Summer Reading Programs 2018  

Healthy Lombard Volunteer Gina Marrano has found a great article to share.  It was written by STACY FISHER  who states that summer reading programs are a great way to encourage your child to read over the summer months. So why not give them a little incentive to really get into that summer reading? Especially if those incentives are some great kid freebies!

Below you’ll find a list of summer reading programs that will get your kids free stuff like free books, money, gift cards, movies, and more.

Having a tough time getting your child interested in reading this summer? Try downloading a free kids book on your Kindle to get them on board.

Between these summer reading programs, free summer movies, free summer bowling, free summer skating, and all the other summer freebiesyour kids will be very busy this summer! 

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     Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program 2018

    This year the Barnes and Noble’s summer reading program gives out a free book to each child who reads and records 8 books during the summer.

    There are many free books to choose from and there’s something for every kid in grades 1-6.

    This summer reading program runs May 15 – September 3, 2018.

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     Half Price Books Summer Reading Program 2018

    Half Price Books gives out free gift cards to kids who read books this summer.

    When kids read for 300 minutes during both June and July, they’ll get a free $5 gift card per month to Half Price Books.

    This summer reading program runs June 1 – July 31, 2018.

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     Books-A-Million Summer Reading Program 2018

    Kids can get a free pencil case with pencils this summer with the Books-A-Million summer reading program.

    The kids must read 4 of the qualified books, fill out a journal form to show which ones they read, and return it to any Books-A-Million store.

    The summer reading program runs now through an unknown end date.

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   Sync Summer Reading Program for Teens 2018

  Sync has a summer reading program just for teens that will get them two free audiobooks each week this summer.

  Each week there will be a current young adult book as well as a classic title that teens will be able to download for free through the OverDrive app.

  This summer reading program runs April 26 – July 25, 2018.

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   Sylvan’s Book Adventure Reading Program 2018

  Sylvan’s reading program called Book Adventure encourages children to read books and then take online quizzes over the books to earn points.

  These points can then be redeemed for prizes like books, magazine subscriptions, tattoos, candy, CD’s, and games.

  This summer reading program runs now until June 30, 2018.

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   Chuck E. Cheese Reading Rewards 2018

  Chuck E. Cheese has a summer reading program where kids can earn free 10 Chuck E. Cheese tokens for reading each day for 2 weeks.

  This summer reading program goes on all year.

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   Public Library Summer Reading Programs

  Some of the best summer reading programs are at your local public library. Every public library has a different summer reading program but almost all of them have rewards and prizes for kids as well as fun events.