Update July 30: Summer Reading Club is over for 2025! Thank you to everyone who joined us to make this record-setting summer so colorful. We're already looking forward to a cretaceous-outrageous summer 2026! (Don't worry! You can find other great library programs here.)
Summer Reading Club 2025 is an adventure for all ages! It's a fun (and free) way for everyone to enjoy the library together. It's especially great for families (including grandparents and grandchildren). We'll share photos of summer reading fun here from time to time, but you can find LOTS more photos on library Facebook pages (TADL, TADLKids, East Bay, Kingsley, Fife Lake)!
How to Sign Up
- If you do not have a Beanstack account and would like one (it's free!) - create an account and accept the challenge (see note below).
- If you already have a Beanstack account the Summer Reading Club 2025 challenge will be waiting there for you starting June 1. Just accept it for each and every reader in your household who wants to participate!
- If you want to participate using a paper log just visit your TADL library and pick up a log - or print one at home (link below).
- Visit your library (Woodmere, East Bay, Kingsley) for a free kids or teens t-shirt (first come first served only) while supplies last.
Beantack users - you will automatically receive a copy of our weekly summer newsletter, with the opportunity to opt out. It will give you all the upcoming events AND reminders about turning in your reading minutes for prizes. After the finale party we delete the email list!
Frequently Asked Questions
This free, all ages, program runs June 16 - July 27, with a finale party July 29 in Hull Park.
Sign up!
Sign up opens June 1. Signup at your library or, if you are already in Beanstack, accept the "Summer Reading Club 2025" challenge for all your participating readers.
Read!
Start reading any time and log your minutes either in Beanstack or on your paper log. Report your minutes each of the six weeks by Sunday at 5 pm.
There's also lots of fun to be had, with free programs, events and parties!
Get prizes!
Prize programs vary by age and library, contact your library for details.
Beanstack Users - Please see the links at the bottom of this page for a video.
Paper Logs - Take your log to your library to report your minutes.
Each participating library has a slightly different way of doing prizes, depending on reader age and other factors.
Use the blue buttons on this page to visit each library and learn more!
Yes! We do have some paper logs if you prefer, just ask for a copy at your library.
No, but we would love it if you get one! It's the easiest way to get lots of great books to read over the summer. It's easy! tadl.org/getacard.
T-Shirt Fabric Pens
If you colored your t-shirt at the library with fabric pens you may want to set the design by ironing it on medium heat (without steam) for 3-5 minutes to ensure long-lasting results.
Newsletter
If you aren't a Beanstack user you can still access the summer reading Friday afternoon newsletters here as they are published.
Week 1 Newsletter, Week 2 Newsletter, Week 3 Newsletter, Week 4 Newsletter, Week 5 Newsletter, Week 6 Newsletter
Each department and library has fantastic things planned for the summer, click the buttons below to learn more.
Free sack lunches for kids & teens each week day
Woodmere
Monday - Friday
- 11 am - 12:30 pm
East Bay Branch Library
Tuesday - Friday
- 11:30 am - 1 pm
Kingsley Branch Library
Monday - Friday
- 11 am - 12:30 pm
(Woodmere - BATA Route #2; East Bay & Kingsley - BATA Route #13)
Why is summer reading important?
Our theme this year highlights all the wonderful colors stories add to our lives. We'll be celebrating this idea with lots of art and creativity over the six weeks - plus, of course, reading!!
It's important to both relax AND read over the summer. Summer is a great time to read whatever you find fun! For students this is especially important, because it helps maintain those important reading/comprehension skills built up over the school year.
Keeping reading skills in tiptop shape is important for adults too!
TADL Summer-Theme Reading Lists
Reading & Literacy Resources (Non-TADL Websites)
- Pre-Readers
- Readers
- Families/Adults - The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
Prize Drawings
You must have your minutes in and your prize tickets allocated to drawings by Sunday July 27.
Refresher - How to put your Beanstack prize tickets into drawings
Beanstack - How To Videos
Beanstack is our free reading tracker! Use it as an app on your phone, or on a computer, to record your reading minutes and enter our prize drawings.
Visit tadl.beanstack.com to sign up. It only takes a few minutes! Remember, you can always ask a librarian to help you get signed up.
- Chic-Fil-A
- Discovery Cruise
- GoGo Squeez
- Grand Traverse Pie Company
- Great Wolf Lodge
- Horizon Books
- Pirate's Cove
- TC Pit Spitters
- Jimmy Johns
- Moomers
- Elev8
- Oryana
- Culvers
- Dennos Museum
- Paddle TC
- Taco Bell
- Burger King
- KFC
- Wendy's
- YMCA
