Since Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks, I started thinking about fun books with foods in the titles. If this were a cooking blog, I’d ask you what delectable recipe you could whip up with the foods named in the books—in this case, marshmallows, a cookie, and a baked potato. But don’t worry; …
Good news, we followed the map and found the buried treasure. Creak….. We’re opening the lid of the treasure chest right now. Gasp! What’s inside? Submit a comment to this blog by Tuesday, November 27, to let us know what you hope to see in there. One lucky teacher will win our mystery prize. Good…
Here at The Mailbox Blog we routinely celebrate the first Friday of the month with a giveaway. However this First Friday Giveaway is extra special! You see today, December 1, is Jan Brett’s birthday, one of my favorite authors and illustrators of children’s books. If you follow us on Instagram (themailbox) you already know that…
What do you dream of for your classroom? For your school? For your students? Dreams can become realities with the Follett Challenge. Winning schools share $200,000 in products and services from Follett. That includes library books, interactive books, eBooks, early learning products, makerspace kits, 3D printers, and much more. Wow! To enter, you’ll need to…
Elliot and Mouse are ready for a vacation. They hop on a bus and head out to the country to pick apples, play hide-and-seek, and make new friends. Fall Friends is perfect for this month. And you can win my copy! Here’s how to enter our random drawing: Submit a comment to this blog by…
Tomorrow is the official beginning of winter. Do you welcome it with a “whoopee” or a “woe is me”? (I had one northern friend describe how she had to climb through her trunk to get into her car because all her door handles were frozen last week. I have a pretty good idea how she…