Sign your children up for the Barnes and Noble's Kids Club, free, and they'll get thirty percent off the book or item of their choice, a five dollar credit on their membership for every hundred spent at the store, and a free birthday cupcake!

So, wait, you can sign up for free, you thirty percent off a book, you get money back when you buy stuff, AND you get a free cupcake on your birthday? How old do you have to be to belong to thing thing?

Oh. Twelve, or younger, apparently. Well, that keeps me out. And, for the record, I think that's kind of unfair. Grown-ups deserve cupcakes for reading, too, don't you think? You don't have to be twelve or under to like a cupcake on your birthday, do you?

I think we ought to start a petition. Cupcakes for grown-ups, too! Who's with me, folks?!

At any rate, free cupcakes are a pretty awesome way to promote reading and birthdays, in my humble opinion. Sign your munchkins up today for this great kids' rewards program from Barnes and Noble, and start taking advantage of some fun bennies while you teach your kids to love reading!