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.
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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.
Choose Your Reading Goal
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Help your preschooler build a lifelong love of reading. Read and log 1,000 books together before kindergarten.
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500 Books Before Middle School
Encourage your child to keep reading and growing while building vocabulary, confidence, and comprehension.
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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 →
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.
How Beanstack Works
Joining a challenge only takes a few steps.
Create Your Account
Visit the CMRLS Beanstack site and create an account for yourself or your family.
Choose a Challenge
Select the reading challenge that matches your reader's age or reading goal.
Track Your Reading
Log books and reading progress in Beanstack and celebrate milestones along the way.
Ready to Start Reading?
Join a Beanstack challenge today and start tracking your reading journey with CMRLS.
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