Summertime!
It’s time to get some fresh air and read outside!
Rocco and Nala loved summer and hanging out in the treehouse. They also loved it when the kids read books to them. We want to know what you’re reading and we want to give your kids some incentives to read even more.
If you’ve participated in the past, we’ve changed it up once again. The books get thicker and take longer to read as you get older and we keep trying to make it fair but also keep it interesting.
This year, we will have three age groups.
- Kids reading independently up to age 8 will read 10 books for each round
- Kids age 9-12 will read 7 books for each round
- Kids age 13+ will read 5 books for each round
Sadly, we are not able to get more of our popular Rocco stuffies for this year’s program. We tried, we swear! We are just as disappointed as you are. The good news is we have even more opportunities for you to earn prizes with three rounds of goodies. When you’ve read the number of books for your age group, you’ll earn that round’s prize.
- Round 1 – A free Advanced Reader Copy of your choice. Book publishers send us lots of these to let us preview the books that are coming out. We’ll have lots of choices, but make sure you get started early so you get the best choices!
- Round 2 – A free paperback for $10 or less
- Round 3 – A free Purple Couch Bookshop mug AND 5% off of any children’s and young adult books in your purchase
Don’t forget to show your work so that we can give you credit. We need to know which books you read. Download your sheet below and make some notes about what you thought. What did you like? Who were your favorite characters? Or even if you didn’t end up liking it, we want to know that too!
We’ll also have copies printed at the store for you to take home.
The program will begin when North Andover Public Schools get out on June 23, 2026 and will run through September 6, 2026. Independent readers up to age 18 (or senior year of high school) are eligible. Each child can participate in three rounds. If we did more than that, we’d go out of business.
