I’ve been meaning to post this giveaway for almost a month now!! Look for more giveaways to come, because I have a whole desk full of stuff!
Over the past seven years, Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories has given away more than 35 million children’s books by distributing them FREE inside cereal boxes and has donated nearly $3 million to First Book, their non-profit partner, which provides books to children from low-income families.
In addition to encouraging children to read, Cheerios is looking for anyone interested in writing children’s books. Now in its third year, the Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories New Author Contest is a way to encourage previously unpublished, up-and-coming children’s book authors and to continue to nurture a love of reading. Entries are being accepted March 16 through July 15, 2009 and will be judged on appropriate story and content for children ages 3-8, emotional connection, writing quality, uniqueness, and read-aloud potential. More details on the contest can be found at http://www.spoonfulsofstoriescontest.com/.
I was thrilled to get 4 of the cutest books distributed by Cheerios, courtesy of MyBlogSpark. I think our favorite was Duck For President, but we loved them all! Two of the books were written in both Spanish and English, so it gave us a mini-opportunity to learn some Spanish!
Best of all, I have another set of these 4 books to give away!
How can you win?
Just leave a comment here letting me know your favorite book from childhood (or your favorite book to read to your children. Make sure that you use a valid email when leaving your comment (will only be seen by me) so taht I can contact you if you are the winner.
Giveaway will remain open until Sunday June 28th at 8:00pm at which point I will pick a winner using Random.org
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Subscribe to my email updates or RSS feed and let me know that you did so by leaving an additional comment. If you are already a subscriber, leave a separate comment letting me know that as well!
Good luck! (and sit down and read a book to your child as soon as you enter!)
One of my favorites is “I Love You Stinky Face”. I’ve been reading it to DS before he was ever born:)
jENNIFER: wE hAVE THAT BOOK AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY!! (Sorry bout the caps) I’m not sure a favorite book, becsue I love them all. I think it’d have to be “The Monster at the End of the Book” or “The Poky Little Puppy”
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My favorite book as a child was The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter and I now love reading it to my daughters.
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My favorite story was “Where the wild things are” but my little girl’s favorite is “Bear Hugs” because it’s the only book that isn’t a board book!
Good Night Moon
My favorite Dr. Seuss’ ” Green Eggs and Ham”!
My favorite books to read my kids are the “The woman who ate the ______” Bat, Cat, etc. I know we have one for halloween where she eats a spider and a summer one where she eats a crab. I just think they are really cute fun books.
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My favourite childhood book was a Holly Hobby poetry book. I love reading Mouse of My Heart, Bears in the Night, and Sometimes I like to Curl Up in a Ball to my kiddos when they are little. When they are older we like reading Chronicles of Narnia and The Secret Garden…
Wow. There’s about a hundred more I could name. I’ll stop here. Thanks for the contest!
My favorite childhood book was Are You My Mother. My Favorite to read with my son is Llama Llama Red Pajama
Hi Mindi,
I subscribe to your feed…please enter me in the contest. I love the book I’ll Love you Forever.
My Favorite Childhood book was “Where the Wild Things Are”! Thank you for entering me in the contest!
My Favorite Childhood book was “Where the Wild Things Are”! Thank you for entering me in the contest!!!
I always loved all the Babar books when I was a kid.
I like Green Eggs and Ham. Yes, I like them Sam-I-am!
i would love a book! i love your site and would love to win a book
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My favorite book to read to my girls is anything Dr. Seuss. Mine as a child was Where The Wild Things Are.
my absolute fav book growing up was Where the Sidewalk Ends! I love reading the Mother Goose books to my little boy!!
Hey Mindi: My all time favorite book is “Guess How Much I Love You?” by Sam McBratney. The relationship portrayed by little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare is so accurate, just like a Mom and her child. I adore how the baby hare always tries to outdo his parent’s love for him/her but in the end the parent gets the last word by saying, “I love you right uo to the moon and back”, representing that unconditional, neverending love a parent feels for their child.
My kids love the book, “Why is Blue Dog Blue?” We checked it out from the library and then bought it for my youngest son for Christmas b/c he loved it so much. My oldest son loves any Clifford books.
So hard to choose just one! My favorites to read to my 4-year-old include I Love You, Stinky Face, Pinkalicious & its sequel Purplicious, The Brown-Bag Princess.
My favorites as a kid included the Pippi Longstocking series; Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; Dr. Doolittle series; all of Ruth Chew’s books (I have an autographed letter from her that included a custom-drawn witch just for me) … I know there were others I loved and read again and again, but I’m drawing a blank now!
Thanks for entering me in the giveaway!
My favorite book as a kid was “Green Eggs and Ham.” My sons love for me to read “Are You My Mother?” I have the book memorized, and so do they. But they still never get tired of it.
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I love books, and I’m so thrilled my daughter does too. When I asked her yesterday what she would wish for if she had three wishes (we’d just watched an episode of Dragon Tales about that theme), she said books, books, and lots more books! She takes after her mom.
I’ve always loved Corduroy…….and now I read it to my two boys……..
mine is one I got from those very same Cheerios giveaways before my kids were born, its Marsupial Sue by John Lithgow – its cute and has a great message.
My favorite as a kid… Peter Rabbit
We love The Hungry Caterpillar. I loved it when I was a kid, and I have a toddler and preschooler who adore it now
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My favorite book as a child was The Giving Tree. I bought the 25th anniversary edition for my son when he was born (it really made me feel old that the book was 25 years old!).
I finally got around to subscribing via myAOL!
My favorite book to read my kids is Guess How Much I Love You. So sweet.
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My favorite children’s book is “The Sneetches” by Dr. Suess. Thanks for entering me in the contest.
Margie
Forgot to say that I am a subscriber!
Hello ~
My favorite childhood book…it’s hard to narrow it down to one but Harold With the Purple Crayon and The ‘B’ Book are both in a close heat.
What a fun contest!
I loved “where the wild things are”
“The Little Match Girl”
My boys love the Skippy John Jones books.. thanks for the chance!
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My alltime favorite children’s book is “But No Elephants” by Jerry Smath. And I love that now my own kids love the book too. So much so that they read it like a play – complete with parts assigned to each child and with funny voices.
Great giveaway!
I love, love, love the cheerios books! My favorite children’s book was “Free to be You and Me”.
I loved to read a Kitten for Kim when I was little but now my son makes me read Scooby Doo books every night!
I love to read books by Laura Numeroff to my kids… books like “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie”
We looove goodnight Gorilla here!
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GoodNight Moon.
My favorite book from childhood is the Little House series. Right now my granddaughter likes Olivia.
my favorite book when I was a child was called Amelia Bedilla and Madeline
My favorite book when I was a child was Cat and The Hat ” i don’t like green eggs and ham”!