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 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.
Animals
Audio Books
Award Books
Biography
Character Counts
Fantasy
Folk and Fairy Tale
Historical
Holidays
Humor
I Can Read
I Can Read Many
I Can Read More
Marvelous Magazines
Mystery
Poetry
Read Your Choice
Read Your Choice II
Reading Around the World
Scary Stories
Science Fiction
Sports