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February Newsletter
It's cold out there. Curl up with the kids and a great book!
We've got the finalists for the Hedgie Awards, the best Read Aloud books of 2003. We hope to announce the winning selections by the next newsletter. The Newbery and Caldecotts are out and we're pleased that they have selected some of our featured books. For our list of current and past award winners, click here.
Book-of-the-Month and Tshirt Giveaways
Every week, we're giving away free copies of Hedgie's Book-of-the-Month. This month it's Mordecal Gernstein's The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. For details and to enter, click here.
Congratulations to all of our Get Well, Good Knight winners: Michelle of Sacramento, California, Ted of Cambridge, Minnesota, and Cheryl of Allison Park, Pennsylvania!
Recent Tshirt winners were Terry of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, Sharon of Hopatcong, New Jersey, and Laurel of Clarksville, Arkansas!
We have another Hedgie Tshirt drawing running - the winners will be selected
on February 15th. If you'd like to enter, click
here. Or, buy one of our cute Hedgie Tshirts and help promote reading aloud to children!
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Recommended this month (For Babies/Toddlers)
Tails Matthew Van Fleet's lovable menagerie features furry tails, spiny tails, shiny tails, and tails that wag--all designed to inspire and withstand hours of interactive play. While pulling tabs and opening gatefolds, those tail tuggers can also learn to count from one to ten. Tails is so full of action and fun that even parents will revel in repeated readings.
Recommended this month (For Young Readers)
Diary of a Worm
This is the diary . . . of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not that different from you or me: He lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn't have legs, he just can't do the hokey pokey -- no matter how hard he tries. Oh, and his head looks a lot like his rear end. From the author of Click, Clack, Moo and Giggle, Giggle, Quack, comes this hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller.
Recommended this month (For Fluent Readers)
Spring-Heeled Jack
This one's a big hit in my classroom! It's a great choice for readers who are a tad timid about reading chapter books...but many fluent readers gravitate towards it because of the sheer fun in the reading. What's so intriguing is the use of comic book style illustrations to help carry the story along. A real crowd pleaser from a first-rate storyteller.
Reading Tip From Hedgie
Reading aloud can be a great way to both connect as a family and help develop your children's self confidence. Once your children begin to read themselves, encourage them to take on a role in the story. Take turns reading aloud and encourage them to provide voices, sounds and actions that fit the characters. Turn reading time into family theatre. It's a great way to encourage creativity!
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. At Hedgehog Books we've made that even easier. Check out our
Techie's favorite Grown-up Books.
Deception Point Deception Point is a superb thriller, one of the best I've read in years. In this lightning-paced adventure, an Arctic discovery of unimaginable consequence belies a sinister political conspiracy. I appreciated the sparing violence, and the combination of high tech thriller with political intrigue. Obviously, Dan Brown really hit his stride when he combined these features with historical conspiracies in the Catholic Church, but I must say that I liked Deception Point even better than The DaVinci Code.
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.
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.
Until next month,
Hedgie
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