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June Newsletter
Keep Your Kids Reading!
Harry Potter and Tshirt Giveaways
Every week, we're giving away free copies of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. For details and to enter, click here. Due to popular demand, we're extending the drawings past June 21st - enter every week.
Congratulations to Karyn of Chino Hills,
Vladimir of Chicago, Illinos,
Nicholas of Pembroke Pines, Florida, and
Kathryn of Columbus, Ohio who all won copies over the past few weeks.
Recent Tshirt winners were Jacqueline in Los Angeles, California, and Melia in Leicester, New York.
We have another Hedgie Tshirt drawing running - the winners will be selected
on June 15th. If you'd like to enter, click
here. Or, take a look at our cute
Hedgie Tshirts and help promote reading aloud to children!
Hedgie Information
If you missed recent newsletters, you may be interested to know that we announced the Hedgie Award winners for the best books of 2002 - A Story for Bear won the Best Read-aloud Picture Book for 2002, and The Sands of Time won the Best Read-aloud Chapter Book for 2002.
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Hedgie's Cash for Schools: We recently launched Hedgie's Cash for Schools. We saw that other programs only paid schools 1-2% of purchases (after administrative fees), so we have set up a program where any purchases you make from www.hedgehogbooks.com will pay 10% to the school or district of your choice - with no administrative fees. For more information on how to sign up your school, click here.
Recommended this month (For Babies/Toddlers)
Hey Diddle Diddle
When James Marshall takes on Mother Goose, you know you're in for hilarity! Along with this timeless nursery rhyme, toddlers and their parents will savor the sly silliness in the pictures in this durable board book, perfectly sized for small hands, ages 1 to 4.
Recommended this month (For Young Readers)
Bear Wants More
We liked this one even more than the first book, BEAR SNORES ON! This time, bear has woken up after his long winter's sleep. How Bear's friends help him to finally satisfy his HUGE hunger in a most surprising way will enchant young readers. Karma Wilson's rhythmic text and Jane Chapman's vibrant illustrations (Check out the animals' expressions!) make BEAR WANTS MORE a perfect springtime read-aloud for ages 3 to 7, and it's a wonderful choice for classroom bear units!
Recommended this month (For Fluent Readers)
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
Wow! This one flies off the shelf in my classroom. Well worth the wait, this is book #3 in the Artemis Fowl series, and arguably the best one yet. It's a thrilling tug of war between good and evil...and it will keep you on the edge of your seat as you become a part of a fantasy world only Eoin Colfer could create. Ideal for ages 9 and up...and I am including adults as well!
Reading Tip From Hedgie
Summer is finally upon us. For many people, that means no school...and vacation! Of course you are also making plans to keep the children entertained, and I am asking you to include one very important thing: READING! Studies show that many children who don't read over summer vacation actually lose much of what they learned the year before. As a teacher, it is very frustrating to watch the gains made over a school year be erased by taking a vacation from reading. Please don't let this happen to your child. Have your children pick books that interest them and make sure your child reads at least five days out of the week. You'll be glad you did!
What? Another Book Report?!
Our
Grade level reading lists can
help you and your children choose the right books.
Great Books for Me Too?
Research has proven how important it is
to model reading to children. Now
at Hedgehog Books we've made that even easier. Check out our
Techie's Grown-up Books Page.
Eat Cake This is a delicious tale of a housewife who must become a lot more to save her family both financially and emotionally. I loved this book. Perhaps it's because it parallels events in my own family, but it is smart, funny, and creates hope out of what looks like a hopeless situation.
Have you got a question for Hedgie?
Don't forget our "
Ask a Teacher " page. Hedgie's
professional teaching staff is there to answer all of your literary questions.
Hedgie loves to help!
A Note to Teachers: We know you don't have much time, but if you get the inclination, we now welcome teacher reviews for all of our books. If Hedgie hasn't done a review, a teacher review will be selected at random to be the main review. Put in your two cents about what students should read! Just go to the book you want to review and Add A Teacher's Review (Note, you don't have to fill out the entire form - pick the sections that are right for your review).
Thinking of sending books as gifts? On our checkout form, we've added the option to include a short message to the recipient of the books.
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www.greatergood.com a percentage
of your purchase can be donated to the charity of your choice including The
Breast Cancer Site, Hunger Site, and The Rainforest Site. At
www.ebates.com you'll get back
cash with every purchase you make from Hedgehogbooks.
Until next month,
Hedgie
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