Summer Reading is Cobb County Public Library’s annual initiative to engage our community throughout the summer. From June 1 to July 31, everyone in Cobb is encouraged to participate in Summer Reading in Beanstack to win prizes!

Anyone can participate in Summer Reading! There are no age limits and there is something for everyone, birth through adulthood.

Because it supports family bonding time, community engagement, and shared learning experiences; and it's beneficial for everyone in our community:

Children: Begin building language and reading skills. Reading to young children, even infants, increases word recognition and vocabulary!

Students: Students are at risk of losing 2-3 months of reading and math skills over the summer. Keep students learning and engaged by encouraging them to complete Summer Reading!

Adults: Make time for yourself to experience the joys of reading – it’s a great way to relieve stress and strengthen your brain! As little as 15 minutes a day is proven to make a difference!

1. Create an account on Beanstack and join Summer Reading.
2.  Log minutes read and/or activities completed to earn Bingo.
3. One Bingo earns you a prize at your library and an entry into the grand prize drawing.
4. Black out your Bingo board for another entry into the grand prize drawing (or a second prize for children).

CHILDREN

• Bingo: a free book and an entry into the Grand Prize Drawing
• Blackout Bingo: Dewey and Rita coloring book (drawn by library staff!)
• Grand prize = Polaroid camera bundle, scrapbook kit, & PARKS art class pass

TEENS & ADULTS

• Bingo: choice of a branded tote, mug, or notepad and an entry into the Grand Prize Drawing
• Blackout Bingo: a second entry into the Grand Prize Drawing
• Grand prize = HP Sprocket photo printer, scrapbook kit, and PARKS art class pass

Beanstack is a free, online reading tracker. Beanstack helps us encourage reading by making it easy to create reading challenges for our community. It motivates everyone to reach their reading goals!

For Summer Reading, track the minutes you read and/or the learning activities you complete to earn Bingo in Beanstack.

Beanstack is available online and as an app:

Beanstack website | Beanstack for iPhone | Beanstack for Android

1. Visit cobbcat.beanstack.org or download the Beanstack App (by Zoobean) from the Apple Store or Google Play.
2. Create an account in Beanstack. 
3. Add “readers,” yourself and/or the members of your family.
4. Join Summer Reading :)

Need a hand? Check out these help videos from Beanstack or download our handout:

Create an account on the website video. | Create an account in the app video. | Create an account handout.

Accounts can be linked in Beanstack via the website or the app.

On the website:

1. Visit cobbcat.beanstack.org and sign in to your account.
2. Choose the correct Reader's name in the top right-hand corner.
3. Click Edit.
4. Click Basic Information and choose the Reader's school.

On the app:

1. Click the gear icon in the top right-hand corner.
2. Click Reader.
3. Select Link Reader and choose the Reader's school.

We prefer that you use Beanstack, but we won't force you to. Download our paper log in English or Spanish:

Log for children | Log for teens and adults