All Ages can participate at all Door County Library Locations.
Welcome to our annual summer reading program! — an opportunity to encourage reading and library use all summer for children, teens, and adults. It combines reading challenges and activities for participants of all ages. Each program has a theme, and this year’s theme is, “All Together Now.” Ways to learn about all events:
Visit your home library location for information on summer events or visit our website calendar.
Participate in the Reading Program
Beanstack Participate in the summer reading program in-person or virtually through the Beanstack app
Download the Beanstack app in your app store.
You can track your reading minutes and activities in Beanstack or by using physical summer reading challenge forms at all Door County Libraries.
Watch on YouTube: How to Use Beanstack How to download Beanstack (PDF) Everyone can be a Reader with us this summer; all ages are included. All forms of reading are encouraged; read or be read-to, it all counts! Incentives in the Beanstack App include Destination Door County Gift Certificates or your choice of prize books. Incentives vary at each Door County Library Location; “shop” around our locations to see what we have.
State Park Day Pass
You may enter the raffle starting Thursday, June 1 — Saturday, August 26. The first raffle winners will be chosen Monday, June 12. Enter the raffle at any location: Baileys Harbor, Egg Harbor, Ephraim, Forestville, Fish Creek, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove, Sturgeon Bay, and Washington Island. Each library location will have only 1 day pass to raffle each week for 12 weeks.
In order to enter the raffle:
Come into any Door County Library
Sign up for summer reading program
Complete your first reading slip
Fill out the paper raffle ticket
All ages are welcome to enter the raffle. To use a day pass a Wisconsin license plate is required. The passes were purchased for this project by a generous gift from the Door County Library Foundation.
More Ways to Read
Libby Wisconsin’s Digital Library has over 80,000 e-books, 30,000 audiobooks, and thousands of magazines. Apple and Android, Apps are available for smartphones and tablets. Works on computers with most web browsers. E-books can be sent to Kindle tablets. Watch the how-to video below.
Hoopla 500,000 movies, tv, books, audiobooks, music albums, comics, and binge passes. All titles are available instantly and require no holds. Apple, Android and Kindle Fire Apps available for smart phones and tablets. Works with any modern web browser, and on your TV.
Sync Free downloads from Sync: Audiobooks for Teens start April 27, 2023! These are audiobooks that can stay on your device forever until you delete them.