Unearth A Story Summer Reading Challenge (All Ages)
June 1 - July 31, 2026
Open to all ages! Read for at least 600 minutes this summer to earn fun prizes and entries into our end-of-summer grand prize drawings. Click here for more information about this summer's reading challange!
Evergreen Park Public Library uses Beanstack, an online portal that helps patrons track their reading and provides free personalized reading recommendations. Patrons can sign up here and use Beanstack from their home computer, mobile devices, or in the Library. Visit our Beanstack website to register for the first time or to sign in if you already have an account.
You can also download the mobile app to your mobile device through the iTunes App Store or Google Play.
2025 Lincoln Award: IL Teen Readers' Choice Award Challenge. (Grades 9 to 12)
Evergreen Park Public Library and Evergreen Park Community High School invite you to take the 2025 Lincoln Award: IL Teen Readers' Choice Award Challenge
The Lincoln Award is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating students in grades nine through twelve in Illinois. The award is named for Abraham Lincoln, one of Illinois' most famous residents and himself an avid reader and noted author. The award is sponsored by the Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE). High School students are invited to read a minimum of four out of twenty nominated books on the 2025 Master List to cast a vote for the best book of 2025.
Register and log your reading time using the Beanstack app or at evergreenparklibrary.beanstack.org.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten (Birth to Age 6)
Why read 1,000 books before Kindergarten? Reading high-quality books at home is one of the best ways to prepare your child for school.
Reading 1,000 books sounds like a lot, but if you read just three picture books with your child daily, you will read 1,095 books in a year!
Visit our Beanstack website to get started!
