Summer Reading Challenge 2026
Register Today!
- June 8 – Aug. 15
- For children ages birth–11
- Register online and log activities on your adventure map to earn prizes.
- Earn a community coupon, a free book, and a chance to win a fun prize in a drawing.
- Pick up prizes until Aug. 15 at any VBPL branch!
- Download the 2026 Summer Reading Challenge Map.
Check out our online calendar to find fun things to do for free, all summer long.
Prizes
- Fill in any 10 spaces, check off the activity boxes in Beanstack, and then visit any Virginia Beach Public Library to claim your prize.
- Fill in any 20 spaces, check off the activity boxes in Beanstack, and then visit any Virginia Beach Public Library to claim your prize.
- Fill in all 30 spaces, check off the activity boxes in Beanstack, and then visit any Virginia Beach Public Library to add your name to the Super Star wall. You will be automatically entered into our Grand Prize drawing for a chance to win a $200 LEGO Store gift card.
- Pick up prizes until Aug. 15 at any VBPL branch!
Thanks to the Friends of Virginia Beach Public Library and to the Virginia Beach Library Foundation for their continued support of the Summer Reading Challenge! Their support makes it all possible!