Blast Off Into Summer Reading

Patch Needs Your Help!

This summer, astronaut Patch the raccoon is blasting off on an adventure across the solar system—but they can't do it alone.

Every minute you read helps fuel Patch's rocket as they travel from planet to planet exploring space. 

🚀Mission Goal

Together, we're on a mission to read 300,000 minutes this summer. Every book, audiobook, comic, and bedtime story helps fuel Patch's journey through the solar system.

Are you ready to help launch the adventure?

How it Works
  1. Register: Pick up your reading logbook or sign up on Beanstack
  2. Read: Track your reading minutes all summer long
  3. Earn Rewards: Collect stickers, digital badges, and prizes as you reach reading milestones
  4. Help Patch Travel Through Space: Every minute you read helps fuel Patch's rocket and moves us closer to our community reading goal of 300,000 minutes.

Come out to our Summer Reading Challenge Launch on Saturday, June 20, at either the Main Library or the MLCC Branch.

  • Main Library Children's Area: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 
  • MLCC Branch Children's Area: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Pick up your reading logbook, register for the challenge, and get help setting up Beanstack if you'd like to track your reading online.

If you can't make the launch, don't worry - you can visit either library location anytime throughout the summer to start your reading mission.

Prefer a Digital Adventure?

Join the challenge on Beanstack to collect digital badges, track your reading, explore space-themed reading lists and have the chance to earn prizes all summer long.

Sign up on Beanstack

Get Mission Updates From Patch

Each week, Patch will send a message from a new planet with:

  • Book recommendations
  • Space facts
  • Fun activities
  • Polls and challenges
  • Updates on our progress toward 300,000 minutes