Beanstack
What is Beanstack?
Beanstack is an online reading tool where you can track your reading, join challenges, earn online badges and make reading a habit!
How to get started:
Go to GRRL's site at griver.beanstack.org or download the free Beanstack Tracker app in your app store.
Current Challenges:
The Great Escape: Winter Reading 2025
January 2 – February 28, 2025 (for ages 12 and up)
Join the 2025 GRRL Winter Reading Challenge for teens and adults, and venture on a great escape! Books and stories can transport you to a completely different place this winter. Log your reading throughout the challenge to earn badges and enter prize drawings while you journey into exciting, new worlds. Find your escape today!
Register and log at https://griver.beanstack.org/ or on the free Beanstack Tracker app.
Your Next Chapter: A Bingo Challenge for Kids
January 2 - February 28, 2025 (for ages 0-11)
Start the new year by finding your next great book. Log your reading and do activities to complete a Bingo line on your card - fill out the whole card to complete the challenge. You'll earn cool online badges along the way!
Register and log at https://griver.beanstack.org/ or on the free Beanstack Tracker app.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Ongoing
Help your little one get ready to read by reading 1,000 books before entering kindergarten. Reading aloud with children builds vocabulary, empathy and language skills all while bonding with your child - it's a win-win! Register and log at https://griver.beanstack.org/ or on the free Beanstack Tracker app. Check with your local library to see how they award small prizes along the way.
Year in Reading: 2025 (teens and adults)
January 2 - December 31, 2025
Read along with us and challenge yourself to try something new each month in this yearlong challenge for readers age 12 and up. When you complete three monthly activities, you earn the online badge for that month. For an added challenge, log the books you read all year long. Happy reading in 2025!
Register and log at https://griver.beanstack.org/ or on the free Beanstack Tracker app.
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