The Best Kids Summer Reading Programs 

Get pumped for summer! We’ve got an awesome lineup of the top summer reading programs!

Get the kids reading and to keep them motivated, we have a list of the best summer reading programs they can get involved in. Check out this list and see if there is anything that catches your eye.The Best Kids Summer Reading Programs – Kids Earn Free Books, Pizza, Prizes and MORE!

1. BARNES&NOBLE– Kids in grades 1- 6, can score a free book, for reading books and writing about them in their Reading Journal!
2. BOOKS-A-MILLION – Score a free hat just for reading books, find your local Books-a-million HERE!
3. CHUCK E CHEESE – Have your child read and fill out the Chuck E Cheese Reading Rewards Calendar, and they’ll get 10 free play points!
4. HALF PRICED BOOKS – Starting June 1st you’ll be able to sign up for their Summer Reading Club!
5. IMAGINATION LIBRARY – Ages 1-5 can receive FREE books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library! Check availability HERE!
6. Local Library - Check your local public library, most will offer programs that award kids some cool prizes just for reading, like this one from
7. PANDA EXPRESS – Read with me program! Kids can enroll in their “class” and get a bookmark and reward materials. When students meet their goal of reading 5 books they can get a FREE kids meal coupon! Looks like this one may be more geared for teachers, etc. to do with/for their students, but it’s still a great program!
8. PIZZA HUT BOOK-IT – The Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program is a fun program designed to encourage kids to read throughout the school year, and during their summer break too. It gives kids a chance to earn a free personal-sized pizza and more, all on their own.
9. READING WITH THE RAYS – This program opens for the year on May 26th! In previous years you could score tickets to the games!
10. SCHOLASTIC – Free online summer reading on Home Base from May 9th through September 12th with free digital games, events, and more.
11. SEAHAWK’S – Join the Seahawk’s Summer Reading program! With every 25,000 minutes that the Seahawks community reads collectively, they release new prizes to their readers at random. During the summer reading program, the top reader each month will receive a special Seahawks Swag Bag, with the top overall reader at the end of the summer winning a personal Blitz visit to their school!
12. SHOWCASE CINEMAS – Bookworm Wednesdays entitles kids to free movie admission to select children’s films when they present a book report at a participating Cinema de Lux, Showcase, or Multiplex Cinemas box office. This hasn’t started for 2024 but we’ll update when it does! Accompanying parents or guardians and children under six years of age receive free admission and do not need to submit a book report.