Motivate your literature lovers with fun freebies and a special contest—plus scroll down to find out how to win an assortment of new children’s books for your classroom. Ready, set, read!

March 20 is the first day of spring—and even better, it’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day! To plan your celebration of this perennial favorite, click here now to download free activities, worksheets, patterns, and much more.

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Jeff Kinney’s popular series Diary of a Wimpy Kid is about to become a movie. Win a special advance screening of the movie at your school with the author and the film’s cast. Plus 50 runners-up will win a complete set of the Wimpy Kid books. Hurry, this sweepstakes ends March 10, 2010. Enter today!

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Here’s something new from the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program: the R.E.D. Zone, a new online portal for teachers and parents that stresses the importance of reading daily. Join the challenge to read for 20 minutes every day and get free activities, print reading-readiness worksheets and coloring pages, and more!

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What book did you read to your students today? Post a comment on our blog for a chance to WIN a box of new children’s books. Comments posted by Monday, March 15, 2010, will be eligible for the drawing. Good luck! (Update: Congratulations to Laura Johnson, who won the box of books. Keep watching for more chances to WIN!)

Karen

9 Responses to “Revving Up Young Readers”

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  1. 14 Mar 2010 at 7:34 pm 9.  Cindy Singletary

    I am reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid to my 4th Graders. We are planning a field trip to see the movie.

  2. 14 Mar 2010 at 7:31 pm 8.  Cindy Singletary

    I am reading The Jacket by Andrew Clements to my 4th graders.

  3. 14 Mar 2010 at 6:32 pm 7.  Beth

    I am reading the Carole Marsh Chocolate Town mystery to my 4th graders. We just finished studying the Northeast and the kids ate Hershey kisses as I read.

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