Monday, August 18, 2014

Back to School Giveaway

Elliott and I have spent the last 2 or 3 weeks finalizing our list of must reads for school this year.  We ended up coming up with 20 books that we will read for sure this year.  We read together for about 30-45 minutes every day, and I read to him for another 15-20 minutes during snack time.  He also reads to me most days of the week.  So 20 will almost certainly not be enough books to last all school year, but I think it's a good start.  Plus it gives us the opportunity to watch for more must reads as we learn about different things.

In honor of school starting, and preparing our own book lists, Elliott and I decided to do a book giveaway of our own!  All the books will be brand new scholastic books.  There will be two random winners, and each winner will get to pick the prize pack of their choice.

Prize pack 1:  Early Chapter Books

 

Horrible Harry in Room 2B by Suzy Kline
A Jigsaw Jones Mystery:  The Case of the Stinky Science Project by James Preller
Ready, Freddy!  The King of Show-And-Tell by Abby Klein
Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery by David A. Adler
Junie B., First Grader: One-Man Band by Barbara Park

Prize Pack 2:  Early Chapter Books



Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald
The Bailey School Kids Jr Chapter Books #5: Dragons Do Eat Homework By Debbie Dadey
The Kids of the Polk Street School: The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room by Patricia Reilly Giff
Herbie Jones and the Second Grade Slippers by Sami Sweeten


Prize Pack 3: Chapter Books



Third-Grade Detectives #1: The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope by George E. Stanley
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli
Stuart Goes to School by Sara Pennypacker

Prize Pack 4: I Can Read! Picture books



 Little Critter: To the Rescue! by Mercer Mayer
What's That, Mittens? by Lola M. Schaefer
Mittens at School by Lola M. Schaefer
Little Critter: This is My Town by Mercer Mayer
Dixie and the Class Treat  by Grace Gilman
Dixie by Grace Gilman

This giveaway isn't sponsored by Scholastic.  We just chose Scholastic books because we love them so much and want to share them with others!  We've read more than a dozen of the ones that are offered as prizes and liked them all.




50 comments:

Theresa Mahoney said...

Ooh, what a fun giveaway! Allison loves books, so this would be a super fun one to win. I'll share on my Facebook page for you too!

Theresa Mahoney said...

Ok, for my entry comment. My favorite books in elementary were definitely any book by Beverly Clearly. I also loved Ramona and Beezus books!

Literary Winner said...

I loved the Babysitter's Club series, along with Sweet Valley High and Twins.

maggie at literary winner dot com

thscar said...

I loved when my teachers in elementary school would read to the class after lunch every day. I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlotte's Web to name a few.

Anonymous said...

My kids love the Little Critter books. They always like to see what Little Critter is doing next.
marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
Merry

mail4rosey said...

I was going to say Beverly Cleary or Sweet Valely High for me but I see others said that and I don't want to copy. ;) I liked Judy Blume books (Blubber was awesome) and Paula Danzig books.

My son likes 'If you give a mouse a cookie' and 'Cat in the Hat.'

Thanks for hosting. :)

Anonymous said...

I loved the very hungry caterpillar, my girls love dr sues books Natalie natbelinsky@verizon.net

J Rodney said...

What a fabulous giveaway, how did I not see this earlier? Oh wait, last week was crazy that's why:)

I loved reading the Little House on the Prairie books as a child....and now I'm reading them with my own four kids and they love them too.

J Rodney said...

I blogged about the giveaway here: www.frugalityisfree.com/2014/08/scholastic-book-pack-giveaway.html

J Rodney said...

I shared a link on pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/139822763406227646/

Kristy said...

I always loved Amelia Bedialia and my children do too! We are also Suess fans and love Eric Carle books as well. Thanks for this awesome chance! :)

Kristy said...

Shared in a homeschool FB group here, https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeschoolffs/

Michelle Downing said...

My favorite books in elementary school were the Super Fudge books, Encyclopedia Brown books and The Mouse and The Motorcycle books. My son loves Spongebob books, I'm working on getting him interested in other things though.

Cassi said...

Amelia Bedlia, Chronicles of Narnia, Encyclopedia Brown

HomeschoolMommie said...

How fun of a giveaway, thank you:)

Stacie said...

My favorite books were by Judy Blume. Superfudge and Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing.

Robert said...

My daughter is a big fan National Geographic books about animals as well as the Junie B. Jones books.

d schmidt said...

My Son's favorite books are the David series in General and Bats in the Band.

dvice12 said...

We like the Ramona Quimby books

Janet W. said...

Right now my grandson's favorites are Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site and Pout Pout Fish.

Rebecca W. said...

I remember loving the old Richard Scarry books when I was little.

Seyma Bennett Shabbir said...

My sons love the 5 little monkeys stories and the GRuffalo books.

Anonymous said...

I always lived Judy Blume, my kids like diary f a worm, Natalie natbelinsky@verizon.net

Courtney B said...

i always loved the cat in the cat, anything dr seuss or the polar express

Anne N. said...

I liked Sweet Valley High and Judy Blume books.

Rochel S said...

I loved (and still do) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! My kids love Amelia Bedelia and the Rainbow Fish books!

Courtney B said...

my kids really liked polar express, and we like cat in the hat and green eggs and ham!!!!

vanitizebaby at yahoo dot com

Shooting Stars Mag said...

how exciting! Thank you so much. Growing up, I really liked The Rainbow Fish, the Babysitter books, Harry Potter, etc.

Unknown said...

I loved Little Critters. The main character was so cute and the illustrations were awesome.

Unknown said...

I always loved Amelia Badilia books. Some of my favorites from my kids books are the Little Critter, Rainbow Fish, and Llama Llama books.

nickieisis3 said...

My son loves little critter books.

Denise S. said...

I loved the Judy Blume books and the Black Stallion series.

tatertot374 said...

I loved Judy Blume and my daughter loves anything nonfiction about animals.

Anonymous said...

I loved Chica Chica boom boom and fox in socks! two of my favorites childhood.

Carly D.

Valerie Taylor Mabrey said...

I loved Dr Suess Digginest dog and put me in the zoo.
vmkids3 at msn dot com

Unknown said...

My daughter's favorite books are Green Eggs & Ham and Are You My Mother, she loves me to read them to her over and over.

McKim said...

My son always liked all the Dr. Seuss books, and my daughter liked the Berenstain Bears books.

Janet Vi said...

I loved Anne of Green Gables!

Lisa V. said...

I remember my daughter used to like Where the Wild Things Are and Goosebumps.

Unknown said...

My son loves the Junie B. Jones books :)

Unknown said...

I loved dr. seuss as a kid, and so do my kids!
onecheaplady@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Erica C. said...

I liked Where the Wild Things Are.

Daniel M said...

horton hears a who, green eggs and ham and other dr suess - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com

susan1215 said...

Chronicles of Narnia, Charlottes Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Courtney B said...

we like the polar express thats one of OUR faavorites!!

cant beat it!

vanitizebaby at yahoo dot com

Sonya said...

My kids love the Magic Treehouse series!

tina reynolds said...

I loved shel silverstein books

bn100 said...

the Roald Dahl books

Unknown said...

My kids love the Little Critter books

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