and programs, please visit scld.org or call 509.893.8200.
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Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading programs and online challenge for every age