• Once downloaded, click “Let’s Go.”
  • How do you want to use Beanstack? Click “School, Library or Bookstore”
  • Search for Calvert Library in “Find a Site” window and click on it.
  • If you already have a Beanstack account, enter your email/username and password and you are ready to go!
  • If you do not yet have a Beanstack account, click “Sign Up!”
  • Answer “Have you previously used Beanstack to participate in a reading challenge?” If no, set up your new account! If yes, please try to recover your existing account—use Forgot Your Password feature or contact your local library for assistance.
  • Create an account by choosing a username, add your email and create a password then click “Continue.”
  • Add your first and last name, click “Continue.”
  • Add phone number, if desired and zip code, click “Continue.”
  • Select the library branch you most often visit and click “Continue.”
  • Then click “Fill Out My Reader Profile.”
  • Add your age and click “Continue.”
  • Answer “How did you hear about #calvertREADS” then click “Continue.”
  • Add a profile picture if you wish and then click “Continue.”
  • Select your grade level and school, if applicable and click “Continue.”
  • Confirm your library branch with “Continue.”
  • Then choose if you would like to receive weekly book recommendations via email by selecting “Send Recommendations” or “No thanks.”
  • Share the fun by adding all of the readers in your family by clicking “Add Another Reader” and completing their profiles.
  • You are ready to go!