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 Speck: An Itty-Bitty Epic by Margaux Meganck (Elementary)
Everything and everyone has a place in the universe, but for a little speck, lost at sea, it will take an extraordinary journey to find it. This beautifully illustrated undersea adventure will resonate with all children looking for a place to belong.
Knopf Books for Young Readers is giving away 5 copies of Speck. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 17, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School: Based on a True Story by Traci Huahn and Michelle Jing Chan (Elementary)
Meet Mamie Tape, 8-year-old Chinese American changemaker who fought for the right to go to school in San Francisco in the 1880s. Follow Mamie’s brave steps and discover the poignant history of her California Supreme Court case that allowed children of Chinese descent to attend public schools.
Crown Books for Young Readers is giving away 5 copies of Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 17, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Sunny Parker Is Here to Stay by Margaret Finnegan (Middle Grade)
In this funny, fast-paced novel by the award-winning author of We Could Be Heroes, a determined girl spends the summer before middle school learning to stand up for her low income community.
Simon & Schuster is giving away 5 copies of Sunny Parker Is Here to Stay. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 20, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm by Lindsay H. Metcalf and Li Xin (Elementary)
Discover how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year in this vibrant, rhyming picture book.
Astra Books for Young Readers will be giving away 10 free copies of Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 20, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town That Looked Away by Candy J. Cooper (Young Adult)
Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania, a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for-profit detention center while two judges lined their pockets with cash, as told by Candy J. Cooper, an award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Astra Books for Young Readers will be giving away 10 free copies of Shackled. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 20, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of The Elephant and the Sea by Ed Vere (Elementary)
This seafaring fable about a determined and brave elephant who reaches for his dreams will inspire young readers to face obstacles with optimism.
Doubleday Books for Young Readers is giving away 5 copies of The Elephant and the Sea. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 21, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Baba’s Peach Tree by Marie Tang and Seo Kim (Elementary)
In this moving picture book, a migrant worker and his daughter, find good fortune in the form of a peach tree growing behind their house in rural China. Filled with stunning illustrations, this is a unique and poignant story about love, perseverance, and family.
Random House Studio is giving away 5 copies of Baba’s Peach Tree. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 22, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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Win a copy of Eyes Open by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Young Adult)
Living under the Salazar dictatorship in 1960s Portugal, Sónia must find her voice as a poet and an activist after the government arrests her boyfriend and shuts down her family’s business in this moving novel in verse.
Lerner Publishing Group is giving away 5 advanced reader copies of Eyes Open. Submit an entry for a chance to win!
Deadline: May 30, 2024 (Open to U.S. Addresses)
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