Photograph Credit: Barnes & Noble

Highlighting 14 summer reading programs in the next two weeks, I hope you will find multiple ways to keep your reader learning and exploring this summer. These programs encourage life-long learners with rewards for meeting a goal.

Starting off this summer reading series is the Barnes & Noble Imagination’s Destination.

Barnes & Noble Imagination’s Destination

Photograph Credit: Barnes & Noble

Participants

Students in grades 1 through 6.

Program Length

May 21 – September 3, 2013

Goal

Read any 8 books.

Requirements

Complete the Barnes & Noble Reading Journal with your information, list of books read, and to whom and why you would recommend each book.

Redemption

Take the finished Reading Journal to your local Barnes & Noble bookstore.

Reward

Choose a FREE book from the available titles listed on the Reading Journal.

Barnes & Noble Imagination’s Destination Highlights

My son has participated in this reading program for the past 2 years. The first year, we waited to redeem the Reading Journal until the end of the summer and the selection was down to a few books.

Last summer, he submitted his reading journal by the end of June. All the book choices were still available, and he enjoyed making a selection.

The unique part to Barnes & Nobles’ reading program is thinking about whom else would enjoy reading the books read. My son took this question seriously as he thought about whether boys or girls or both would enjoy the books he read.

Without any registration, you only need to print the Reading Journal for each participating student, record the information, and trade the journal for a FREE book. Happy summer reading!