MACARONI READS: PLEDGE TO READ TO YOUR FAMILY PET

This school year, Scholastic Book Clubs is inviting kids across the country to side with either cats or dogs in a pledge to read every day, while also helping to donate books to kids in need. It is all part of the new Paws for Reading program dedicated to promoting reading at home. 

For every 20 minutes a child reads and logs, a free book will be donated to a child in need—with up to 250,000 books donated to Scholastic Book Clubs' Classrooms Care literacy partners including Paws for Healing, Reach Out and Read, Save the Children, and The Lisa Libraries.

With the new Common Core State Standards emphasizing the importance of reading every day, Paws for Reading helps parents and teachers motivate their kids to read at home through a fun challenge of two teams—the Cats and the Dogs. 

Kids join a team at www.scholastic.com/paws, log the minutes they read each day, and contribute to their team's total minute count. The team with the most minutes will be determined on December 14, 2012.

PAWS FOR KIDS
Kids can start out by taking the "On the Fence" quiz to find their match.  Once on a team, kids can pick up any book and read, log their minutes, earn digital rewards, and follow their team's latest score.  Kids can also check out "Paws Picks" for books about cats and dogs, and download free posters to decorate their lockers or bedrooms!

Visit http://www.scholastic.com/paws to learn more about Paws for Reading