Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.
Win a copy of Inside In: X-Rays of Nature’s Hidden World by Jan Paul Schutten (Middle Grade)
Discover nature’s secret world with this amazing collection of X-ray photographs of animals and plants! Using incredible X-ray techniques, Inside In displays creatures and their natural habitats in a never-before-seen way. “What can you see by looking inside an animal?…[the] images are the attraction. [E]ncourages a sense of wonder.” —Kirkus, STARRED review
Greystone Kids is giving away 10 copies of Inside In. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: October 15, 2021 (Open to U.S. and Canadian Addresses)
Explore the Teaching Guide!
Win a copy of Who Is a Scientist? by Laura Gehl (Elementary)
Students will meet fourteen diverse scientists who study everything from astronomy and engineering to entomology and paleontology in this great introduction to STEM careers. They’ll also see what these scientists enjoy outside of their work—things like eating tacos and playing soccer. Who is a scientist? After reading this fun book, kids can say, “Someone just like me!”
Millbrook Press/Lerner is giving away 10 copies of Who Is a Scientist? Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: October 22, 2021 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Susie B. Won’t Back Down by Margaret Finnegan (Elementary)
Susie B. is running for student council president. It’s not fair that the usual geniuses are always getting picked for cool stuff over the kids like her with butterflies in their brain. If she can be president, she can help the underdogs and be just like her hero Susan B. Anthony. But in this insightful novel for middle grade readers, Susie B. discovers her hero is not as great as history makes her out to be, and that the usual geniuses might have problems of their own.
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster is giving away 20 copies of Susie B. Won’t Back Down. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: October 25, 2021 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
Explore the Discussion Guide!
Win a free set of the Horace and Bunwinkle books (Elementary)
An anxious Boston terrier and an exuberant potbellied pig team up to solve barnyard crimes in this funny middle grade mystery series. Despite their different personalities, Horace and Bunwinkle form a tight bond and will do everything they can to protect their person, Ellie, from nefarious creatures (and humans) around the Homestead.
Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins is giving away 5 sets of the Horace and Bunwinkle books, including Horace and Bunwinkle (Book 1) and Horace and Bunwinkle: The Case of the Rascally Raccoon (Book 2). Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: October 26, 2021 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Baby’s Classics: Peter Pan (Elementary)
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the first Peter Pan novel!
To celebrate, Starry Forest Books will be giving away 5 copies of Baby’s Classics: Peter Pan. To enter this giveaway, visit the Starry Forest Books Instagram (starting October 27) and be sure to like the giveaway post, tag a friend in the comments, and follow the account for a chance to win!
Deadline: November 3, 2021 (Open to U.S. and Canadian Addresses)
Explore an excerpt from the book!
Win a copy of Engines! With 25 Science Projects for Kids by Donna McKinney (Elementary)
Engines! With 25 Science Projects for Kids invites readers ages 7 to 10 to explore engines through hands-on STEM projects that deepen their understanding of engines, what makes them hum, and all the special jobs they do for humans.
Nomad Press is giving away 2 copies of Engines! Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: October 30, 2021 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of AfterMath by Emily Barth Isler (Middle Grade)
After her brother’s death from a heart defect, Lucy starts seventh grade at a new school—whose students survived a shooting four years ago—and must navigate different kinds of grief and healing.
Lerner Publishing Group is giving away 5 copies of AfterMath. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: October 31, 2021 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
Explore the Discussion Guide!
Win a copy of Baby’s Classics: Alice in Wonderland (Elementary)
Starry Forest Books is giving away 5 copies of the delightful board book, Baby’s Classics: Alice in Wonderland! To enter this giveaway, visit the Starry Forest Books Instagram (starting October 20) and be sure to like the giveaway post, tag a friend in the comments, and follow the account for a chance to win!
Deadline: October 27, 2021 (Open to U.S. and Canadian Addresses)
Explore an excerpt from the book!
Host a Judy Moody and Stink Run! (Elementary)
Hello! It’s barely October but Thanksgiving is right around the corner – many schools plan fun runs to celebrate their communities and get a little fresh air amidst all the parade viewing and pie eating. If you are hosting one, Candlewick Press hopes you’ll consider making it very Moody – Judy and Stink Moody, that is! Taken straight from the pages of Judy Moody & Stink: The Wishbone Wish, Candlewick has created the perfect, playful way to add a little flair to your event that can be done anywhere and will get your kids moving and reading.
Kids, teachers, librarians, and parents all know and love the books about Judy and Stink Moody, written by Megan McDonald and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds–the universal situations, the fast pacing, and the laugh-out-loud humor are crowd pleasers. Judy and her brother Stink are guaranteed to make any run, well, fun!
Candlewick is providing free materials to help groups host a Moody-themed run, virtual or in-person. Registrants will receive 10 paperback books and one Judy Moody “I Ate a Shark” T-shirt to use as raffle or race prizes; plus temporary tattoos, Moody pencils, and reproducible activity sheets to be used in a raffle or as race prizes, or really however you see fit.
Deadline: This giveaway is closed.
This Judy Moody and Stink run flyer has more details, and also serves as a reproducible race bib!
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