Established in 1984, the BOOK IT!® program is a reading incentive program created by Pizza Hut. The program is available for PreK–6th grade students and reaches more than 14 million students across 37,000 schools annually.
Students can participate in the program through their primary school classrooms or homeschool teachers during the school year, or with their parents during the summer’s Summer of Stories™ program.
By providing digital Reading Award Certificates®, which are redeemable for a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza®from Pizza Hut, the program aims to empower teachers and parents to motivate children in grades PK–6 (ages 4–12) to read.
Students may redeem one Reading Award Certificate per month, and the certificate must be used to reward the student who earned it. The student must be present. When a child redeems their certificate with Pizza Hut, they are celebrated. This program is completely free.
The School Program is for traditional teachers and homeschool teachers. The Summer Program called BOOK IT! Summer of Stories™ is for Parents.
The six-month BOOK IT! school program runs October 1 through March 31 each year.Summer of Stories™ runs during June, July, and August.
BOOK IT! is now 100% digital and all resources are available online — Pizza Hut BOOK IT!® Resources
Who is eligible to participate?
Who is not eligible to participate?
English Language Arts curriculum teachers for PreK—6th grade students (ages 4–12) at your campus can enroll individually. We require that each teacher enroll only for the classes they personally teach and that students earn monthly certificates from only one teacher. Visit our enrollment page to begin, or direct teachers to this page
Please ensure that your school has authorized this program and that there is a participating Pizza Hut restaurant nearby prior to enrolling. When a new enrollment request is submitted, there is a 3-day review period before the account becomes active (e.g., enroll on Monday → account becomes active on Thursday).
We do not accept campus-wide enrollments.
If a parent is homeschooling PreK–6th grade children (ages 4–12) and the child does not attend another educational facility, they are eligible to participate in the BOOK IT! Homeschool Program. Homeschool support and co-op groups, where the student does not attend full-time, are not eligible.
When they submit a new enrollment request on the mobile app, there is a 72-hour review period before the account becomes active (e.g., enroll on Monday → active on Thursday).
Homeschool teachers must use the mobile app available on Google Play and Apple App Store. There are only 5 children per household eligible for a Personal Pan Pizza®.
Summer of Stories is available for PreK–6th grade students (ages 4–12). Enrollment happens on the mobile app. Only parents may participate in the Summer of Stories with their own children; summer programs, camps and daycares are not eligible. In June, July and August, parents can use our digital tools to track and reward their kids’ reading with a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza®.
English Language Arts curriculum teachers for PreK—6th grade students (ages 4–12) at your campus can enroll individually. Please ensure your school authorizes the program and that there is a participating Pizza Hut nearby prior to enrolling.
You can download the certificates as a PDF and email them to the parents. You can also print them directly from the website and pass them out to students. Students can show the certificate to Pizza Hut team members or place an online order.
Homeschool teachers please refer to our mobile app user guide.
Your student profiles should be set up for October 1 in the app for the BOOK IT! School Program and June 1 for Summer of Stories™. You decide what materials they read and what the goal will be. You do not need to print the certificate — you can use the code on the certificate to order online, or you can take your phone into Pizza Hut and show the code in the app.
Your teacher will track your child’s reading in their digital dashboard or on our website until the end of each month and then reward students starting the 1st through 15th of the following month. They may choose to have you complete a tracking sheet, but you do not have an account to use for tracking.
Teachers select the reward and send the certificate with your child when they meet their reading goals. Teachers also have the option to email the certificate to parents. If you have concerns about the certificate, please consult with your child’s teacher.
The BOOK IT! program is a monthly reading reward program and teachers have a designated timeframe (1st through 15th following the reward month) to award certificates each month. They have until the 15th of the following month to issue certificates for the prior month (e.g., rewards for October can be issued through November 15th).
After the 15th of the month, the reward links for the previous month expire and can no longer be rewarded for that month. Certificates expire 30 days from the date generated, and this date cannot be adjusted.
Parents must have the app installed, a child profile created, and children must read 20 minutes a day for at least 15 days in June, July, or August. Once they meet the goal:
The code appears directly in the app above the dancing pizza once you click Claim.
Children must be in Pre-K — 6th grade. We allow up to 5 children per household. Each child must have their own profile and meet their own reading goal. Only 1 code per child per month can be redeemed.
Free pizza codes are available in June, July, and August for summer and October through March for the school year program.
Codes can be claimed from the 1st through the 15th of the following reward month.Example: July reading rewards can be claimed August 1—15.
Not for that month. Since you can only backdate 7 days, you’ll need to start fresh the next month.
No, the app can only be used on one device.
Please send us:
Still having trouble? Email us at bookitapp@yum.com with details and screenshots of the issue.
Use the BOOK IT!® Mobile App to set
goals, track progress, and redeem rewards
for your homeschool students.
