It’s never too early to start thinking about summer—and vacation! Sandals Resorts is giving away 31 trips, and teachers are invited to enter the sweepstakes. Scroll down for the details. You’ll need some good reading material for lounging on a beach, so submit a comment to this blog by Wednesday, May 8, to let us…
Join in the celebration with this week’s super-size prize pack. One lucky teacher will win all of these great books: Fold and Find Out: Caterpillar to Butterfly (Candlewick Press) Big and Little: A Story of Opposites (Holiday House) Turn, Seek, Find: Seasons (Twirl) Hide-and-Sleep: A Flip-Flap Book (Chronicle Books) The Happy Book (Viking) The…
Tiny has a problem. He’s a T. Rex whose arms are very small. But his big friend Pointy needs a hug. What will Tiny do? While we can’t mail you a hug, we can mail you this book. One lucky teacher will win it. (Update: Congratulations to Holly, our lucky winner!) To enter our random…
The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor. But did you know that she’s not just standing? In fact, the heel of her right foot is lifted, as if she’s about to take a step. But where would she be going? Get the facts and have some fun thinking about where Lady Liberty might…
Some words are just fun to say; serendipity, zoink, lollygag, and superfluous are among my favorites. With Say Zoop! by Hervé Tullet , I’ve added a new, super-fun word to my list. (Go ahead, you know you want to say it, zoop, zoop, zoop….) You probably know Tullet’s other books, including Press Here, Mix It…
We have a basket full of spooky and sweet seasonal surprises for you. You could win these books: Goldfish Ghost (Roaring Brook Press) by Lemony Snicket (well known for the Series of Unfortunate Events books) There’s a Monster in Your Book (Random House) by Tom Fletcher The Pomegranate Witch (Chronicle Books) by Denise Doyen The…
Ready for an interstellar celebration? From your own classroom to a school makerspace to the International Space Station to Mars, I have a giveaway, freebies, and a contest that will let your student stars—and you—twinkle! ******************************** **************** Post a comment to this blog no later than 11:59 pm EST on December 26, 2016, to tell…