Three Avenues Bookshop Summer Reading Challenge Kick-off!

Sun May 31 2026 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm UTC-05:00

Three Avenues Bookshop | Chicago

Three Avenues Bookshop
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Three Avenues Bookshop Summer Reading Challenge Kick-off!
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Join us for the start of our Summer Reading Challenge. Come shop discounts, spin the wheel, and plan out your summer reading!
About this Event

It’s almost time for our third annual Three Avenues Summmer Reading Challenge!


We’re bringing community together, empowering ourselves and others as readers, and diversifying our TBRs with our annual ⭐️ Summer Reading Challenge ⭐️


What is the challenge, you ask?!


Each team member at Three Avenues designs a reading challenge for themselves, and then we invite you to join us in completing our challenges!


All challenges encourage folks to read 5 books across 5 challenge categories. 📕📘📗📙📕


You get to choose which challenge - or challenges - you complete. And you get to chose from:

🌼8 Bookseller Challenges

🌼Young Adult Challenge

🌼Middle Grade Challenge

🌼Kids Lit Challenge

🌼Board Book Challenge


All challenges go live at the start of our Summer Kick-off!


✨ Kick-off Details ✨

Where: Three Avenues Bookshop

3009 N Southport Avenue


When: May 31 @ 1-5 pm


🏷️Sales in store and online

Buy 2-3 Books, Get 10% Off

Buy 4+ Books, Get 15% Off


Discounts apply to entire purchase & cannot be combined w/ other discounts.


🔄Spin the wheel & win a prize


🔍Look for hidden gift cards throughout the bookstore


🎟️Enjoy raffles! You’ll have three chances to win a $25 gift card…


1. Buy/wear Three Aves merch = raffle entry

2. Show us your StoryGraph = raffle entry

3. Summer Sweets Guessing Jar…Guess the closest = gift card winner!


After kick-off, we’ll get to work on our challenges through our weekly reading meet ups! 📚💪🏽 We’re still finalizing plans for meet ups, so stay tuned for details. But we do know that punch cards will be back! 😎


And finally…


At the end of the summer, there WILL be prizes for folks who complete the challenge(s). Prizes and end-of-summer celebrations are in the works, so stay tuned for that info as well!


See you at kick-off!! ☀️

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Three Avenues Bookshop, 3009 North Southport Avenue, Chicago, United States

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