Does this still exist? As a kid, it was the only way you were gonna get me to read a book.
Today I realized Pizza Hut and Book-It are the reason that every time I finish a book I crave pizza…
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
I remember doing this in first grade. I learned that “Chapter” books counted for 2. Thought I was hacking the system.
Not how my experience went. You read the books, you got the points, and (assuming you were doing well in every other aspect of the class), you got an A. But if you struggled with reading (as I did in school), you got poor grades despite the fact that your grammar, writing, and spelling were otherwise excellent. Very rarely did I get a teacher who rewarded reading; most of them punished my failure to read.
“Book It” had nothing to do with Grades, just raw effort. In my area at least, but I thought it was pretty universal in its execution.
I now realize this was an elaborate ruse on the part of Pizza Hut to get your parents in the door to buy themselves a pizza. As a kid you got the personal pan pizza for reading 40 books. Your parents had to buy their own food.
