LFPL’s Summer Reading Program has been a Louisville tradition for nearly a century, helping children and teens avoid summer learning loss by encouraging them to read for fun and offering prizes and incentives.
Summer Reading returns May 30 and runs through August 1.
Preregister online here, or download the Beanstack Tracker app. Get Beanstack wherever you get your apps.
Already registered with Beanstack?
Read the appropriate number of books for your age group and log them in Beanstack:
(PLEASE NOTE: you won't be able to log books until the program starts on May 30)
Infants through kindergarteners:
READ*
20 BOOKS
*(or have read to them)
1st through 5th graders:
READ
10 BOOKS
6th through 12th:
READ
6 BOOKS
You can read more than just books. Audiobooks, comics and manga, and graphic novels count, too!
Everyone who completes Summer Reading will receive a Red Panda Fanny Pack, plus free passes for: Kentucky Science Center, Frazier Kentucky History Museum, the Ali Center, Locust Grove, Squire Boone Caverns, Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, Hwang’s Martial Arts, the Belle of Louisville, a Racing Louisville soccer game, a Louisville Bats baseball game, an Ehrler’s Ice Cream, a kids meal from Biscuit Belly, and a Fazoli’s Italian Ice. Plus you're automatically entered for grand prize drawings at the end of Summer Reading.
Saturday, May 30, 10 AM-1 PM, Waterfront Park’s Festival Plaza
Kick off Summer Reading 2026 with fun outdoor activities, sign up for Summer Reading, and pick up a Cultural Pass.
Saturday, June 6, 10 AM-1 PM, Northeast Regional Library
Join our Medieval Menagerie with ax-throwing, archery, crafts, dancing, and more - plus local food, fairy fun, and a chance to be knighted.
Saturday, June 27, 10 AM-2 PM, Northeast Regional Library
A day full of imagination, art, games, fun, performances, and activities. Dress to get messy!
Belle of Louisville Riverboats, Biscuit Belly, Brown-Forman, Carmichael's Bookstore, Susan Coventry & Brad Asher, Charles H. Dishman III Family Foundation, Cralle Foundation, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Dick Gilbert Charitable Fund, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Ehrler's Ice Cream, Fazoli's, Frazier History Museum, Genentech, Hwang's Martial Arts, Kentucky Kingdom & Hurricane Bay, Kentucky Science Center, KMAC Museum, LG&E & KU Foundation, Locust Grove, Louisville Bats, Louisville Slugger Museum, Maplewood Foundation, Muhammad Ali Center, PNC Foundation, Racing Louisville, Squire Boone Caverns & Village, StageOne Family Theatre, The Library Foundation, The Louisville Zoo, The YMCA, University of Louisville, V.V. Cooke Foundation, Wood & Marie Hannah Foundation