Curbside Services Retrieve your materials by driving up to our pickup window during service hours. Please ring the doorbell and have your library account information ready. A staff member will check out your items and hand them to you!
Have an adventure with your Library during the 50th anniversary of our 2024 Summer Adventure presented by Children's Hospital Colorado! This year, anyone of any age can participate and win prizes through reading, creating, and exploring. You can read, participate in one of our programs, or use one of our activity ideas!
Click here for group registration information. Group registration is NOT recommended for families. A group must be five or more participants. Have more questions about Beanstack? Email beanstackhelp@ppld.org.
Receive a reminder email at the start of Summer Adventure and throughout June and July for summer programs, activities, and more. You can unsubscribe at any time.
You can track your progress on the Beanstack app, pick up a game card at any Library location, or click here to download and print a physical game card from home!
How to play
Register on Beanstack at ppld.beanstack.org, on the app, or in person at your favorite Library location!
Complete 30 days of activities (either Read, Explore, or Create) from Fri., May 31 – Wed., July 31.
Track your progress on the game card tracker or by logging a day in Beanstack for each day you complete an activity.
Complete the program after 30 days of activities and challenge yourself to complete the bonus round! Keep reading to earn additional entries into the grand prize drawing. Receive one extra entry (up to four) for each additional five days of activities you complete. See below for a list of grand prizes!
If you need assistance, call (719) 531-6333 or visit ppld.org/ask
Prizes
Participants receive an age-appropriate prize upon registration and another after completing 30 days of Read, Explore, and/or Create activities. Prizes will be available while supplies last. Earn up to four additional entries into the grand prize drawings by completing bonus rounds of five extra days of activities each.
Registration Prize:
Ages 0 - 11: A choice of book
Ages 12 - 18: A choice of book or journal
Ages 19+: An entry into the grand prize drawing
Completion Prize:
Ages 0 - 3: A bath toy & entry into the grand prize drawing
Ages 4 - 11: A reading award medal and entry into the grand prize drawing
Ages 12 - 18: A choice of book or journal and entry into the grand prize drawing
You can pick up your prizes at your favorite Library location. Prize options may vary as supplies last. Open hours and specific services may vary by Library location, so please check in advance.
Grand Prize Drawing
Thanks to our generous sponsors, we have some exciting grand prizes that will be awarded to our lucky winners this year!
Enjoy a private movie theater screening party for up to 30 people at Roadhouse Cinemas, complete with free drinks and popcorn.
Four premium seats to see the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC along with a cool goodie bag of Switchbacks gear!
In addition to the private movie screening and Switchbacks tickets, we have lots of excellent prizes you could win, including:
One-year family membership for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
$50 SCHEELS gift card
Win a 10-pack of free skate passes to Skate City
Family four-pack tickets to Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain (peak season passes)
Pass for laser tag/arcade games at Main Event
One-hour of bowling, plus shoes at Main Event
One-year membership for the Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Date night movie pass for two, popcorn, and $10 to spend in the arcade at Roadhouse Cinemas
Light Victorian Tea for two guests at Miramont Castle
Tour for four guests at Miramont Castle
Chuckwagon Supper and Original Western Stage Show for four guests at Flying W Ranch
A cool waterproof outdoor adventure backpack with swag from Pikes Peak Regional Attractions
Family four-pack tickets to ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum
Thanks to our generous prize sponsors
Survey
Finished with the program? Please take our survey and answer a few questions to make next year’s program even better!
PPLD is teaming up with Muse Comics & Games to offer Free Comic Book Day comic issues for teens on Sat., May 4. This annual nationwide initiative strives to put comics into the hands of both long-time and new comic fans alike. Comics are available at all PPLD locations during this one-day event while supplies last.
Free Comic Book Day is an excellent way for teens to discover new comic series to fall in love with. Comic stores across the U.S. celebrate by giving out special Free Comic Book Day issues of comics, which can range from being the first issue of a comic series or short one-off stories of larger series. As a public library, we know that not all teens have a nearby comic store that they can visit for free comics. We are happy to connect teens in our community with free comic issues to add to their personal libraries.
Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) is excited to bring you Virtual Author Visits in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. Join us and hear from bestselling authors and thought leaders on a range of topics, from puzzling science to epic fantasy to decluttering your home. Whether you are an avid or occasional reader, there is nothing quite like listening to insightful talks by authors you have read or new ones you are just discovering. You never know what will catch your interest. Attend these events at no cost from the comfort of home.
In May, join us as we chat with New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brunt, about instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. Register for the access link.
Next, you are invited to join Nina Simon online as she chats about her lighthearted whodunnit that follows a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths, Mother-Daughter Murder Night. Register for the access link.
For the last Virtual Author Visit in May, we welcome you to register for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she talks about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. The book grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. Register for the access link.
Learn more and see upcoming authors on our Virtual Author Visits page or check out past Virtual Author Visits here!
More Upcoming Virtual Author Visits
Mon., June 3 at noon: For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet with Smithsonian Curator Matt Shindell
Thu., June 13 at 6 p.m.: Psychological Thrillers and the Queen of Twists– An Author Talk with Freida McFadden
Thu., June 20 at noon: Unpacking a History of Systemic Racism in the American Education System with Tiffany Jewell
