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May 06, 2024

Summer Reading Program 2024: Adventure Begins at Your Library

Adventure is out there! Adventure is also at your library this summer! Join the HEPL community of readers by enrolling in the Adventure Begins at Your Library 2024 Summer Reading Program! Read and keep an online log during June and July to participate. Registration begins Monday, May 6th. Sign up by clicking the Beanstack button below. 

Enroll in the Summer Reading Program through your Beanstack account with HEPL. If you already have an account, you need only enroll. If you are new to Beanstack take a minute to create an account for yourself and the readers in your household. Reading logged between June 1 and July 31, 2024, will count toward the program. 

How To Participate

Enroll in the Summer Reading Program through your Beanstack account with HEPL. If you already have an account, you need only enroll. If you are new to Beanstack take a minute to create an account for yourself and the readers in your household. Reading logged between June 1 and July 31, 2024, will count toward the program.

Adventure Begins at Your LibraryOnce you have enrolled, start reading or exploring our activities to earn points! You can earn points by logging books, pages, minutes, writing reviews, and completing activities. Earn 100 points to complete the program. Continue reading to earn more points, badges and automatic entries into an end of the program drawing! It’s truly a choose your own adventure style program. 

Read, Log, and Win Prizes!

Prizes for every age category are tied to points badges at 25, 50, 75 and 100 points. For Children and Teen, participants will earn a FREE book when they reach the 50-point level, halfway through the program. Children (0-11) will earn a small prize and raffle ticket to deposit in a prize ballot box for every other point level. Teens will earn a small prize and an e-ticket towards prize bundles at every badge level, including a drawstring backpack at the 100-point level. Adults earn an e-ticket at every badge level towards eGift card drawings, and upon completing the program they earn a water-resistant adventure dry bag! 

Activity points are back again! Get more involved this summer by earning points to complete the program. Different activities will earn you different amounts of points. Some examples include attending a library program, visiting us at outreach events, and even participating in fun activities from home! Participants can click on activity badges in their age level program to learn more. Adventure Begins at Your Library

The grand finale prize drawings for each age group will be held at the end of the program and winners will be notified by email. Participants have until August 12th to enter their age specific raffles. 

Enjoy Special Programs

During June and July, join us for special programs complementing the Adventure theme:  

Summer Reading Kickoff Celebration | Saturday, June 1 | 2 – 5 PM | Fishers Library | For all ages

Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with a party in the parking lot! More details to come closer to the program date! No registration required.

SRP After Party – Adults Only! | Saturday, June 1 | 6:30 – 9 PM | Fishers Library | For 18+ only

Join us for an after hours, adults-only bash to kick off our Summer Reading Program–Adventure Begins at Your Library! Summer Reading Program fun isn’t only for kids!

Puzzle Rave with DJ Sunny Moon – Glow Sticks – Door Prizes – Board Games with Who’s Yer Gamers – Video Games – Star Wars-themed Escape Room – Make a Friendship Bracelet – Hot Box Pizza available for purchase – Mocktails for purchase from Memento Zero Proof – Snacks – Inflatable Games – and more!

Drop in for a bit or party the whole time! Please enter via the east meeting room doors, near the Nickel Plate Trail. The north and south entrances will be locked. Registration requested.

Teen Gourmet: Campfire Cuisine | Saturday, June 8 | 12-1:30 PM | Ritchey Woods, Fishers | For teens only

In this special outdoor session of Teen Gourmet, learn how to make different foods on a campfire! We will be at Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve pavilion (10410 Hague Rd, Fishers), weather permitting. For teens only. Registration is required.

Squatch Fest | Monday, July 15 | 3:00pm – 4:30 PM | Noblesville Library | Families with children in grades K-5

Enjoy bigfoot themed games and snacks with other cryptid fans! No registration required.

Oregon Trail – After-Hours Event |  Friday July, 19 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Fishers Library | For everyone ages 10 and up

Gather your fellow pioneers and hit the trail in this after-hours interactive library program! You are now part of a wagon party that is attempting to make the treacherous 2,040-mile journey from Independence, Missouri to Willamette Valley, Oregon – If you can make it alive. Participants will form teams of six and work together to navigate the Oregon Trail while facing various calamities along the way! Do you have what it takes to survive? Registration is required.

Cool Careers: National Park Worker | Monday, July 22 | 6-7 PM | Fishers Library | For teens and adults

Interested in working in the wilderness? Hear from an employee in the National Parks Service about her experience living and working outdoors! For teens and adults. Registration is required.

Check HEPL’s events calendar regularly to see what other programs are on the summer menu. Adventure Begins at Your Library

HEPL on the Move

We love to get out in the community and visit with you outside our buildings. This summer, we’ve scheduled visits to farmers markets and parks, but you’ll also find us at school events, community celebrations, StoryWalks with Fishers Parks, concerts, and more!

Enjoy Reading this Summer!

 

SUMMER READING BOOK LISTS


Board Books


 


Picture Books


    


Early Readers & Early Chapter Books


     


Middle Grade


   


Middle School


     


High School