For many students over the past 40 years, an incentive for reading at home was earning a personal pan from their local pizza chain. Now, parents who have fond memories of tapping into the program are ...

(TMX/Gray News) - Pizza Hut is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its BOOK IT! program by giving away 1 million free personal pan pizzas to readers of all ages during National Book Month in October.

INDIANAPOLIS — October is National Book Month. It's also been 40 years since the launch of "BOOK IT!," a national pizza restaurant chain's effort to inspire young readers. In 1984, Pizza Hut began ...