Books-A-Million Invites Young Minds to Dive Back into Annual Summer Reading Program, May-September

iSchools out for summeri Warmer weather is here and kids will soon be out for summer vacation which means the bBooksAMillion Summer Reading Adventure Program bis back Students are invited to keep their minds sharp by practicing reading and writing from May 12 through September Participants who complete the program will receive a prize from this years summer reading program ambassador Diary of a Wimpy Kid author bJeff Kinneyb pblockquotep idpullquotepblockquote p Books are magic said Kinney They can take you away to places youve never been and introduce you to characters who will stick with you for the rest of your life Im happy that BooksAMillion picked me to be their Summer Reading Program Ambassador because I discovered so many great books in the summertime when I was a kid p p To participate in the challenge students must read any four books from the designated list and write about them in the Summer Reading Adventure journal available for pick up at all stores Those who bring the completed journal to any BooksAMillion store will receive a FREE Diary of a Wimpy Kid drawstring backpack p p Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are published in 73 editions in 61 languages More than 200 million copies of the books in the series have been sold globally Published in 2007 the first book was an instant bestseller and has remained on the iNew York Timesi bestseller list since its publication and through the release of the 13supthsup book for more than 655 weeks total The series is also a fixture on the iUSA Todayi iWall Street Journali iPublishers Weeklyi and iIndieBoundi bestseller lists The Diary of a Wimpy Kid spinoff book Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid was published in April 2019 and was an instant No 1 iNew York Timesi iUSA Todayi and iWall Street Journali bestseller in the US and reached No 1 in multiple countries across the world The 14supthsup book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be published in fall 2019 p p Kinney is a No 1 iNew York Timesi bestselling author and sixtime Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award Favorite Book winner for his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Kinney has been named one of iTime imagazines 100 Most Influential People in the World and is also the creator of Poptropica named one of iTimeis 50 Best Websites He spent his childhood in the Washington DC area and moved to New England in 1995 Kinney lives with his wife and two sons in Plainville Massachusetts where they own a bookstore An Unlikely Story p p For more information on the Summer Reading Adventure Program visit a referrerpolicyunsafeurl targetblank hrefhttpsctsbusinesswirecomctCTidsmartlinkampurlhttps3A2F2Fbooksamillioncom2Fsummeradventureampesheet51983953ampnewsitemid20190513005791amplanenUSampanchorbooksamillioncom2Fsummeradventureampindex1ampmd52f02ae58667a578490588b8b588d8e2b relnofollowbooksamillioncomsummeradventurea p p span classbwulinebABOUT BOOKSAMILLIONbspan p p BooksAMillion headquartered in Birmingham Alabama is the second largest chain of bookstores in the 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