Kids Summer Reading (Ages 0-11)
Ages 0-4
Pick up an Early Literacy Bingo sheet in the Children’s Room, or download it here: Early Literacy Bingo. Score a bingo and bring your sheet back to the Children’s Room by August 13th to get your prize!
Ages 5-11
Log your reading on Beanstack! Download the Beanstack app (Apple App Store and Google Play Store), create an account, and register for Kids’ Summer Reading 2026. Log 2 hours of reading a week by Monday morning at 9 AM, and be entered into drawing for potential prizes! Read and log 14 hours of reading by August 13 at 7 PM to earn a Topsfield Fair prize pack!
Teen Summer Reading (Age 12 – 18)
Check out a book or audiobook and earn a scratch-off bookmark (max. 1 scratch-off per day). Scratch off the bookmark to see if you are an instant winner! Prizes include squishies, candy, free books, and more! Program runs through August 13.
For Masconomet Summer Reading info, visit:
Adult Summer Reading
Welcome to the Topsfield Town Library’s Adult Summer Reading Challenge! Our challenge is open to anyone 18 years of age or older, and is open from June 26 – August 13, 2026. Anyone can participate: even if you don’t have a library card, or are not a Topsfield resident. We are just excited to get you and your family reading! For parents of children participating in our summer reading programs: what better way to encourage our children to read at least 20 minutes a day than to do it ourselves?!? And perhaps win a prize for doing so?! Participants have the chance to win some of $500 in awesome prizes, including gift cards to local businesses. Please note: winners must pickup their prizes at the Topsfield Town Library Circulation Desk.
Reading with your children for the children’s Summer Reading challenges? Yes, you can log those books too!
A special thanks to the Friends of the Topsfield Town Library for funding the Adult Summer Reading Challenge!
All entries must be submitted by August 13, 2026 at 7pm.
Participating is easy! Log each book you complete (read, or listened to) in the Beanstack app (this is preferred; log online via this link or via Apple App Store or Google Play Store), or pick up the Summer Reading Challenge packet at the Topsfield Library Circulation Desk. Each book you have read, reviewed submitted, and activity completed is another entry into our end-of-the-summer drawing to win some fabulous prizes (see more information below!).
Weekly Drawings
Each Monday (beginning June 29) during the Summer Reading Challenge, we will be holding special weekly drawings to give away gift cards to local businesses. Simply log one completed book in the Beanstack app during the week, and you are entered into our drawing on the next Monday morning. Each week you read and log is an additional chance to win!
End-of-the-Summer Drawing for Grand Prizes
The end-of-the-summer drawing will take place Friday August 13th; we will notify winners following the drawing. All prizes must be picked up at the Topsfield Town Library. Each logged book, review written, or activity completed is another entry into the end-of-the-summer drawing!
Prizes
6Weekly Drawings
• June 29 (First book logged at sign-up, June 22-28): $25 gift card to Zumi’s Espresso & Ice Cream
• July 6 (reading logged June 29-5): $25 gift card to Bagel Bin Deli
• July 13 (reading logged July 6-12): $25 to Tidal Pages Books, Ipswich
• July 20 (reading logged July 13-19): $25 to Osteria Peppino Pizzeria
• July 27 (reading logged July 20-26): $25 to Topsfield Bakeshop
• August 3 (reading logged July 27-Aug. 2): $25 gift card to Alex’s Roast Beef & Seafood
• August 10 (reading logged Aug. 3-9): $25 to Richardson’s Ice Cream
End-of-the-Summer Drawing for Grand Prizes (Drawn Friday August 13)
FIRST PRIZE (a $150 value!): Enjoy a great meal and game night with a $100 gift card to Maggie’s Farm restaurant in Middleton, and a $25 gift card to Richardson’s Ice Cream and $25 gift card to Golf Country (mini-golf/driving range at Richardson’s)
SECOND PRIZE (a $100 value!): $100 gift card to Double Bull Taphouse & Grill in Peabody. Meet your friends and family to enjoy indoor or outdoor seating, over 50 beers on tap, a menu with something for everyone, and games including pinball, darts, bocce, shuffleboard, and more.
THIRD PRIZE (a $75 value!): Treat your sweet tooth $25 gift cards to Topsfield Bakeshop, Winfrey’s Fudge and Chocolate, and Zumi’s Espresso & Ice Cream
Two Ways to Participate
Participate using Beanstack! (Preferred!)
- Download the Beanstack app (Apple App Store and Google Play Store) and create an account!
- If your child has participated in summer reading at the Topsfield Town Library in past, or your child is registered for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge, you may already have an account. In that case, log into your existing account, go to the Settings menu, click “Readers” and add a profile for yourself.
- Register for the Adult Summer Reading Challenge 2026 at the Topsfield Town Library. Just by registering, you will automatically have one entry into our end-of-the-summer drawing for the chance to win some awesome prizes!
- Log each book you read (any format counts, including audiobook, e-book, etc., and any genre counts, including a graphic novel, the Great American Novel, whatever appeals to you!) Each book read is another entry into the end-of-the-summer drawing.
- Write book reviews for books you’ve read in the Beanstack app; each submitted review is another entry into our end-of-the-summer drawing! (Note: reviews should be at least a sentence or two, and please let us know if you don’t mind us sharing your review on our website).
- Complete and check off each of the activities in the Beanstack app (e.g. Check out an item from the Library of Things collection, Borrow a Museum Pass from the Library) and receive entries into the end-of-the-summer drawing!
All entries must be received by August 13, 2026 at 7pm.
Summer Reading Challenge Packet
- Pick up a Summer Reading Challenge packet at the library’s Circulation Desk beginning June 26. When you pick up a packet, give your name and email address to the desk attendant; you will automatically have one entry into our end-of-the-summer drawing for the chance to win some awesome prizes! Once we have your email address, we will be able to email you about our weekly drawings!
- Starting June 26, log each book you read in the Summer Reading Challenge packet (any format counts, including audiobook, e-book, etc., and any genre counts, including a graphic novel, the Great American Novel, whatever appeals to you!)
- Write book reviews for books you’ve read in the Summer Reading packet; each review you write is another entry into the end-of-the-summer drawing! (Note: reviews should be at least a sentence or two, and please check off the box if you don’t mind us sharing your review on our website anonymously!)
- Complete and check off each of the activities in the packet (e.g. Check out an item from the Library of Things collection, Borrow a Museum Pass from the Library) and receive entries into the end-of-the-summer drawing.
All entries must be received by August 13, 2026 at 7pm.
Summer Reading is sponsored by the Friends of the Topsfield Town Library. The Massachusetts Statewide Summer Library Program is funded by the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
