SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2025:
LEVEL UP AT YOUR LIBRARY
JUNE 9th – JULY 21st
All ages are welcome to sign up at www.beanstack.com. Log your reading beginning June 9th and ending July 21st. All participants who sign up between June 9th and June 23rd will be placed in a drawing for our Early Registration Prize. All reading must be logged prior to July 21st at midnight.
Registration, reading goals, and participation in activities will be tracked digitally using the library’s Beanstack site or with the Beanstack Tracker available on your Android or iPhone.
Summer Reading Sponsorship Program
We are looking for Summer Reading Program Sponsors! Help support your library’s Summer Reading program and prizes. Sponsors will receive benefits according to the level of sponsorship:
Library Legend — $50+
- Full Program Sponsorship + Partial Prize Sponsorship
- Vinyl Sponsor Sticker (4.25″ x 4.5″)
- C. E. Brehm Library Canvas Tote Bag
- Accreditation in the Library Newsletter and Summer Reading Program Catalog
- Unique accreditation on Social Media and Digital Sign (3 months)
Hardback Hero — $25
- Partial Program Sponsorship + Partial Prize Sponsorship
- Vinyl Sponsor Sticker (4.25″ x 4.5″)
- C. E. Brehm Library Canvas Tote Bag
- Accreditation in the Library Newsletter and Summer Reading Program Catalog
- Unique accreditation on Social Media and Digital Sign (1 month)
Paperback Patron — $10
- Partial Program Sponsorship
- Vinyl Sponsor Sticker (4.25″ x 4.5″)
- C. E. Brehm Library Canvas Tote Bag
- Accreditation in the Library Newsletter and Summer Reading Program Catalog
- Group accreditation on Social Media and Digital Sign (1 month)
Please join us in helping our community ‘Level Up’ at their Library! For more information, please contact:
Susan Williams
Children’s Librarian
Phone: 618-242-6322, ext. 4
Email: swilliams@mtvbrehm.org
Connor Jackson
Reference Assistant
Phone: 618-242-6322, ext. 2
Email: bmlref@mtvbrehm.org
SUMMER READING PROGRAM SPONSORS
Summer Reading Program Events
JUNE 16
Rusty Pliers, Ventriloquist
MORNING SESSION – 10 AM
AFTERNOON SESSION – 2 PM
Rusty Pliers is America’s favorite Hillbilly Comedy Ventriloquist and Magician. Rusty is from a small town in St. Louis Missouri with no phones, no lights, and no power, called Mehlville. Rusty Pliers has performed his unique “Country-Fried” magic and ventriloquism show to children from every continent.
JUNE 23
FRED AND HIS FEATHERED FRIENDS
MORNING SESSION – 10 AM
AFTERNOON SESSION – 2 PM
Have you ever seen a parrot skate? Ride a car? or play basketball? Fred & His Feathered Friends are nestled in a little farming community in Southern Illinois. The birds have ALL the comforts of home in their two climate controlled aviaries attached to the owner’s home.
JUNE 30
HOOKED ON SCIENCE WITH JASON LINDSEY
MORNING SESSION – 10 AM
AFTERNOON SESSION – 2 PM
Jason Lindsey, also known as “Mr. Science,” is a highly respected professional in STEM education, science journalism, and meteorology. He is an award-winning author, his second book, “Big Science Experiments for Little Kids,” is a best-seller on Amazon. Jason has appeared on the NBC Today Show, Sherri, Fox & Friends, RFD-TV, WeatherNation, and numerous television stations across the United States.
JULY 14
MUSIC WITH CELIA
MORNING SESSION – 10 AM
AFTERNOON SESSION – 2 PM
Celia’s world-famous, one-woman show is a rockin’, stompin’, hollerin’ good time. Wear your dancing shoes because Celia will rock your socks off!
JULY 21
FOAM GONE BANANAS
FINALE PARTY
AFTERNOON SESSION – 2 PM
What is a foam party? A foam party is an interactive experience with our awesome FOAM CANNON that shoots out foam and can fill an area of up to 50×50 ft and 6 ft high in minutes!