Free Movies & Books this Summer

I just saw a great post on the moneysavingmom blog about summer freebies that reminded me of some great ones around here we did last summer.



Half Price Books has a great program called Feed Your Brain where kids under 14 can earn a $3 gift card each week they read for at least 15 minutes per day/5 days a week during June & July. That's potentially $27 per kid! Go here for details and here to print the required reading log.



Regal Cinemas also has free movies on Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 10AM for ten weeks this summer. It's first come, first served so be sure you're on time or early! DH [Dear Husband] took Eve to a few of these last summer and they had a great father/daughter time. They show one rated G and one rated PG movie each morning. They run at the same time on different screens. Here's a schedule for Crossroads in Bellevue (where DH will be taking our DDs [Dear Daughters]). Check here to see if your neighborhood Regal Cinema is participating.

06/22/2010-06/23/2010
Rugrats In Paris (G)
Kung Fu Panda (PG)

06/29/2010-06/30/2010
Wallace and Gromit (G)
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (PG)

07/06/2010-07/07/2010
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (G)
Monsters Vs. Aliens (PG)

07/13/2010-07/14/2010
Doogal (G)
Hotel For Dogs (PG)

07/20/2010-07/21/2010
Muppets From Space (G)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG)

07/27/2010-07/28/2010
Muppets Take Manhattan (G)
Aliens In The Attic (PG)

08/03/2010-08/04/2010
Tale of Despereaux (G)
Coraline (PG)

08/10/2010-08/11/2010
Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (G)
Astro Boy (PG)

08/17/2010-08/18/2010
Charlotte's Web (G)
Planet 51 (PG)

08/24/2010-08/25/2010
Rugrats The Movie (G)
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (PG)

DH and I try to be really careful what our DDs see, and I know some of these titles are definitely not what we would consider appropriate for our own kids. Check out their content on a rating site before assuming it's safe for your kids. Go here to see one of our favorite family-friendly review sites.

Katie