The San Bernardino County Library (SBCL) is stepping up to the plate with the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino in a winning new partnership designed to knock childhood literacy out of the park. The Hit the Books Reading Program will run Monday, Jan. 26 through Friday, Mar. 6, 2026, giving readers a chance to turn pages into baseball tickets.
The program invites children and teens ages 0–17 to round the bases of reading success. For every five books read and logged in Beanstack, SBCL’s digital reading app, along with a checkout receipt showing five books borrowed from the library, participants will earn a special Hit the Books bookmark, their official ticket to the big leagues. Each bookmark can be redeemed for two free Inland Empire 66ers baseball game tickets, at the ticket office.