Book of the Week GIVEAWAY:
- “It’s Easy Being Green” Book Bag
- The Big leaf Pile (Clifford the Big Red Dog)
- The Empereor and the Kite by Jane Yolen, Illustrated by Ed Young
- The Umbrella by Jane Brett
- Whales by Seymour Simon
Today my three grown children are avid readers who read for enjoyment. I know their love for reading began long ago when they were small children. Their Aunt Jeannine showered them with books for birthdays and holidays and we began to build ourselves a little home library. Books were always a part of our home and I spent many hours reading to them.
Our mission here at waddlee-ah-chaa is to get great children’s literature into the hands of children. We want to help families and teachers build engaging libraries for their children. The books we GIVE AWAY at waddlee-ah-chaa each week are new books. However, in our personal lives we often buy well loved books. Books with frayed corners and a few crayon marks simply add character to the books we purchase. There’s actually something special about a book being loved by more than one child. It’s like the book is alive.
We often find books at garage sales, flea markets and resale stores. Not long ago, I hit a massive jackpot at Goodwill. It was obvious that a school teacher had cleaned out her classroom library. As I sat and collected the books, my adrenaline pumped. I decided I would share a bit of my find with you. I picked out four very different books that work together to create a well rounded library.
1. The Big Leaf Pile (Clifford The Big Red Dog)
I know, I know, this book didn’t win any awards. But it’s important to include books that interest the children. Children love Clifford The Big Red Dog and his friends Cleo and T-Bone. It is also import to include easy to read books. This book is perfect for those children who are just beginning to read independently.
2. The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen Illustrated by Ed Young
Good library selections should bring the world to our children. This Chinese folktale and the intricate traditional Oriental paper-cut style illustrations do just that. The language and illustrations in this book about a love, loyalty and character are equally beautiful. * January 23rd Chinese New Year
3. The Umbrella by Jan Brett
Every library should include at least one Jan Brett book, highlighting her beautiful pictures. Her illustrations are always lush, detailed and engaging. I like The Umbrella because it takes the traditional tale of The Mitten and puts a Costa Rican jungle twist on the story. This book is wonderful for showing children how to take a familiar story and rewrite it into an original tale.
4. Whales by Seymour Simon
Children love nonfiction and I always like to have a good variety of nonfiction available for the children. Even if the text is more advanced, they like looking at the pictures. Seymour Simon has written over a hundred science books for young readers. Look for his books in the nonfiction section of you local library.
Life with Joyce
We’re GIVING AWAY one “It’s Easy Being Green” Book Bag with a set of four paperback books.
To enter this contest, just answer the following question in the comments section of this post.
Do you collect “Green” books from garage sales, flea markets and resale shops? (Or just say “Hey.” We’re flexible around here.)
The Rules:
One entry per person, please.
No entries after 8:00 pm Central Time, Thursday, January 26, 2012
The winner must be a resident of The United States.
The winner will be selected at random and announced Friday, January 27, 2012. Check back to claim your prize. It might be you!
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I am a Junior in college, about to start my student teaching this semester. Because of this, I have recently been on the lookout for quality children’s literature like the ones in this bundle. Being on a limited college budget, I have definitely scoured the shelves in Goodwill and the local thrift shop, looking for books to add to my growing classroom library.
We love books — and pick them up whenever we see them.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(Dot)com
Oh yes. My favorite place is library book sales. A lot of books in our library came to us this way.
yes! Love going to thrift stores, library sales, garage sales, etc. and searching out great books1
I have a ton of books on my boys’ bookshelves that were mine when I was little, and I do love to get more books at thrift stores and such. In fact, we very rarely by new books. My oldest wanted some reading books for Christmas (Daniel Boone was one that he wanted) so I decided to look at Goodwill before going to the bookstore. I found Daniel Boone there and also got him a Sherlock Holmes book there too!
Thanks for all your great ideas and generous giveaways!
Library sales, garage sales and thrift stores are the only places we get books from. Oh, and our favorite, hand-me downs from the older cousins.
We LOVE books and especially love hand-me-down free books. The bag day at the book sale is the best place to get books. They raised the price to $4 and that is still the greatest bargain in town. Books are an investment in our children and even at full price they are worth every penny. Obviously, though I try to avoid paying full price
Do I collect books from all over? Yes, Yes, YES! I have so many books it’s truly ridiculous. It’s hard to go to the library book sale and not buy 20 books for $4.
Oh goodness… we get secondhand books all the time. Garage sales are great because people sell them for so cheap! Our local public library has a book sale on Wednesdays and there is a used book store that we like to go to as well.
ladykristianna @ yahoo.com
There is a used bookstore in the city closest to me that I find the majority of my classroom library and my own personal library. I love it because I can trade in books and get credit to buy new ones. I also recently asked parents to clean out their child’s books and send in things they weren’t reading anymore. I had one parent send in like 10 books.
kheinrich9@gmail.com
I buy books at garage sales, thrift stores, ebay, or any where having a sale on books.