{"id":342819,"date":"2026-06-02T11:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/342819\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:29:23","slug":"kern-county-library-kicks-off-2026-summer-reading-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/342819\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County Library kicks off 2026 Summer Reading Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Kern County Library kicked off its 2026 Summer Reading Challenge Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials with the library said this year\u2019s theme is \u201cPlant a Seed, Read,\u201d and celebrates growth, curiosity and connection through nature and hands-on learning that is inspired by food, gardening and the natural world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Readers of all ages can get involved by reading 10 books or reading 10 hours to receive a free book from the \u201cFriends of the Kern County Library.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The reading challenge runs through July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can log your reading by using the \u201cBeanstack\u201d app or stopping by the library once the goal is reached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/kerncountylibrary.org\/happy-summer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Kern County Library kicked off its 2026 Summer Reading Challenge Monday. Officials with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,19648,141094],"class_list":["post-342819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-library","tag-summer-reading-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}