Books & Badges

Read at home and earn badges to sew on your backpack, jacket, library bag or cap.

The Books & Badges program runs from Labor Day to Memorial Day and is open to children age 4-grade 8 with a Glenview Public Library card or who attend a Glenview school.

Online Registration & Logging

https://glenviewpl.beanstack.org

• Register for a Beanstack account if you do not already have one. Click I am an adult registering a child and fill in the necessary information.
• There will be an option to add more children to your account. Select this option to create a reader profile for each child who wants to participate.
• If you participated in the Summer Reading Program, you already have a Beanstack account. Use the same information to log in.
• After signing in, click Log Reading and Activities.
• ​​Select the reader for whom you would like to log from the drop-down menu.
• Select Activities, then click the badge for which your child would like to log.

Please call 847-729-7500 x 7900 or email us at ysdepartment@glenviewpl.org if you have any issues with registration or logging.

In-Person Registration & Paper Logging:

• Register at the Youth Services Desk.
• Choose the badge you want to work toward and pick up your reading log.
• Students may read library books or books from home to meet the requirements for their badge.
• Parents should initial the log after each book is completed.
• Bring your completed log to the Youth Services Desk to collect your badge when the required number of books are read.

Pre-Reader Badges

For pre-readers who have a parent or sibling reading aloud to them.

Read-to-Me
Read-to-Me Again
Read-to-Me Another
We Read Together

Independent Reader Badges

For children who are reading independently.