As a person of small stature, I’m for celebrating all things short—including the shortest day of the year. And here’s the book to do it. The Shortest Day (Candlewick), by Newbery winner Susan Cooper and Caldecott Honor winner Carson Ellis, takes Cooper’s classic poem about the shortest day (this year, December 21 for the northern hemisphere) and turns it into a magical picture book celebrating endings and beginnings.
Here’s how you can win: Submit a comment to this blog by Thursday, January 2, 2020, and share one short thing you like. Short stack of pancakes? Strawberry shortcake? Short lines at the grocery store? Short days at school? Short to-do list? Short answers to questions? You name it! One lucky teacher will be randomly selected to win. Congratulations to our lucky winner Lori Blevins!
Here’s a short look at some teacher contests that end, well, shortly!
Everyone loves those crazy quitting crayons! Enter for a chance to win a Crayon Classroom Pack at bit.ly/PutCrayonsToWork. Hurry, the contest ends December 31.
One thousand teachers will win STEM Kits featuring 12 Hess Toy Trucks plus a free STEM curriculum. Hurry, this contest ends December 31 as well. Enter at hesstoytruck.com/stem. (Bonus: Everyone can download the STEM curriculum for free.)
The Book Creator competition for schools offers the chance to win five Chromebooks, a professionally printed student book, a chance to attend a teacher tech conference, and more. Get the details—and try Book Creator for free—at bookcreator.com/competition. The contest ends January 10, 2020.
Don’t fall short; submit a comment to this blog and get on the short list for our prize!
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I like when we have short weeks of school.
I like two-hour delays. That makes for a very short day.
I like short winters and long summers!
Short weeks at school
I love short days at school.
Great book to coordinate with winter solstice and the Earth’s rotation around the sun.
Short staff meetings!
Great to corrdinate with the winter solstice.
Short days at school and Strawberry Shortcake!!!
I like short board meetings.
I like my short friends as they make me look taller. Lol. We are just a great group of old friends who all turned out short but I am the tallest of all us. Lol. Love my friends
I like short lines at red lights!!
I prefer short stop lights!
I love my cousin, Amanda. She is the sweetest human being you will ever meet and the only one shorter than me. (I am 5’2″.)
Short meetings as well as short lines at grocery stores
Definitely strawberry shortcake!
I’m a big fan of shorts. Not short shorts, just a good pair of comfy shorts, to remind me of warm weather.
Love when the week is short!!!
I love the short little children I teach!
My birthday is the shortest day of the year! This book is perfect! When I was a child, my mom used to tell me my birthday was on the shortest day of the year and I would cry and cry. I didn’t understand she meant daylight hours. I thought maybe my birthday was only 2 hours. I would love this book for my kindergarten classroom!
Oh! I love short people like my kindergartners! ????
Short weeks are my favorite
I absolutely love working with the short kids???? yes they will grow big but right now unconditional love for their teachers (hugs around the knees) and their love for learning keep me coming back for more!
I absolutely love my short daughter- 22 yrs old and not even 5 ft tall. She’ll make a great teacher when she graduates this spring.
I like short piles of papers to correct! 🙂
I am an elementary librarian and since I have many students with “short” attention spans I love “short” books that take only a “short” time to read!
I like short lines at amusement parks!
I would love to have a short “to-do” list some day! I’m so excited about this book. My mom’s birthday is December 21, and she always said she got the short end of the stick when it comes to birthdays. This book would show her that it’s a special day to celebrate!
I like staff meetings that are to the point, short, and quick!
I like short weeks.
Short days of darkness so I can run in the light.
I agree with everyone who wrote “short winters”. I already can’t wait for winter to be over!
I love shorts (short movies, although I don’t mind wearing shorts either).
I like short pants in warm weather!
I like short stacks of pancakes!
I have to admit that my favorite “short” thing right now is our family’s new kitten. I know he won’t be “short” forever so I am enjoying every minute. ????
I like short workouts that still leave you feeling like you did a full-length one!
Short people who love me unconditionally!!!!!
God Bless My First Graders!!!!
I love short and small animals. Guinea pigs have short legs, and even ladybugs have short legs for their body type. This book is just what i was looking for, and was just trying to explain the longest night makes the shortest day- tomorrow. A book is the shortest way to explain this to 3 and 4 year olds.
Short lines at the check out lanes with a live person
I would love to add this book to our library collection!!! the kids would love it
I love only having to endure short medical treatments! ????
Other short people cause I’m one “vertically challenged” gal!
I like a short line at the ladies bathroom at a conference.
Short lines at an amusement park are awesome!