The Teen Summer Reading Program is open to all teens entering 6th - 12th grade.

New this year: "Level Up At Your Library!" Visit the library every week to claim a different dragon trading card by graphic novel artist Carey Pietsch. Collect, trade, and play with your friends! Teen Summer Reading is for students entering 6th - 12th grade. This year, we have made some changes to our format to make it more equitable, as well as environmentally friendly.

Pick up your Teen Reading Log when you visit the library this summer. When you have filled in all the circles in the reading log (20 hours of reading and/or activities!), write your name, grade, school, and contact information on the back of your log. Return your completed reading log to any Mt. Lebanon children’s or teen librarian and receive your FREE BOOK. Completing the log will enter a raffle for a $25 gift card to a local business of your choice! Teens can repeat as many times as they’d like. Each sheet will be an additional raffle entry.

Let Freedom Read: 2025 Adult Summer Reading Challenge

Sign up now to participate in summer reading fun! This year, we'll be using Beanstack software to log reading and activities. Signing up for a new account and downloading the app only takes a few minutes.  

Register on Beanstack

Select “Mt Lebanon Public Library Adult Summer Reading 2025.”

Select “Log Books” to enter the title of completed books. You will earn tickets for these titles that can be entered into a drawing. You will be given the choice to choose which prize raffle you would like to add your ticket(s).

Select “Complete an Activity” if you have read a book from one of our Summer Reading Themed Booklists.

Select “Add a Review” to enter a book review to gain extra tickets. We will be sharing book reviews in our weekly adult summer reading newsletters.  

Learn how to sign up via the Beanstack Mobile App

Tickets:
Each book you log will earn tickets; 1 Book=1 Ticket. Writing reviews will also earn tickets; 1 Review=1 Ticket. Use your tickets at the end of the program for a chance to win one of our grand prizes! For an additional challenge, try reading books from our Summer Reading Themed Booklists to earn extra tickets. For our super readers, earn the completion badge and Book Cellar gift card (good for one book) by obtaining all the badges: read 16 books, write 16 reviews, and complete three activity challenges.

Prizes:

Weekly Prizes:
For each of the eight weeks of summer reading we will be drawing a weekly prize.  These prizes will be gift cards from local Mt. Lebanon businesses. We will draw prize winners on Friday of each week and call winners on Monday of the following week.

End of Program Prize Bundles:
At midnight on August 4th the adult summer reading program will end. You will not be able to add tickets at this time. Each grand prize will be randomly raffled by Beanstack. Winners will be notified on Friday, August 8th.

We will be awarding 9 grand prizes. You can view all the prizes by going to "Ticket Drawings." To add your tickets to a drawing, simply click on the image of the prize you'd like. You can put all your tickets in one drawing or spread them out among several prizes.

Summer Reading Booklists:
You may read any book you like for the summer reading challenge. To win extra tickets, read a book from one of our Summer Reading Booklists or displays.  Go to "Badges" then "Activity Badges" to enter books from the list and earn the activity badges.  

Mt. Lebanon Public Library's 2025 Summer Reading List--This list contains some of the best new summer releases in fiction and non-fiction.

Rebel Reads: Historically Challenged Books

Our America: The History of Our People

Celebrating the American Experience Through Fiction

Juneteenth

Pride Month

A Slice of Americana

Third Person Omniscient Narrator

Autofiction: Blurring Lines Between Autobiography and Fiction

Ekprhasis: Art as a Literary Device

Oulipo: Explore the Creative Potential of Constraints in Writing

In Media Res: A Narrative That Begins in the Middle of a Story