Fostering a love of reading and its rewards, the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program is popular with students in the first through sixth grades and educators throughout America.

Participation is fun and an easy way for kids to earn free books. They simply read any eight books – library books, books borrowed from friends or books bought at Barnes & Noble – write about their favorite part, and bring a completed tear page to a Barnes & Noble bookstore. Children then choose their free book from a list of paperback titles.

In 2009, we partnered with Rick Riordan, author of the 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians' series. Children who participated in the 2009 Summer Reading Program read 1.6 million books, and we gave away nearly 200,000 free books! Visit the 2009 Summer Reading Program page on our Barnes & Noble.com site for more information.