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The Summer Reading Program: LEVEL UP AT YOUR LIBRARY runs from June 7 to August 2! Programs available for all ages, Children's Teen, and Adult. LEVEL UP today!
Join us for a summer of FREE activities, entertaining performances, and a fun reading challenge at the Newport Beach Public Library! Each year our Summer Reading Program invites readers of all ages to take part in an exciting summer of creativity, discovery, and exploration. The library is not just a space for knowledge, it's a space for fun, too!
To get started, sign up for a Beanstack* account and enroll in your age group's online Summer Reading Challenge. Then stop by your local branch to pick up your FREE BOOK (while supplies last!). Participants will log reading and activities to earn digital badges and prizes. Complete the program by earning all required digital badges and be entered into a grand prize drawing! Online registration via Beanstack will be available beginning June 7, 2025. Offline participation available at any Library Branch.
*Beanstack How To:
1. Have you participated in previous years? Sign in to your Beanstack account and enroll in the challenge.
2. Are you new to summer reading? Create a Beanstack account and enroll in the challenge.
3.Not sure if you have an account or have issues logging in? See a librarian.
The Summer Reading Program is generously funded by
the Friends of the Library and the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation.
Level Up Your Reading: Help Us Reach 600,000 Minutes!
Join us in reaching a community reading milestone this summer! Whether you prefer fantasy, historical fiction, graphic novels, or anything in between — every minute read counts. Join a Summer Reading Challenge and help us hit our big community goal: 🎯 600,000 minutes (that’s 10,000 hours!)
The Adult Summer Reading Program is the perfect excuse to take back your reading time. Track your time spent reading or listening to books, submit book reviews, and complete activities to earn great prizes! Join us for Opening Day activities, a Summer Zine Program, and the It’s a Wrap…Party! Adults 18+.
This summer, join other teens and Level Up at the Library! From Book Club to a Zine Exchange and more, the library is a space to connect and have fun. A reading challenge invites teens to read and earn prizes. Incoming 7th to 12th graders.
Children's Summer Reading Program
Join us for a summer of FREE family activities, entertaining performances, and a fun reading challenge at the Newport Beach Public Library. From wild animal shows to interactive programs, family games, crafts, prizes and more, the library is not just a space for knowledge, it's a space for fun, too! Ages 0 to incoming 6th graders.