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Once upon a time, my husband worked in the classroom and he had a classroom library. His goal was 1000 books – and he surpassed this goal with donations from friends and finding great deals on books (think yard sales, thrift stores.) He left the classroom library behind when he transitioned out of the classroom, in hopes to inspire a love of reading in the next group of students to go through that room.
Books are big in our house.
My son’s personal library started long before he was born. We were gifted many books when I was pregnant, and I knew reading would be a big part of his life as my husband is not only a literacy coach, but also has a Masters in Reading.
Classroom libraries are very important, as are having books in the home. Kellogg’s is currently working to put more Scholastic books into libraries, whether it’s a classroom library or your personal library.
Through Kellogg’s Family Rewards program, you can get a free book just for purchasing a box of cereal or one of their specially marked products. I bought Rice Krispies® and Rice Krispies Treats® at Walmart last week. I enjoy the occasional bowl of Rice Krispies® as a post-dinner snack, and my family enjoys the Rice Krispies Treats®. My son is going to enjoy the books.
The site is simple to use. Create an account, enter the code from your Kellogg’s® packaging, select your book, wait a few weeks for your book(s) to arrive. I think the toughest part was picking out a book. There are 80 titles to choose from!
See how simple it is to redeem!
Once you’ve purchased your Kellogg’s product, you have 14 days to redeem your code for a free Scholastic book. 1 Kellogg’s product equals 1 free, full-length Scholastic book and each person can redeem up to 30 books. You can also purchase products directly from Walmart.com and receive a free book from purchases made between 7/21/15 and 9/11/15. Visit walmart.com to see a list of all eligible items. Ecommerce redemptions are made via receipt scanning. There are 3 ways you can upload your receipt, via text, via scanning into your computer or Kellogg’s Family Reward app – only when you purchase online between now and September 11, 2015.
We go through about one box of cereal every two weeks in our house. From cereal, we could earn two books each month. If your family or friends are buying similar Kellogg’s products, think of the books you could get for your own library. If your child doesn’t need them, you could donate them to a school or a classroom.
Right now, my plan is to keep one book for my son, and we’ll donate the rest to a classroom, which can be sent directly through the website. My son is very fortunate to have so many books, and this is a great way to spread the love.
Be sure to check out more books available via this Kellogg’s offer. I’d love to hear your favorite book offered!
Does your child have a library in your home?
That’s a great initiative by Kellogs to help get kids back to ready by helping them keep up their reading with cool free books! Thanks for sharing I had no idea they were doing this!
I think it is so important for kids to read. I love that Kellogg’s is doing this.
What a great campaign! Yes, both boys have libraries in their rooms which is so very important. And like you said, this would be a great way for teachers for build classroom libraries.
The code for a free Scholastic book is just fantastic! We are a big book family and I’ve been reading books as a hobby my entire life and I hear stories all the time about how I loved having books read to me since I was born!
Love this!! I had no idea about it and I do but the cereal!! Thanks for posting!
This is a fantastic way to build a child’s library! We’re already buying almost all of this already!
Oh such a great idea! I’ll check this out next time I’m at the store!
I love that Kellogs is doing this. As a former elementary school teacher, I can attest to how important reading is for kids.
What a wonderful campaign! There are so many schools that could benefit from this!
This is so great! I will for sure be buying some Kellogg’s cereal and helping out.
This is so cool. I love thes program.
Our kids have also had a library that started before they were born. I love to read and I passed that on to the kids from a very early age! This is a great way to grow your library.
I love when big brands help out the schools like this! What a wonderful program.
I have loved building a library for my kids! This is such a wonderful program, books in our children’s lives is such a great thing! We are a lover of books!
I was just cleaning out the kids’ libraries & donating things they’ve outgrown. Now I need to replace their books with new reading material. Kellogg’s sounds like a great way to do that.
Love how Kellogg is helping the youth get back into reading. Thank you for sharing.
What a great thing for Kelloggs to do! Great initiative.
We go through a box of cereal a week! I definitely need to jump on board and grab free books for our school!
I love Kelloggs. Such a great brand, and although I’ve never seen this around here… I know it’s popular around the USA and I think its awesome!
We are a big Kellogg’s family and I love them even more that they are doing this. Very cool!
I love these kinds of programs. When it’s a product brand you love like Kelloggs, it makes it even easier to participate.
We love books in my house. I”ll have to check out this offer!
Yes, I love this Kellogg’s initiative! The boychild has already received quite a few books. I can’t wait to introduce it to his classroom.
I so need to try to be proactive for Back to School .. I cannot believe it is just around the corner!
I love that Kellogg’s is working with Scholastic in this campaign! I need to go thru my boys books and donate some.
I love this program! I applaud Kellogg doing this. Reading is so important for our kids.
This is such a great program! I wish we had something similar in Canada! The most important thing a child can learn, is how to read….and enjoy it! Reading is all around us…and we need to keep it going, for the sake of learning. The internet has caused enough problems with people’s spelling!!!