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In conjunction with this week's Virtual Book Club for Kids Blog Hop featuring books by Kevin Henkes... I am so excited to announce a special Book Giveaway Week sponsored by Harper Collins Publishers.
Yesterday I shared three activities that we did which were inspired by the book Chester's Way. You can also find a simple book related word search activity and browse the book over on the Kevin Henkes website.
Chester's Way shares such a sweet story about two best friends who include someone who is new (and different from them) in their group of friends after a little twist helps them realize that this new friend is special. This is a wonderful book to use as you teach children about making new friends and learning about similarities and differences that they each have.
I am so excited to share this book with you! I have one free copy of Chester's Way to give away this week! There are also giveaways on several other blogs listed below... so hurry over and enter their giveaways too and maybe you'll wind up with a whole library of Kevin Henkes books!!
Here's how you enter the giveaway:
Simply add a comment stating that you did each of the following:
(Please include your email address with each entry)
1. Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment with your email address below.
** Please remember to leave your email address with your entry. That is mandatory to enter into the giveaway.
2. Additional Optional Entries:
- Tell us the title of your favorite Kevin Henkes book in a separate comment.
- Share a Kevin Henkes inspired activity that you did this month (copy and paste the link in the comments or just tell us what you did)
- Be the first or last one to enter and get an EXTRA entry!!
*** Make sure to leave a comment for each additional optional entry so that we can make sure to count it. You get one point for each entry. If you write everything in one comment, then it will only count as one entry.
Entry Guidelines:
- This giveaway is open for entry from Tuesday, August 21st to Tuesday, August 28th at 11:59pm (PST).
- The random entry will be drawn on August 29th and announced on this post. I will notify the winner via email.
- The winner will need to reply to me within 72 hours of this announcement/email. If there is no response, a new winner will be drawn.
- See our Official Giveaway Rules for complete guidelines. US Residents only.
Here are some other blogs that are doing Kevin Henkes book giveaways during this week... so go check them out too:
Sheila Rae the Brave- Juggling with Kids
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse- Mommy and Me Book Club
Chrysanthemum- Teach Preschool
SHHHH- Pleasantest Thing
Old Bear- No Twiddle Twaddle
My Garden- Crafty Moms Share
Chrysanthemum- Ready.Set.Read!
A Good Day- Adventures in Reading
Old Bear- Reading Confetti
Circle Dogs- Inspiration Laboratories
Wemberly Worried - The Eductors' Spin On It
Penny and Her Song - Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Jessica - Crayon Freckles
Owen - Royal Baloo
Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Harper Collins and I was provided with a free copy of Chester's Way to give to a reader.
My daughter could really use a book like this in her collection…fingers crossed! Thanks for this giveaway!
Jessica
Jparadise1128[at]gmail.com
I am a new teacher and have just started reading Kevin Henkes. We read Chrysanthemum and the kids drew their name in the middle of the page and created a web around with all the different things they liked to do.
Ashley
ashleyortega88[at]gmail.com
Ashley
ashleyortega88[at]gmail.com
Kitten's First Full moon
cintiaborda at hotmail dot com
Cintia
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Chrysanthemum is our favorite
Would love to add this book to our collection!
Sandyml1320[at]gmail.com
Great giveaway! gracenote30 (at) gmail (dot) com Thanks for the chance!
Great. vergentino at hotmail dot com.
Love these books! [email protected]
Kitten's First Full moon and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse.
lfschmelz at gmail dot com
Love Henke's books
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Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
catherine0807 at hotmail dot com
thanks for the chance to win
catherine0807 at hotmail dot com
Our current favorite is My Garden
Love Kevin Henkes!!!! btsavage03[at]hotmail.com
Chrysanthemum!
spoonamore[at]gmail.com
Thank you for this giveaway!
bellybuttonsandbellylaughs(at)yahoo(dot)com
I loved Birds! It was so much fun to read!
hardingcl[at]yahoo.com
Thanks!
susannahcox[at]hotmail.com
I love the book with the little kitty trying to reach the moon because she thinks it is a bowl of milk (forgot the title) – so sweet!
Thank you for the giveaway!
emily.falke[at]gmail.com
Old Bear is our favorite!
Awesome giveaway!
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crisbg111[at]yahoo.es
Thanks.
Hristina B
Thank you for the giveaway!
tanya_mironov[at]hotmail.com
Love Kevin Henkes books! communicationstationspeechtx[at]gmail.com
My favorite book is Worried Wemberly! It's SO SO SO good for working with kiddos with anxiety! communicationstationspeechtx[at]gmail.com
Love Kevin Henkes books! communicationstationspeechtx[at]gmail.com
I use many of Kevin Henkes books in my 2nd grade classroom. ONE of my favorites is Owen! We use the text to help children make connections and it helps them in their writing as well. Jljbfm[at]gmail.com. J.melton
Our favorite Kevin Henkes book is My Garden!
kimberely7[at]hotmail.com
Our favorite is Chrysanthemum.
rsgrandinetti[at]yahoo(DOT)com
I would love to have a copy of this.
rsgrandinetti[at]yahoo(DOT)com
I always do an activity with Chrysanthemum where the students make a flower.
imgoingfirst[at]gmail.com
Wow! After reading all these activities tht others have done with their kids, I'd sure love to get my hands on one of these books! Thanks for the giveaway! Paigekramsey[at]gmail.com
I love Chrysanthemum! A fun book that my students always love.
imgoingfirst[at]gmail.com
One of my favorite authors. What a fun giveaway.
imgoingfirst[at]gmail.com
Favorite Henkes' title is Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse because 1. male teacher; 2. purple is our favorite color; and 3. we have purple purses just like Lilly! yay! [email protected]
We read Chrysanthemum at the library as part of our back-to-school program. Then we found the letters of our names in a container of pre-cut alphabet diecuts, glued the letters on construction paper, and decorated our names w/ stickers, diecut shapes, and glitter. Mahalo for another opportunity to win. [email protected]
Kevin Henkes' books are very popular at my library. We love making purple purses and eating cheesesnacks after reading about Lilly's special purse. We love making a name banner, embellished w/ rhinestones, sequins, glitter and more after reading Chrysanthemum. [email protected]
My favorite used to be Chrysanthemum, but my nephew Owen was born on August 1st and I have already read him Owen a handful of times, making it my new Kevin Henkes favorite!
TBros73704[at]yahoo.com
TBros73704[at]yahoo.com
LifeOnGravellyRoad[at]hotmail.com
My favorite is Little White Rabbit. My daughter's is Chrysanthemum.
craftymomsshare at gmail dot com
We love the book Chrysanthemum.
Love the giveaway! You know my email.
We love Old Bear at our house. 🙂
sarahjwalton[at]hotmail.com
sarahjwalton[at]hotmail.com
tandnshobert[at]gmail.com
When we adopted our daughter, Lilly, we bought several Lilly books! We love Lilly the Mouse
LOVE his books!!! klgreenough[at]gmail.com
Love his books!!!!! klgreenough[at]gmail.com
Our sentimental favorite is Kitten's First Full Moon, but we love them all! silvershoesandrabbitholes[at]gmail[dot]com
We'd love to enter! silvershoesandrabbitholes[at]gmail[dot]com
Would love to win any of Kevin's books! Thanks for the give-away! adamandlisa07[at]yahoo.com
clbarner2002[at]yahoo.com
We love kitten's first full moon & my garden
Chrysanthemum, Lily's Purple Plastic Purse, and Old Bear are just a few of our favorite books.
shelbel637[at]gmail.com
My youngest just started preschool last week and to help her feel comfortable with leaving us, she took her purse with a few of her favorite things. My mirror from my purse, her sisters hair bow and her dad's key chain were tucked into her purse to share with the class. Just like Lily.
shelbel637[at]gmail.com
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse in my all time favorite and is one of only a small handful of picture books still in my 10yr old daughter's room.
Big Kevin Henkes fan! angelavwright[at]gmail.com
My favorite book would have to be Chrysanthemum–it has such a lovely message.
My email is sincerelyrachel[at]gmail.com
We did a craft about the four seasons for the book Old Bear: readingconfetti.com/2012/08/old-bear-4-seasons-craft-august-virtual.html loriesk (at) msn (dot) com
My kids love Old Bear, but I really like Julius, Baby of the World. loriesk (at) msn (dot) com
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse is my favourite book by Henkes.
loriesk (at) msn (dot) com
I'd love to win this book! Thanks for the opportunity 🙂
shnndvs @ hotmail (dot) com
Kevin henkes is a fantastic writer. We love him in my house and I love him in the classroom. I am a second grade teacher and have used all of his books at one time or another. I love the sweet treats pack, you get to revisit his famous characters in a short simple story. I use those book to teach small moment writing. I use his books to teach many writing crafts and over the years many of my children have aspired to write just like him. I love Lilly in all of the stories she is in or makes an appearance in. Julius baby of the world is great as well as Chester's way. Thank you for this opportunity . [email protected]
It's hard to choose a favorite, but I think mine would be "Julius, the Baby of the World." goldfuss1 [at] frontier [dot] com
I love Kevin Henkes! Well…at least his books, I've never actually met him. goldfuss1 [at} frontier [dot] com
We love Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Using Lily's Purple Plastic Purse, I had the students bring 2 or 3 things they wanted to share to school. It was a great beginning of school year activity!
Great giveaway! Thanks! allisonarreola[at]yahoo.com
I have three that I have to say are my favorites: Chrysanthemum, Lily's Purple Plastic Purse, and Wemberly Worried.
As a teacher, I LOVE using Kevin Henkes's books. There are so many things you can teach with them!
Cvboiler[at]yahoo.com
We love Kevin Henkes! [email protected]
We have lots of favorites: My Garden, A Good Day and Kitten's First Full Moon are just a few. : )
We love Kevin Henkes!
katrinafaust[at]hotmail.com
Thanks for the opportunity – jls48152[at]yahoo.com
We decorated our names with various materials, buttons, pom poms, tissue paper, feather, glue, etc. to go along with Chrysanthemum. We counted the letters in each name and compared them for more/less and longest/shortest. Super simple but fun activity for my young students 🙂
We love Wemberly Worried.
ksworwood[at]yahoo.com
Great giveaway- thanks!!
ksworwood[at]yahoo.com
mreid14 at hotmail dot com
Awesome giveaway – we love his books! BIRDS is our fave.
mreid14 at hotmail dot com
Thanks for the giveaway!
sarahagen[at]hotmail.com
Four Seasons Sensory Bin based on Old Bear notwiddletwaddle.com/2012/08/fourseasonsensorybin.html
Kitten's First Full Moon, notwiddletwaddle[at]gmail.com
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