This Saturday will see New Zealand's second annual BookShop day.
Throughout the country bookshops will hold events for children and adults alike. In Wanaka children will read to dogs to improve their literacy, and in Hamilton a bookstore will lead kids on a pirate treasure hunt.
Locally Paige's Book Gallery celebrated the day a week early at Girls College last Saturday, to line up with School's 125th reunion.
Ex-students could purchase a book from a book stall and donate it to the school library.
Rochelle Handley from Paige's says the day was a big success.