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WIN A FREE COPY of Remember Dippy (Middle School)
Johnny’s summer plans fly out the window when he learns he has to help out with his autistic cousin, Remember. His premonitions of disaster appear at first to come to cringeworthy fruition, but when the two boys save a bully from drowning, salvage the pizzeria guy’s romance and share girl troubles, Johnny ends up having the summer of his life.
Cinco Puntos is giving away 5 copies of Remember Dippy by Shirley Reva Vernick. To enter to win, send an email to jessicapowers@cincopuntos.com with the subject line of “Remember Dippy giveaway” and please include your mailing address.
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Deadline: September 17, 2013 (Open to U.S. and Canadian addresses)
WIN A FREE COPY of Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish (Elementary)
Chronicle Books is giving away 3 copies of Kate Messner and Andy Rash’s Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish (the latest in the Sea Monster series) plus a “Fish Friend” pledge poster for your classroom.
To enter to win, please visit: http://budurl.com/TBnetSMATBF
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Deadline: September 17, 2013 (Open to U.S. and Canadian addresses)
WIN A FREE COPY of Miss Moore Thought Otherwise (Elementary)
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise is a picture book biography about librarian Anne Carroll Moore who created the first library room dedicated to children — and fought for their right to read.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is giving away 3 copies of Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough, illustrated by Debby Atwell. To enter to win, go to http://tinyurl.com/missmooregiveaway and submit your information.
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Deadline: September 20, 2013 (Open to U.S. and Canadian addresses)
WIN A FREE COPY OF Dinosaurology (Elementary)
Dinosaurology, the latest adventure in the best-selling ’Ology series, offers a tantalizing taste of what it would be like if whole colonies of the prehistoric beasts had survived on a remote island off the coast of South America.
Candlewick Press is giving away 10 copies of Dinosaurology with a classroom set of Dragonology tattoos (20) to celebrate the book that started the phenomenon’s 10th anniversary!
To enter to win, send an email to anne.irza-leggat@candlewick.com with the subject line of “Dinosaurology Contest” and your mailing address.
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Deadline: September 23, 2013 (Open to U.S. addresses only)
WIN A FREE COPY of The Real Boy (Elementary and Middle)
On an island in the middle of an immense sea is a city, a forest, and a boy. All seems peaceful, but the magic that holds this land together is unraveling—and the devastating plague that destroyed the city once before may return. The only hope is Oscar, a young magician’s shop boy, who alone can conquer the darkness lurking in the forest.
Walden Pond Press is giving away 5 signed copies of The Real Boy by the author of Breadcrumbs, Anne Ursu. To enter to win, send an email to waldenpondpress@gmail.com with the subject line “Real Boy Giveaway” and please include your mailing address. Five winners will be selected at random.
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Deadline: September 24, 2013 (Open to U.S. and Canadian addresses)
WIN A FREE COPY of The Smartest Kids in the World (High School)
Through the compelling stories of three American teenagers living abroad and attending the world’s top-notch public high schools, an investigative reporter explains how these systems cultivate the “smartest” kids on the planet.
Simon & Schuster is giving away 25 copies of The Smartest Kids in the World. To enter to win, send an email to kids.marketing@simonandschuster.com with the subject line “SMARTEST KIDS” and please include your mailing address.
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Deadline: September 30, 2013 (Open to U.S. addresses only)
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Thanks so much for the opportunity to enter contests for elementary readers.