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.
Once 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. 
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:
Community Story Walk
A special activity available on Beanstack for this year’s Summer Reading Program is a Community Story Walk located in downtown Fishers!
Follow along to different places in the Nickel Plate District to read the book All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman. Pages are located in the front windows of each location and are accessible 24 hours a day.
See map below to get started!
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.
Enjoy bigfoot themed games and snacks with other cryptid fans! No registration required.
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.
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. 
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
