Read, Learn, Win!
Join our annual Summer Learning program from June 1 to July 31 for a summer packed with adventure, learning, and prizes. Read, log your progress, and earn a chance to win prizes. Register online through Beanstack or download the app.
Last year, more than 3.1 million minutes of reading were logged, with over 11,500 participants and more than 142,000 books read across San José libraries. Let’s make this summer another one to remember!
Summer Learning Grand Prizes
Register, track your reading, and complete the Summer Learning program for a chance to win a grand prize. Program ends July 31.
Register to read and win big
Summer Learning comes with fun rewards for every age group. Sign up through July 31 and track your reading in Beanstack to receive a registration prize and earn a completion prize when you finish the program.
Prizes include free books for kids and teens, plus giveaways for adults such as flashlight keychains, screen cleaners, or Hicklebee’s coupons (all pictured above).
How to participate
- Sign up online through Beanstack or download the app, and then pick up a registration prize at any SJPL location:
- Youth (Ages 0-18): One FREE book
- Adults (Ages 18+): FREE flashlight keychains - Read 8 books or 8 hours. Everything you read counts!
- Track your reading in Beanstack and finish the program to earn a completion prize.
All participants who complete the program will also be eligible to win a grand prize.
Download the Beanstack App
"All the summer performances including circus and puppet show was great and enough to make my kid's vacation enjoyable and memorable."
- 2025 Program Participant
"I like that the friendly competition to read as many books as you can, helps to create a yearning to read aloud with family, amongst my young children! As a mother, I appreciate any help in the education of my children and the ability to get them excited to learn!"
- 2025 Program Participant
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By the Numbers
As of June 15, 2026
8,130
Summer Learning Readers
23,773
Books Read
475,359
Minutes Read
1,260
Challenge Completions!
Events
Events
Special Storytime with San Jose Earthquakes
Special Storytime with Bay FC Soccer Players
Special Storytime with the San Jose Earthquakes
Become a Summer Learning Ambassador
Volunteer this summer to help youth and families keep reading and support their literacy skills during the summer break.
Suggested reads
Staff Picks
Summer Learning: These Books Don't Bite
Summer Learning: Summer Athletics
Summer Learning: Young Detectives
More ways to read
Summer Learning eResources
CloudLibrary
NoveList Plus
TeachingBooks
Make this summer count
Summer Learning eResources
Graphic Novel Making Contest
More Than Books
Did you know?
According to a national study, reading 20 to 30 minutes a day exposes youth to hundreds of thousands of words annually, building vocabulary, background knowledge, and reading fluency.
Read to Raise
Support literacy and learning at SJPL through the San José Public Library Foundation’s Read to Raise program. Summer Learning participants can invite friends and family to support their reading and be entered for a chance to win prizes.