Each month we learn of special, free, and enjoyable opportunities for you that we feel support the mission of TeachingBooks. This month, we hope you enjoy learning about the following opportunities (in order of deadline):
WIN A FREE COPY OF You Are Stardust (Elementary)
This innovative picture book aims to reintroduce children to their innate relationship with the world around them by sharing many of the surprising ways that we are all connected to the natural world.
Owlkids Books is giving away 3 copies of You Are Stardust. To enter to win, send an email to owlkids@owlkids.com using the subject line “We are all nature” and please include your mailing address.
See the lesson plan for You Are Stardust.
Deadline: December 1, 2012 (Open to US and Canadian residents)
WIN A SET OF RUBY’S STUDIO BOOKS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM (Elementary)
Designed to teach children social emotional skills, the award-winning Ruby’s Studio (from The Mother Company) is offering you a chance to win a set of books for yourself and a set for your classroom.
See full contest rules and enter to win here.
Deadline: December 1, 2012 (Open to US addresses only)
WIN A FREE COPY OF The Last Dragonslayer (Jr. High & High School)
The Last Dragonslayer is bestselling author Jasper Fforde’s first book for young readers. Perfect for Terry Pratchett and Diana Wynne Jones fans of all ages!
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is giving away 3 copies of The Last Dragonslayer. To enter to win, send an email to amanda.barsuhn@hmhpub.com with the subject line of “TeachingBooks.net’s Last Dragonslayer giveaway” and please include your mailing address.
Hear the author share the backstory and read from the book. Listen now.
Deadline: December 5, 2012 (Open to US and Canadian residents)
WIN A FREE COPY OF Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers (Elementary)
December 22, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lady Bird Johnson. Learn about her life and work as a tireless environmentalist and naturalist in award winning author Kathi Appelt’s charming picture book biography of this dynamic first lady.
HarperCollins is giving away 5 copies of Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers. To enter to win, send an email to LadyBirdGiveaway@gmail.com with the subject line of “Pick me!” and please include your mailing address.
See the lesson plan for Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers.
Deadline: December 7, 2012 (Open to US addresses only)
WIN A FREE COPY OF We’ve Got a Job (Middle & High School)
The inspiring story of one of the greatest moments in civil rights history as witnessed by four young people who were at the center of the action.
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March, Peachtree Publishers is giving away 5 copies of We’ve Got A Job. To enter to win, send an email to Katie@Peachtree-online.com with the subject line of “TeachingBooks.net WGAJ Giveaway” and please include your mailing address.
Hear the author share the backstory and read from the book. Listen now.
Deadline: December 31, 2012 (Open to US addresses only)
Thanks.