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Summer Reading Club ends on WEDNESDAY!

Our annual Summer Reading Clubs all end on Wednesday, July 31st. Here’s what this means for you:

  • Pick up your milestone and completion prizes by 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday 7/31!
  • Youth club readers need to enter their tickets in Beanstack by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday 7/31. Click here to learn how!

Grand prize drawings will be held on Thursday, August 1st and winners will be informed shortly thereafter.

The Cultural Pass lasts through Sunday, August 4 so make sure to use your Pass while you can!

Remember to enter your prize tickets in Beanstack!

We’re over halfway through this year’s Summer Reading Club and many of you have already completed the challenge. We wanted to remind everyone that we are doing ticket drawings for Youth prizes through Beanstack this year, NOT with paper slips, and you must enter all of your tickets by July 31st to be eligible for any drawings.

How do I enter my tickets?

You can use the Beanstack app or the Beanstack website to enter ticket drawings from a Reader’s profile. Here’s how:

In the app

  1. Open the Beanstack app & sign in to your account if you haven’t already
  2. Select the Reader you want to enter tickets for by tapping the profile icon in the upper right corner and choosing from your list of Readers
  3. Tap to select the Summer Reading Challenge you’ve completed
  4. Swipe or scroll the menu to the right until you see Ticket Drawings and tap to select it
  5. Tap to select a prize you want a chance to win — make sure it is for YOUR home library!
    • For example, if your home library is Clarksville, make sure you choose something like “Clarksville – Pool Pass Bundle” and NOT “Jeffersonville – Pool Pass Bundle”
  6. Tap the “Add/Remove Tickets” button
  7. Tap the + icon to add each ticket you want for that prize
  8. Tap the “Add Tickets” button.
    • Your tickets won’t be added to the drawing if you don’t tap the Add Tickets button!
  9. If you have multiple Readers to enter tickets for, tap the Home icon to go back to the home screen and then repeat steps 2 – 8 above.

On the website

  1. Log in to your Beanstack account at https://jefflibrary.beanstack.org
  2. Select the Reader you want to enter tickets for by clicking the profile icon in the upper right corner and choosing from your list of Readers
  3. Click on the Summer Reading Challenge you’ve completed
  4. Click on “Ticket Drawings” from the menu beneath the Challenge title
  5. Click on a prize you want a chance to win — make sure it is for YOUR home library!
    • If your home library is Clarksville, don’t enter tickets for any prizes that start with Jeffersonville and vice versa
  6. Click the “Add/Remove Tickets” button
  7. Click the + icon to add each ticket you want to enter for that drawing
  8. Click the button that says “Enter [number]” to actually submit your tickets for the drawing.
    • Your tickets won’t actually be entered into the drawing if you don’t click this button!
  9. If you have multiple Readers to enter tickets for, click on the profile icon in the upper right corner to choose another Reader from your list and then repeat steps 2 – 8.

When do I get my tickets?

Youth will automatically earn their 10 tickets when they complete the Summer Reading Club Challenge for which they’ve registered. All youth Challenges require earning 200 points by logging the books and minutes you’ve read.


Can I get more tickets?

No, we are not doing additional ticket entries this year.


Why are there different prizes for Jeffersonville and Clarksville?

We are doing drawings for prizes separately at each library location. Some prizes are only available at one location. To make sure everything is fair, we will only draw tickets for each prize based on the readers’ home library.

For example, when we draw for the winner for the “Clarksville – Bluey Pack (ages 0-2)” prize, we will only choose from people who have their home library set to Clarksville.


How do I check my home library?

You can make sure you have the right home library selected by doing the following:

In the app

  1. In the Beanstack app, go to the Home page and tap the gear icon in the upper right corner
  2. Tap Readers and then tap the name of the Reader you want to check
  3. Scroll down to “Library Information” and make sure the Library branch selected is your home library.
    • If you need to change your home Library, make sure to tap the Save button before going back to check another Reader!
  4. Repeat for each Reader you need to check.

On the website

  1. Log in to our Beanstack website and click on the Reader’s name in the upper right corner
    • If you want to edit the selected Reader, click the Edit button
    • If not, click on the Reader you want to edit and then click the Edit button
  2. Under Preferences, click Basic Information
  3. Make sure your home library is correct under “What is your primary library?
    • Remember to click Save if you make any changes!
  4. Repeat for each Reader you need to check

Summer Reading Club has begun!

Our 2024 Summer Reading Clubs have officially begun over on Beanstack. You can sign up on the website or through the Beanstack Tracker mobile app.

May 20 – July 31

Adventure Begins at Your Library with our Summer Reading Clubs! Please remember that even if you pre-register today, any books you log before May 20th will not count towards your Summer Reading Club totals.

  • Youth Summer Reading Club: youth can log books or minutes to earn 200 points to complete the Club and earn tickets for lots of cool prizes. This year’s Club is broken down into separate age and grade levels:
    • Ages 0 – 2
    • Ages 3 – 5
    • Entering grades K – 5
    • Entering grades 6 – 12
  • Adult Summer Reading Club: adults ages 18+ can read 4 books to complete the Summer Reading Club and earn their prizes, as well as be entered into the grade prize drawing.

June 1 – August 4

  • Cultural Pass: Youth ages 0-21 can pick up their Cultural Pass from the Library and visit more than 50 arts and cultural venues in the Kentuckiana region for FREE! Signup will begin on Beanstack close to June 1, and Passes will be available starting June 1. Passes will not be given out prior to June 1.

Sign up for your free Beanstack account to join in on all the summer reading fun!

Summer Fun at the Library!

There’s something for everyone at the Library this summer! In addition to our slate of exciting programs, it’s also time once again for Summer Reading Club (and other fun challenges) on Beanstack!

June 1 – July 31

June 1 – August 8

  • Cultural Pass: Youth ages 0-21 can pick up a Cultural Pass this summer and visit more than 50 arts and cultural venues for FREE! Signup begins on June 1, come pick up your free Pass from the Youth Services Department or the Clarksville Branch library.

June 14 – July 23

  • Page Turner Animal Adventures: Youth can join Storyologists, Page Turner and Kenny, as they jump into the Once Upon a Time Machine in search of stories and adventure. Along the way, you’ll participate in awesome shows, create fun crafts, make delicious recipes, and meet some amazing guests. Includes fun online activities every weekday from June 14 – July 23!

Sign up for your free Beanstack account to join in on all the summer reading fun!

Summer Reading Club & Cultural Pass

It’s June and that means it’s time for the Summer Reading Club AND the Cultural Pass! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of these challenges will be held 100% online this year through Beanstack.

Summer Reading Club

Adults and kids have the same Summer Reading goals this year: read 4 books to complete the challenge and be entered into the grand prize drawings! Audiobooks and ebooks count as well as physical books, so be sure to check out what’s available on Hoopla and OverDrive/Libby to find your next read. Both the Adult and Youth Summer Reading Clubs run from June 1 – August 1, 2020 on Beanstack.

Cultural Pass

The Cultural Pass is available again this summer for kids ages 0-21, from June 1 – August 8, and this year it’s virtual! That means instead of coming to the library to pick up a physical pass and going to the museum in person, you use Beanstack to go to the museum’s website and do fun activities from home. Here’s how you can participate:

  1. Log in to your Beanstack account and register for the 2020 Virtual Cultural Pass challenge
  2. Click on the grey badge icon for the venue you want to “visit”
  3. On the venue’s badge description, click on the link to go to a special Cultural Pass page on their website
  4. Do whatever fun activity is on the venue’s website!
  5. Come back to Beanstack and go to the venue’s badge again
  6. Write a short sentence about what you learned or thought about the activity
  7. Click the check boxes to say you did the activity and wrote the sentence

That’s it! Your badge for that venue will then automatically “light up” with color to show you’ve earned that badge!