Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream, White Whale Bookstore, and Allegheny County Library Association, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and Shaler North Hills Library just announced that they’re teaming up for a super-sweet summer reading program!
The details were shared on social media:
“We are SO excited to partner with Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream on the SWEETEST summer reading program! 🥰 For scoops 🍦 and books 📚 and an awesome throwback 🍕, see our repost from Millie’s below! 👇
📚 If you looooved BIZZAHUT POOKIT then stop 🛑 what you are doing & READ. Or, SWEET READ. As in, our *new* *super sweet* summer reading program where literacy gets you FREE #millies !🍨📖🙌
Here’s the deets, fam:
1️⃣ grab a bookmark from any #millies location, participating local libraries, or White Whale Bookstore
2️⃣ read 5 books this summer & record them on your bookmark (our tiny fam can have 5 books read to them! 👧🏾👧🧒🏼👦🏽)
3️⃣ ask yo’ fave librarian to validate w/ their super fancy official librarian stamp
4️⃣ come to #millies & redeem for free ice cream! 💃💃💃 (some fine print —> cannot be redeemed at a third-party kiosk or kennywood 😉)
Wait – it gets better. This bookmark is also a coupon for 10% off your next purchase White Whale Bookstore 📚👏📚👏📚 Not near Bloomfield? No sweat. Use the one-time code SWEETREADS at whitewhalebookstore.com.
And a very special s/o to the Allegheny County Library Association & Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh & Shaler North Hills Library for being such *sweet* partners 💕
Now tag allllll the readers & teachers in your life cuz this summer ’bout to be LIT(-erate.)😉🔥👩🏫”
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