Little Scholastic: Summer Reading Goodie Bag Giveaway
Posted by: Amy on June 17th, 2008
*Update: Congratulations to our winners: Carolyn N., Marlene, Ana, Mel B. and Beth, our winners of the Little Scholastic Summer Reading Goodie Bag giveaway. Thanks to all who entered!
We have a teamed up with Little Scholastic to bring you a pretty fantastic Summer Reading Goodie Bag giveaway. Read on to learn more about Little Scholastic:
“From the most trusted name in learning comes Little Scholastic, a developmental publishing program that introduces reading to babies and toddlers ages birth to three years. Each book features rhyming, repetitive, or predictable text, interactive components, and familiar subjects—all formatted to delight babies, toddlers, and parents. Visit www.littlescholastic.com for expert advice and articles, parenting tips, book information, and more!”
The Summer Reading Goodie Bag Prize Package includes:
- A Summer Tote
- 5 Book Titles: Peek-a-Zoo, Star, Numbers, Petting Farm &Twinkle Twinkle Panda
Perfect to bring along to the beach, pool or picnic!
TO ENTER:
Leave your entry comment on this post. In your comment, let us know if you have a favorite summer read – could be a kid’s book or a book for yourself. We’ll compile your comments and post them on our site or in our weekly newsletter.
FIVE MTW readers will be chosen randomly (not based on entry comment subject matter) and notified via email. This giveaway ends on Monday, July 14th. We will announce the winners on our site after receiving confirmation.
Good luck!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
My favorite summer read right now is Blue Heart Blessed by Susan Meissner.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I don’t have a favorite summer book right now but summer’s just begun. The search is on!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Would like to win
June 17th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Greetings, What a fabulous prize giveaway package. I have always loved Scholastic books! I work at many of their book fairs just for fun and I enjoy the children and the books. I am in between books right now. I am getting ready to read and review books. Please enter me in your “Little Scholastic” contest. I would love to win and give the tote and books to my niece for her son. Thanks very much…..Cindi
June 17th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I have a new favorite read each summer and haven’t picked one out yet. Last summer I was hooked the “Twilight” series by Stephanie Meyer. I would love the Scholastic books and to share the love with my daughter!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
A favorite read for us girls is Fancy Nancy. Thanks for the giveaway!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Oooh, new books! Me, please! My daughter’s favorite current summer read is a tie between Silly Sally and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
We love to read at our house! My daughters favorite book right now is Tummy Girl. I’m still looking for my summer read.
Thank you for this fun giveaway!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Love all Judy Blume books!!! Also a big fan of Candy Apple Books!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
hope I win. =)
June 17th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Eric Carle is a hit with my son, and I enjoy reading John Grisham.
Thanks for the great give away
June 17th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I’m still reading Harry Potter
June 17th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
I loooooove Sophie Kinsella! Such fun, mindless beach reads!
June 17th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Don’t really have a favorite book–but am looking forward to reading several of the Ramona books this summer.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
What a tough question! I’m going to have to go with any Sandra Boynton book as my favorite summer read, simply because they never cease to make me smile and feel light-hearted…similar to how summer makes me feel:) So the two go hand in hand in my mind:)
June 18th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Fancy Nancy books
June 18th, 2008 at 12:29 am
My daughter loves all the Junie B. Jones books and I got to admit that I enjoyed them too.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:26 am
My favorite summer read is Moon Music by Faye Kellerman
June 18th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Just one favorite?!!!!!! We love reading!!!!
June 18th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Nothing particular, though we all do a summer reading program ogether at the local library
June 18th, 2008 at 4:15 am
My kids latest favorite is the penguin that hated the cold
June 18th, 2008 at 5:03 am
My little ones are 9 months and 2 years-so these books would be great for them! As far as a favorite summer read, I’d have to say they like just about anything they can get their hands on! (My 2 year old would have me reading all day if she could
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June 18th, 2008 at 5:11 am
I am a first time Grannie and love reading to my grandaughter just as I did her Mommie.Thank you for encouraging reading with your wonderful gift pkg.
I just finished reading The Last Lecture.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:14 am
Our family loves to read the Narnia series…my little ones are happy with anything!
June 18th, 2008 at 5:25 am
I don’t get the chance to read grown up books very often, but my 18 month old daughter LOVES to read. She is always bringing me books..mostly Dr. Seuss “The Thinks you can Think.” It never gets old to her.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:26 am
I, myself don’t have a favorite summmertime read yet, but I’ve been reading to our older children, a book by Patrick Carman called Atherton. Great book about an 8 year old boy. Thanks for this giveaway and please enter me.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:33 am
Anything at the library! We spend lots of time there, especially in the very hot weather. My son loves “Look Who’s Talking at the Zoo.”
June 18th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Anything by Shel Silverstein!
Love his poems!!
June 18th, 2008 at 5:44 am
I hardly ever read the same book more than once, so I don’t have a “favorite”summertime read…..just favorite authors.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:53 am
What a really neat prize! This is something that can definitely be good for myself and my son!
June 18th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Fave kids books are the “Brown bear, brown bear” series
jceko77@yahoo.com
June 18th, 2008 at 5:59 am
my daughter’s favorites are the clifford books.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Right now, my 2 year old’s favorite is anything about dinosaurs. My 5 year old loves “Mercy Watson to the Rescue”. The 7 year old is all about the Magic Treehouse series.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:09 am
I’m always ready to read horror novels. It’s pretty hard to get scared in broad daylight. But when a book can scare me in the daytime, THAT’S a good book.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Anything Captain Underpants! Thank U for the contest!!
June 18th, 2008 at 6:19 am
I enjoyed reading The Historian last summer…It is soooo long but I love that it is a mystery chock full of the history & culture of Eastern Europe.
heatherlbrandt (at) verizon (dot) net
June 18th, 2008 at 6:24 am
We are always reading in my house, right now my 6 year old favorites are the Junie B. Jones series, and my 4 year old loves anything Curious George or Clifford. This would be a great prize since the county closed the library that was around the corner from where we live.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:27 am
As a teacher, I know the value of Scholastic books! This looks like a great assortment for my little one – he loves books! A favorite that I just finished myself is “Queen Esther and the 2nd Graders of Doom.” Esther is the mother of an infant boy and teacher of 2nd grade boys in Sunday school. It was fun to read about her going through many of the same mothering issues I face.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:33 am
I am just settling down to read the The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. It looks nerdy and amazing!
June 18th, 2008 at 6:34 am
My favorite reading right now is magazines! I especially love Real Simple!
June 18th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I love to be able to read the paper outside in the warm sunny morning.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Conan books are always a treat!!
June 18th, 2008 at 6:55 am
My daughter is doing the summer reading program at the library and her favorite reads right now (which I read to her too) is the Henry and Mudge series.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:01 am
What a great giveaway! My daughter is currently fascinated by the book “Everyone Poops.” She is just recently potty trained so I think that might have something to do with it but we read that book at least 2 times before she goes to bed!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:05 am
My son’t summer (and fall and winter and spring!) favorite is Goodnight Moon. I try to save it for bedtime, but he wants it all the time.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:10 am
my little one loves to read and this would be thebest summer past time gift for her!! My favorite book
as a ypoung girl was Anne of green gables!!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:13 am
I have been ravenously reading books about getting organized! My latest read : Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? by Peter Walsh.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:14 am
My son’s favorite book right now is “Country Babies Wear Plaid.”
June 18th, 2008 at 7:27 am
One of our favourite picture books for summer reading is called “Is This a House for Hermit Crab?” by Megan McDonald. I first saw it on an episode of Reading Rainbow and I just knew that we had to add it to our collection of beach reading.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:30 am
My and my children’s all time favorite summer reading is “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:37 am
After I turned about 10, I would read through all of the Louisa May Alcott books every summer. My mom bought me the set and I loved them!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Any book by Danielle Steele is a sure winner!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:46 am
My favorite summer read is anything I can read before being interupted by my daughters! Zoe would love this !!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:49 am
My current summer read is “Naptime is the New Happy Hour”. Hilarious!!
June 18th, 2008 at 7:50 am
I’m enjoying reading all of my favorite children’s books to my kids
June 18th, 2008 at 7:53 am
My daughter and I love to read together. Our favorite book to read is “If you Give a Pig A Party”
June 18th, 2008 at 8:03 am
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June 18th, 2008 at 8:07 am
My kids and I are into reading about many different animals at the present time. Yet we do enjoy a good history book thrown in there too.
Please include me in your drawing.
Thanks
~Amy
June 18th, 2008 at 8:08 am
My favorite summer read so far is P.S. I Love You. Better than the movie!
June 18th, 2008 at 8:11 am
My favorite book when I was younger was “Each Peach Pear Plum”. My other favorite was “The Monster at The End Of This Book”. My toddler would love this set! Thanks for the great giveaway!
June 18th, 2008 at 8:14 am
I like to read Jane Austen every summer. My favorite is, of course, Pride and Prejudice.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:19 am
My 2 year old loves Dr. Seuss books.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:38 am
My son loves the Toby Digz books. We wish that there were more.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:39 am
my son loves any book that contains a dinosaur – summer or not
June 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
My favorite summer reads are the great classics. Right now I’m working on Don Quixote.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
We love books and read them every night. One of our all time favorites, in summer or winter, would have to be Goodnight Moon.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Any Dr Seuss book!
June 18th, 2008 at 8:48 am
I’m a librarian, so my kids always have a book in hand! My 8 year old loves the Box Car Children series, my 9 month old loves ANY board book, but loves to listen to the Fancy Nancy books. Myself, my favorite book of all time, The Time Traveler’s Wife.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:50 am
My daughter’s favorite read right now is “Where the Wild Things Are.” She can’t get enough of that book. For me, I’m digging into some true crime books! Thanks for the giveaway!
June 18th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I usually always reread the Harry Potter series every summer, or The Stand – Stephen King. My daughter doesn’t know how to read yet, so she loves anything with pictures. lol. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Ooh, hard to pick a favorite, but near the top has to be “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”
June 18th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Pride & Prejudice
June 18th, 2008 at 9:17 am
We love the Magic School Bus series right now and Amelia Bedela is always a fav.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Harry Potter is still the favorite
June 18th, 2008 at 9:30 am
still looking
June 18th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Dr. Seuss
June 18th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Curious George
June 18th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I never thought about having a favorite summertime book….better hit the library!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I just started The Host by Stephenie Meyer and I’m loving it so far!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:53 am
My favorite summer read: anything by Douglas Preston.
My son’s favorite summer reads: any book he can get his hands on!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am
My daughter loves “Sneakers, the Seaside Cat” by Margaret Wise Brown.
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June 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I love to read my daughter anything by Eric Carle.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am
my son loves anything Eric Carle. and I like the twilight series which i am reading again for the third time.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:03 am
My favorite book this summer is Earthly Pleasures.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I just finished the Stephenie Meyer Twilight series and The Host. Fabulous books, they suck you in and you just can’t put them down!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I love to read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein to my son and daughter. Such a touching story.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:08 am
My 21 month old son LOVES to read. I’m sure his little brother (4 mos)will love it too. He has lots of books he loves but his favorite is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. I have the entire thing memorized! He would love this set!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:10 am
My sons favorite book (and first book he’s read on his own!) is “Hot Dog” which is a learning to read book. It’s gotten him really excited to read. ya!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I have two different grandchildren who would absolutely adore these books. I would probably keep it here so they have something special to read at Grandma’s house. They both love any of the Karen Katz lift a flap books, esepcially Daddy and Me and Where is Baby’s Belly Button.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:11 am
My daughter (17 months) loves all her board books. My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss is one of her favorites, and one that I can tolerate reading over and over and over… Barnyard Dance & Jamberry also fall into that category.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I am a John Grisham addict! I loved “The painted house”, different. But, my kids always loved the Chronicals of Narnia and Hobit series at bed time when they were young. Way before they were movies. They had all types of books like Scholastic and of course All the Dr. Zuess books we would read during the day around nap time. Should have saved them for the grandkids!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I am going to read the Harry Potter series again! Love em!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Fox in Sox is a favorite at our house. Thanks for the great giveaway!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:24 am
It’s an anytime book, but I love the giving tree.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:24 am
I enjoy a good romance story for the summer time. My kids prefer any story including dinosaurs at the moment and pricess’s for my daughters.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:29 am
I love (not only for myself, but for my girls) the “I like myself, because I’m me” book. That is just the best book ever for keeping your kids happy with who they are. I would recommend this book to any and everyone. It is written by Karen Beaumont and David Catrow.
Great contest, would love to win this for my girls!!!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Great prize. My four year old would love this book bag!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I’m reading Paula Deen’s book and it very interesting! I would like to win these books for my neice’s unborn child.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:34 am
We are currently enjoying
I Miss you Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
June 18th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I love to read the Anne of Green Gables series during the summer-for some reason they just seem summery to me
June 18th, 2008 at 10:41 am
What a great prize. I love the Stephanie Plum series.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Recently, we’ve been having a lot of fun reading “Silly Sally” which is good for 2-4 year olds to fill in the familiar refrain.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:46 am
we always love “if you give a mouse a cookie”
June 18th, 2008 at 10:48 am
During the summer the kids and I like to read Dr.Seuss books and the Berstein Bear series.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:52 am
My son loves the touch and feel books. My favorite kids book is still Goodnight Moon. It reminds me of when my nine year old daughter was little, she absolutely loved that book.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:55 am
My kids love the hungry hungry caterpillar…
June 18th, 2008 at 10:57 am
My daughter’s favorite books are anything by Sandra Boynton and the “If You Give A Mouse …” books.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:02 am
My little boy’s favorite book right now is where is baby’s belly button?
June 18th, 2008 at 11:03 am
My grandson is three and he loves to be read to but now he also loves books that he can “read” to us after hearing them a few times. His latest favorites include Brown Bear, Brown Bear; Polar Bear Polar Bear; and Everybody Poops!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:06 am
First of all, what an AWESOME giveaway!! Our latest favorite is actually Where The Wild Things Are. It was a gift for my son’s birthday from his uncle (it was his favorite as a kid) and we’ve been reading it all the time!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:12 am
how cute i love to try and win this for my little one thanks
June 18th, 2008 at 11:12 am
My son’s favorite is Grumpy Gloria. Thanks for the great contest.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Bella Wishes is our favorite summer read.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
June 18th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I am enjoying Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changling series.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:35 am
My son would love this. Right now we are reading House that Jack Built.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:42 am
What a great giveaway. Thanks so much. I am reading Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I don’t have a favorite summer book. This summer I think I’ll try to catch up on my magazines!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:42 am
My favorite books are anything by Mary Higgins Clark!!
June 18th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Hi, our favorite book is Down by the sea with Mr. McGee. Such a fun rhyming book.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Right now my 2 year old son is hooked on Count on Golf and The ABC’s of Golf books. What a wonerful addition this could be to our evening ritual.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:52 am
My favorite summer book for kids is anything by Dr. Suess. Did I spell that right? “Green Eggs and Ham” author.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:55 am
we have a book about going to the seashore and collecting shells. i love it.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:55 am
My 11 year old loves to read. Mostly fantasy of any kind.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I’ve been reading the 2nd book in a series from the 80’s by Celeste DeBlasis called Swan’s Chance. Full of historical detail,fiction, about the years leding up to the civil war.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Thank you for having this contest. I really appreciate it. This summer my favorite book is “You Can’t Win It If You Don’t Enter” by Carolyn Wilman.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Ooh. As a professed bibliophile, it’s only natural that I want my little ones to grow up with a love of books. As to my current summer reading, I am deep in the midst of the mid-to-late 1700’s; courtesy of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. (No light reading, I’m afraid, not a single book is under 700 pages.)
June 18th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Favourite read for this summer is David Sedaris’ new book, When you are engulfed in flames.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
My fave summer read is Jennifer Weiner. I love her books!
June 18th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
No favorite, choices vary
June 18th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I’ve been reading the Yada Yada Prayer Group books…I’m up to Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil always takes me back to steamy Savannah where I’m from.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
my kids love sandra boynton
June 18th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
We love Curious George at the Beach
June 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I’m a fan of John Grisham’s books, but summers are so hectic I usually fall back to Reader’s Digest Magazine for quick reads!
June 18th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I love reading any cheap trashy love story, but I’m reading the Wind in the Willows with my son and we’re loving it!
June 18th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
would love to win scholastic books!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I just finished reading “Sisters” by Danielle Steel. It was a great book, I couldn’t put it down!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
My favorite summer read right now is actually Calvin and Hobbes!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Our daughters both love Judy Blume books!! They laugh out loud while reading them!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
My favorite summer reads are mysteries and chick lit – The Butcher of Beverly Hills combined both!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I am currently reading The Real Deal Guide to Pregnancy and I am loving it, this is the most honest pregnancy book I have read.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
great prize
June 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I love the Jolly Postman book!
June 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
what a great giveaway! My daughter is reading (and collecting) the Secrets of Droon series. I haven’t found a book for summer for myself yet.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I don’t really have a favorite read, I’m just trying to now get back into reading again. I used to be a huge reader of any Terry McMillan books.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Anything by Barbara Kingsolver or Jodi Picoult
June 18th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
the latest danielle steele novel and other romance movels
June 18th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I love reading Anne of Green Gables series during the summer. I read them last summer and I think I want to read some more, maybe the Anne of Ingleside books now!
June 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I love the Little House on the Prairie series.
June 18th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I used to read the Lord Of The Rings trilogy every summer until I had babies. Now I am so tired I am lucky to make it part way through a magazine without nodding off. But I love to read kids books with my kids.
June 18th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Nothing special for a summer book, but our all time favorite is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
June 18th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
My kids love anything by Robert Munsch. Personally I enjoy reading chick lit in the summer.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
We’re really enjoying the Tessy & Tab books for my early reader.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Joyce Meyer’s Look Great Feel Great! I’m trying to get myself in better physical shape.. what a battle !
June 18th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
dairy of a wimpy kid is funny.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Pride and Prejudice
June 18th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
my preschooler is really getting into anything by dr. seuss.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I just finished reading the book In an Instant. It’s the story of news anchor Bob Woodruff and his injury in Iraq. Great giveaway, thanks!
June 18th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I love to reread old books like “A Wrinkle in Time” and “Anne of Green Gables”.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
The book I love reading my children, anytime is Good Night Moon. It’s easy reading and they can read along too.
My other favorite is I love you as much as a mother can love
Should I win, please contact me at mslate513@aol.com
June 18th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
We love Dr. Seuss and Eric Carle books A LOT!!! I’d love to win this giveaway. Thanks for the chance!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I love reading anything by Barbara Kingsolver during on warm summer nights.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
One of our favorite things to do together, my girls and myself, is to read. My 2 and 1/2 year old has found a new fav–The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins. This giveaway would be perfect! Thanks so much.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
My daughter loves Shel Silverstein books.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:11 am
I usually read Little Women about every other summer. I’m thinking with the newborn this will be one of those “other” summers.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:34 am
My favorite summer read right now is ‘On Her Own’ by Wanda E. Brunstetter.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Erin Hunter’s books – Warriors and now Seekers
June 19th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Summer is always when I discover my favorite books which have included Memoirs of a Geshia, The Fountainhead (that took me ALL summer) and for me ds Peeka-Moo.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:22 am
COOL
June 19th, 2008 at 7:43 am
For me, “Kite Runner,” one of the best novels ever written. For my kids, the Skippy Jon Jones series, they are hilarious.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:55 am
I enjoy light reading in the summer. I just finished A Map of the World-which definitely wasn’t light.
June 19th, 2008 at 8:18 am
i always like Howard Zinn’s People’s History
June 19th, 2008 at 8:47 am
I love a good mystery – Patterson, Grafton, Connelly, Baldacci, etc.
June 19th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Anything Dean Koontz or Janet Evanovich.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I’ll always love Stephen King!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Don’t have time to read for myself…we generally read toddler books. Scooby Doo is a favorite right now.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I love the Fancy Nancy Book.
June 19th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
dr seuess
June 19th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I am getting ready to start Debbie Macomber’s “Twenty Wishes”.
June 19th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
We enjoy reading anything new that we can find at the library!
June 19th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
All of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Books…I read them, and my daughter reads them…thanks!!!
June 19th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
The “shopaholic” series is always a fun summer read. Thanks for the giveaway!
June 19th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
thanks it would be nice to read Joann Fluke
June 19th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Little Woman!
June 19th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
The Rainbow Fairies series is my daughters favorite.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I love the Lorax. it reminds me of what we are doing to the environment
June 19th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
We love fairy tales around here!!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
My son would love these! However, my favorite summer read has been The Ruins so far.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:07 am
My grandchildren just LOVE to be read to and to read to us!
Great contest thank you!
June 20th, 2008 at 7:51 am
i’m liking palaniuk’s choke.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:58 am
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June 20th, 2008 at 9:11 am
We like reading The Giving Tree, I think my daughter enjoys the simple black & white illustrations.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I just finished reading and reviewing She Always Wore Red by Angela Hunt, and I think it’s great summer reading! I hope Canadians can enter!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:38 am
New baby needs new books!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Old school Judy Blume books!
June 20th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I just finished reading Flipped. It’s crazy, haha!
June 20th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
FANCY NANCY of course! We like to be fancy around here.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
great for my grandson who loves to hear stories.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
PRACTICAL MAJIC IS MY FAVORITE SUMMER READ. IT HAS MAJIC, LOVE AND A HAPPY ENDING.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Looks good!!!
June 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I *love*love*love* reading There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Spider to my kids.
June 20th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
We have been reading alot of Dr. Seuss this summer.
June 20th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
We are reading anything from the Clifford collection,thanks
June 20th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
my grandkids will let me read to them for hours. Please put me in drawing.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
favorite read for us girls is Fancy Nancy. Thanks for the giveaway!
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June 20th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
My favorite books as a child were the blueberry pie elf and Red Fish Blue Fish. My kids Love Dr. Seuss and my daughter just brought home a great book titled Firetalking. I am a huge reader so encourage reading (not always successfully but I try) in my kids.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I love Scholastic Books. I read them to my kids and grandkids and students at school. We love ordering them at school.
June 21st, 2008 at 8:53 am
I love to read anything by Jackie Collins, I am a romance junkie. My daughter and I just started reading the Fudge series by Judy Blume. She really likes those. She also likes to read the Easy Reader books. Thanks for a great giveaway!
June 21st, 2008 at 9:11 am
Favorite summer read are any of the Robert Munsch books.
June 21st, 2008 at 9:20 am
My favorite book to read since I was a little girl is “Are you there God? It’s me Margaret.” I remember sitting under a tree in our yard reading that book. My 16 month old enjoys looking at any books with animals.
June 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am
My 18 month old son is obsessed with his Sesame Street book collection right now!! So for his summer read I’ll say it’s “Letter B with Elmo”!! I’m sure I’ll be reading it hundreds of times this summer!!
June 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm
anything by dean koontz and john saul.
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:16 am
My older kids love the Redwall series and read them over and over. We love to read them outloud. Everyone chooses an animal to voice and gives them each a unique voice.
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
My son (1 year) loves little scholastic books, and it would be so great to win this, he has a couple and he carries them around the house all day
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
My grandchildren would share them and pass them down.
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Anne of Green Gables!
June 24th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Since I teach English, I am reading our novels for the fall. I am re-reading The 5 People You Meet in Heaven. I love reading How Much I Love You to my daughter! I would love a new library of books!
June 24th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Our favorite summer read right now has been my old copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. My daughter found it in a stack of my old books from when I was little and I would’ve thought it was too old for her but that just goes to show me not to underestimate her listening skills and the imagination of a child!
June 24th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Whatever the current thriller is – David Baldacci has a great one out
June 25th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
i still lov curious george books, thanks for this giveaway
June 25th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
My favorite summer book is The Very Hungry Catapillar. I hope I win this great prize!
June 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
“interview with a vampire” for me of course
June 26th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
The Swiss Family Robinson has always been one of my favorite summer reads along with My Side of the Mountain. Thanks for the giveaway.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I am reading the Bible this summer. It has been a longtime goal for me.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Duma Key- by Stephen King!
June 29th, 2008 at 6:52 am
What a great giveaway! I have a seven year old that loves to read and I hope his twin brothers share the same love. This would be great for all of them!
June 29th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I was an English major in college, so this summer I hope to go back and read again, one of the great classics such as Anna Karenina or Wuthering Heights.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
My kids love the Pigeon books, especially, “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!”
July 1st, 2008 at 11:14 am
OK, it’s my grandson’s favorite summer read: How Does a Dinosaur Eat His Food?
July 1st, 2008 at 11:15 am
My son has a number of books that we cycle through – most of them he is learning by heart (and so am I).
July 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
any sports book
July 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
any sports book
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:34 am
Would love to win
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Popular books in our family now are ones with animals
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
My favorite summertime read is something from Stephen King.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Just got done reading the “Thirteenth Tale”…it was good but still looking for a “favorite”
July 4th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I am reading the memoir of Paula Deen – It ain’t all about the cookin and she is so witty. Great Read
July 5th, 2008 at 8:25 am
If you are talking about me then it would have to be Elizabeth George’s new novel – she is my favorite author – adore British mystery writers~
July 5th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
My favorite books are the Beverly Cleary Ramona series. Though my daughter is only fourteen months old, I enjoy reading to her at night about Ramona’s adventures with big sister Beezus.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:04 am
My favorite summer read is Fortunately!
July 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
llama, llama mad at mama is a fave at our house!
July 6th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I’m stuck on Dr. Suess since the kids are home for the summer.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
my 3 year old son loves baseball, right now he is into any book about baseball, especially, h is for homerun
July 6th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
My favorite book to read in the summer is On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
July 7th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Oh we love reading! One of my fav books is The Giver, but when my kids were small the classic Where the Wild Things Are was always a hit. I’d love this bag of goodies for my granddaughter; it’s just perfect! Thanks for the op!
July 7th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
That’s a tough question. I love to read and being a grades 4 and 5 librarian, I’ve read so many children’s books. Some of my favorites were the shadow children books (Among the Hidden series) and The Face on the Milk Carton. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
July 7th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
The kids and I just finished the book Weird Va and are woking on Weird NC. Next we’ll read Weird US.
July 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I love to read “Romancing the Ordinary” by: Sarah Ban Breathnach.
It’s a wonderful read all year round!
July 8th, 2008 at 4:53 am
Anything by Shel Silverstein!
July 8th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Bible
July 8th, 2008 at 8:16 am
We’ve always loved “Its Time For Bed” and “Animal Sounds”
July 8th, 2008 at 11:06 am
favorite child’s book…where the hungry things are!
July 8th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Thank you for sponsoring the giveaway. This would be great for traveling with my grandson.
July 8th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Judy Blume books
July 8th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
There are way too many great books to only have one favorite!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery.
July 9th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Bud Macfarlane’s 3 novels.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
right now I’m reading -All I want for Christmas by Ann Roth
July 9th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
star wars: sacrifice
July 9th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Dr. Seuss always rules around here!
July 9th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
My favorite book is Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See!
July 9th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Dr Seuss is always a favorite of my family. My kids love to read anything they can. I wish I could afford to buy more books. Thanks for the chance to win!!
allenbth3@yahoo.com
July 9th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
It is definitely DR Seuss for my little ones
July 10th, 2008 at 2:36 am
For my daughter, this is the summer of Ender’s Game. For my son, he’s working through every Dr Suess our library has. For me, I just started The Omnivore’s Dilemma. It’s a big family of readers here
(I just realized my husband doesn’t have time to read, he’s been working on our VW bug too much lol)
July 10th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Reading Goodnight Gorilla with the kids
July 10th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I love you this much!
July 10th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I’m enjoying, Not By A longshot by T. D. Thornton.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I am catching up on reading all my Danielle Steeles in between reading with my niece and nephews
July 11th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
My little one’s favorite book is Are you my Mother, Dr Suess. I am reading a J.D. Robb book at current, and my oldest is into anything sci fi.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
My son and I are into the Magic Tree House Series and I have to admit, I am enjoying them as much as him.
July 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
I read my daughter the junie b jones books
July 12th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Classic fairy tales with my granddaughter.
July 12th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Scholastic books are great. My boys love the Harry Potter books.
July 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Wow – a favorite summer read would be impossible for me to pick. Books just last me a couple of days so a summer read would be many, many books!!! I do remember my Mom reading Black Beauty to me when I was small, and that was one of my favorites. Thanks for a great giveaway!
July 12th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
My kids LOVE LOVE books. It is hard to pick just one!
July 12th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Any books about raw foodism are great! Thanks for the contest!
indyfree07@hotmail.com
July 13th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I’m currently reading Nicole Riches “novel”. But I really enjoy reading our classic Pooh collection to my daughter.
July 13th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Mommy’s favorite is anything by James Patterson, my girls love Fancy Nancy!
July 13th, 2008 at 8:18 am
My favorite summer time reads are any books by James Patterson! My daughter loves Dr Suess.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:26 am
My boys are into the Pendragon series right now.
July 13th, 2008 at 9:07 am
I would like the hungry hungry caterpillar for my grandson.
July 13th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Quick reads like James Patterson novels are always a great choice! Thanks!
July 13th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Kids loved Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill
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July 13th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
The popular American Girl series are great summer reads! Thanks!
July 13th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
My favorite reading is any alternate history fiction book. I love “what if” books.
Thank you.
July 13th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
My favorite summer read is Thrush Green by Miss Read
July 13th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I just finished Seabiscuit and loved it!
July 13th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
any mystery book
July 13th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Please, enter me. I’d love to win books for my baby.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
My son loves Eric Carle books.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I love reading the classics during the summer like Dickens.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
The Undomestic Goddess
July 13th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Jane Green books make great beach reads!
July 13th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
The Chronicles of Narnia series
July 13th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
My kids and I love the Harry Potter series!
July 13th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
My daughters have been loving the Eloise series this summer!
July 13th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I’ve started reading my sons the classics… We just finished Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little…
July 13th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
I love the Little Prince.
July 14th, 2008 at 12:12 am
My son and I are reading The Chronicles of Narnia together, which I’ve previously read and enjoyed. (Guess that’s my summer fav.) Our toddler likes all Dora and Princess (Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine, Cinderella, Ariel, etc.) books!
July 14th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Our favorite summer reads for my second oldest daughter are any of the Dear America Books series. We love them.
July 14th, 2008 at 4:29 am
I just started ‘Wicked’. If I win this great prize, my nieces and nephews will be in for a treat.
July 14th, 2008 at 5:31 am
we love dr seuss books
July 14th, 2008 at 7:07 am
all the kids books thanks.
July 14th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Reading Fancy Nancy and holding Fancy Nancy is the best. Count me in to win
July 14th, 2008 at 8:11 am
We LOVE reading the Little Princess. It’s so MEAN and that Sarah Crewes is so GOOD.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am
We’ve been reading disney books this summer
July 14th, 2008 at 9:25 am
My grandson is only 10 months but I’m trying to build a library of books for him so when he’s old enough I can read him stories every night. (He lives with me)
July 14th, 2008 at 9:48 am
We’ve just started reading the Little House books.
July 14th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Cooking with kids
July 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
My daughter just loves all the Junie B Jones books. Thanks for the great giveaway!
July 14th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Great contest, who doesn’t love to read? Ki would be thrilled to have this for Ian. He likes anything you will read to him.
I am currently enjoying rereading some of my Nora Roberts- she’s always a good read.
July 14th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
My daughter loves to read…what a great surprise this would be for her!
July 14th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Fancy Nancy
July 14th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
The Spiderwhick Chronicals
July 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
My oldest son and I just started reading chapter books together. He is now in love with Magic Treehouse books.
Thanks for the great giveaway
July 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I have enjoyed reading Armistead Maupin during the summer.
July 14th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
no favs yet,but always looking!!
July 14th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
i love gardening books
July 14th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Harry Potter
July 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
All the Dr. Seuss books are great!
July 14th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series is a favorite in my house.
July 14th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Right now, I’m reading the Maximum Ride book, by James Patterson and it’s very good. There is 4 books in the series. Thanks for the contest!
July 14th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I love to read Janet Evanovich’s books in the summer–pure wacky entertainment!
July 14th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I recently finished reading a series by Robin Hobb, The Soldier Son Trilogy. Was a great read for the first half of summer
My kids would enjoy this- thanks for the giveaway1
July 14th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
My oldest daughter actually loves for me to read her Junie B. Jones books this summer. We really enjoy reading together.. sometimes my youngest who’s two likes to join us, too.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
my grandson likes the john deere children books!ty 4 the great contest!
July 15th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Summertime is the best time to catch up on my magazines. Sometimes a favorite book is too precious to cart to the beach or stuff in a tote bag.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:39 am
My favorite summer read is The Secret Garden.
January 27th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Nice site you have!
June 1st, 2009 at 4:17 pm
My favorite books are the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer and Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.