Independent Bookstore Regional Passport Program
Seventeen bookstores (including Read Between The Lynes) in the Southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois communities are participating in this year’s Regional Passport Program!
Starting April 1st, pick up a passport from any of the participating stores and start shopping! If you visit at least five of the participating bookstores, you will receive our exclusive I Support Indie Bookstores sticker plus a raffle entry to win a larger prize.
The more stores you visit, the more raffle entries you get. Visit all 17 stores and earn a free tote bag!*
Here are the details:
Spend at least $15 at 5 participating bookstores and earn a sticker, a raffle entry for a $20 gift card to your hometown store, and an entry into the main raffle filled with several books and other prizes!
Spend at least $15 at 10 participating bookstores and earn one extra entry to the main raffle!
Spend at least $15 at 15 participating bookstores and earn one more entry to the main raffle!
Spend at least $15 at all 17 participating bookstores and you will receive a free tote bag* and a total of 4 entries into the main raffle!
Submit your completed passport to any participating store by April 30th.
Participating stores, listed alphabetically:
Abalabix Books, 30 N Williams St., Unit A, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
About Time, 528 N. Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, IL 60048
Arnett & Son Books, 3314 Washington Ave, Racine, WI 53405
Blue House Books, 5915 6th Ave A, Kenosha, WI 53140
Books & Company, 1039 Summit Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066
Boswell Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Lakeside Books, 830 W Main St., Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Lion’s Tooth, 2421 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207
Little Bean Books, 875 Main St, Antioch, IL 60002
Nerdy Word Books, 1106 Main Street, Union Grove, WI 53182
Reads by the River, 102 E. Main St, Waterford, WI 53185
Read Between the Lynes, 111 E Van Buren St, Woodstock, IL 60098
Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140
The Well Red Damsel, 6429 W North Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53213.
Thirst: A Romance Bookstore, 5209 W. North Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53208
Vintage & Modern Books, 415 6th Street, Racine, WI 53403
Wonderland Bookshop, 4001 N. Downer Avenue, Shorewood, Wisconsin 53211
Keep an eye out on the stores’ social media posts to see what amazing prizes will be included in the grand prize basket and what tote each bookstore is offering!
*10 winners at each store will win a tote bag; each store is carrying its own design; check the Passport Program Facebook event for frequent updates, including the designs available at each store and when each store runs out of tote bags.
Date and Time
Friday Apr 3, 2026
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM CDT
April 1 - 30, 2026 / store hours
Location
Refer to the list of participating stores to the left.