Winter Reading Program

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Come have fun with Winter Reading Bingo!

We have Winter Reading Bingo options for Teens and Adults, with reading and activities filling out the bingo cards.  Earn a ticket for each completed square, five tickets for your first bingo, and 10 tickets for filling out your card!  We encourage all patrons to sign up and participate online, but you can pick up a bingo sheet at the circulation desk if you prefer.  There’s a special bonus for teens – the first two teens to drop of a completed Winter Reading Bingo sheet in-person at the Circulation Desk will get $10 to the Friends of the Library Book Sale!

Beginning December 20th and running through February 20th.  Sign up & take part through Beanstack (clapplibrary.beanstack.com) or through the Beanstack app.  If you cannot take part online, you can take part at the library.

Prizes include a gift cards and prize bundles. The prize drawing will take place during the last week of February.

If you have used Beanstack in the past, you already have a Beanstack account.  Choose the “sign in” option, and then select whatever programs you’d like to register for.

Summer Reading Programs

Summer Reading 2025: June 21st – August 16th

Every year between June and September, you can take part in one of our summer reading programs!  We’ve got ’em for adults, teens and children.

We make use of Beanstack to manage our Summer Reading, as well as several other, programs.  You can access it at clapplibrary.beanstack.com or through their app.  Beanstack lists programs as “Challenges” and automatically displays only those that the selected reader account can enroll in.  If Beanstack only displays the Challenge you are enrolled in and you wish to see others, click on the green “Challenges” button to return to the full list.

If you have used Beanstack in the past, you already have a Beanstack account.  Choose the “sign in” option, and then select whatever programs you’d like to register for.

A huge shoutout to our Sponsors for our 2025 Summer Reading Programs:

Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library, Window World of Western Mass, bankESB, Country Bank, Florence Bank, Roberts Roofs Company, A Healing Touch Therapeutic Massage, Bell & Hudson Insurance, North Brookfield Savings Bank, Westover Auto Salvage, Liberty Blues Landscaping, Pelham Auto Service, Beers and Story, Greenfield Savings Bank, Shady Glen Kennel, Auntie Elsie’s Oatmeal Crisps, and Looks to Kill Salon

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2025 Summer Adult Reading Program

LEVEL UP your reading this summer with our Summer Reading Challenge!

Read and earn tickets for prizes and level up! Read or listen to books from three of the genres in each level, plus one free choice for a total of 10 books and 19 tickets. This year’s theme is “Leveling Up,” so as you read, you progress or “level up.” Higher levels include less popular genres and are worth more tickets. You may read from any level at any time, but please only count each genre once. Books may be in any format but each book may only be used once.

For extra tickets try out our Bonus Levels and complete some puzzles!

Adults can register and participate online through beanstack.  If you cannot take part online, pick up a paper copy at the Circulation Desk.

Summer 2025 Teen Reading Program

Read what you want and keep track of your reading through Beanstack website or app.

“LEVEL UP” with the Clapp Memorial Library Teen Summer Reading Program! Sign up and start reading, earn raffle tickets by time spent reading, attending teen programs, and completing bonus activities!  Enter your tickets in the drawings of your choice all through Beanstack.

If you cannot take part online, please reach out to our Teen Services Coordinator, Ruthie Stirling at rsterling@cwmars.org or call 413-323-0417.

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Summer 2025 Children’s Reading Program

LEVEL UP with the Clapp Memorial Library!

We offer summer reading programs for children every year, starting in June/July and running into August.  For 2025 our program runs from June 21st – August 16th.

In order to participate, you must register online.

Starting July 7th make sure to visit the library every week for our weekly raffles, and to collect earned beads. For hands on fun, make use of our coloring sheet log available at the library.

To register for our Summer Reading Program, click the button below and begin your Summer Reading Adventure: LEVEL UP at Your Library!