Avoid the summer slide by keeping kids reading this summer. Do your kiddos need some outside motivation to crack open that book? Check out these summer reading programs with incentives to read -- enter one, or all!
Richland Public Library
How it works:
Register here.
Children from prereaders through 5th graders are invited to Find Your Voice this summer. Keep track of days you read or listen (audiobooks count!) at least 20 minutes, write reviews and complete fun activities to earn prizes! Kids can draw a picture for a Picture Review too!
Program runs June 10-August 21. Registration opens June 3.
The rewards:
Logging reading minutes and completing activities earns you tickets to enter prize drawings for bikes and gift cards to Adventures Underground, Amethyst Creamery, and Rollarena. There are also challenges to earn single rewards, listed below.
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Mid-Columbia Libraries
How it works:
Register here or in person at your favorite Mid-Columbia Library branch.
Program runs June 1-August 15. Registration opens May 15.
The reward: Read or listen for 15 hours to get a free book (kids ages 0-12) or lunch tote (12 and up). You can also be entered to win a Nintendo Switch Mario bundle and other cool prizes!
Pizza Hut Camp BOOK IT!
The reward: Kids grades Pre-K to 6 can earn a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza® from Pizza Hut for meeting their monthly reading goals in June, July, and August.
How it works:
- Parents track and reward reading in the Pizza Hut digital dashboard and when your child reaches their goal, slide the tracker all the way to receive a free pizza coupon!
- Pizza Hut will also be emailing fun activities and book recommendations weekly!
Enroll in Pizza Hut's Camp BOOK IT.
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Journal
The reward: Kids going into grades 1 to 6 can earn a free book from Barnes & Noble (limit one per child).
How it works:
- Read any eight books this summer and record them in Barnes & Noble's Summer Reading Journal. Kids have to write a sentence or so to explain which part of the book is their favorite, and why.
- Bring your completed journal to a Barnes & Noble store anytime from July 1-August 31 to receive a free book.
Download the Barnes & Noble book log.
Chuck E. Cheese Reading Rewards
The reward: Kids can receive 10 free play points.
How it works:
- Kids need to record that they read every day for two weeks to receive 10 free play points. A food purchase is required.
- Offer expires December 31, 2023.
Download and print Chuck E. Cheese's reading log.
Scholastic Summer Reading Program
The reward: Kids of all ages can get access to exclusive digital content (games, author events, character interactions, dance parties, and more!) AND unlock a donation of 100,000 books to Save the Children by keeping their reading streak going all summer!
How it works:
- Sign up for an account on Home Base and track your summer reading!
- The longer a child extends their reading streak, the more digital experiences they earn!
- From May 4-September 7
Sign up for Scholastic's Summer Reading Program.
New York Times Summer Reading Contest
The reward: Your child's writing could appear in the New York Times.
How it works:
- Every Friday from June 9 through August 18, the New York Times will publish a post asking the same two questions: What interested you most in the New York Times this week? Why?
- Anyone 11 to 19 years old can post an answer until Thursday, Aug. 19. Contestants can choose from any Times article, essay, video, interactive, podcast, or photograph published in 2023, on any topic they like.
- The New York Times will announce winners every Tuesday and publish their writing.
Curious about past winners? Read 2020 winners' work, ranging from Kenya's used clothes ban and Black Lives Matter protests to Hamilton and The Phantom Handbag.
Click here to see how to submit and for more info.
Sometimes an incentive -- even a small one! -- is all a kid needs in order to find the motivation to read. We hope these summer reading programs give your child an extra push toward reading this summer!
