Regional Indie Bookstore Passport Program

Schedule

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am to Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm

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Location

Lakeside Books | Lake Geneva, WI

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Seventeen bookstores in the Southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois communities are participating in the Regional Passport Program!
About this Event

Seventeen bookstores in the Southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois communities are participating in this year’s Regional Passport Program, including Lakeside Books!

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 for 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.

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