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Reading Challenges on Beanstack

Reading together builds stronger readers, bigger imaginations, and lifelong learners. Join a CMRLS Beanstack challenge, track your reading, and celebrate every milestone along the way.

Start a Challenge → Find Your Library
Children and families participating in a CMRLS reading challenge
Read. Track. Celebrate.

A Reading Challenge for Every Stage

CMRLS reading challenges encourage children and teens to build strong reading habits, discover new stories, and celebrate their progress.

Explore the Challenges

Choose Your Reading Goal

Young child reading books
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Help your preschooler build a lifelong love of reading. Read and log 1,000 books together before kindergarten.

Start reading →
Elementary age child reading
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500 Books Before Middle School

Encourage your child to keep reading and growing while building vocabulary, confidence, and comprehension.

Join the challenge →
Teenager reading a book
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100 Books Before Graduation

Read 100 books before high school graduation while discovering new authors, ideas, and perspectives.

Begin your challenge →
Readers participating in CMRLS programs
Build a Reading Habit

Every Book Counts

Reading challenges make it easy to turn everyday reading into a goal families can celebrate together.

Log books in Beanstack, follow your progress, and visit your local CMRLS branch for recommendations and support.

Getting Started

How Beanstack Works

Joining a challenge only takes a few steps.

Creating a Beanstack account
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Create Your Account

Visit the CMRLS Beanstack site and create an account for yourself or your family.

Choosing a reading challenge
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Choose a Challenge

Select the reading challenge that matches your reader's age or reading goal.

Tracking books and reading progress
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Track Your Reading

Log books and reading progress in Beanstack and celebrate milestones along the way.

Your Next Story Starts Here

Ready to Start Reading?

Join a Beanstack challenge today and start tracking your reading journey with CMRLS.

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