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Happy New Year from Hedgehog Books!
Congratulations to Belinda in Leola, Pennsylvania and Laura in Wainwright, Alaska, winners in our last two Hedgie Tshirt giveaways!
We have another Hedgie Tshirt drawing running - the winners will be selected
on January 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!
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Hedgie's Cash for Schools: We've just 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.
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.
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.
Recommended this month (For Babies/Toddlers)
Sing a Song of Piglets
What fun! Eve Bunting's charming text and Caldecott Medalist Emily McCully's adorable illustrations join forces to create a delightful calendar in verse. Here's a cozy book just begging to be read aloud to little ones 18 months to 4 years old. Don't be surprised if they chime right in.
Recommended this month (For Young Readers)
The Broken Cat
If you are looking for the perfect book about love, families and intergenerational support to say nothing of cats, look no further. Innovative, authentic, and absolutely pitch-perfect, this beautifully illustrated and fascinating story presents a family's poignant and funny moments which lead to understanding and healing. This is a book that can change the way you look at the world. Perfect to read aloud to children 4 to 8.
Recommended this month (For Fluent Readers)
Stand Tall
This poignant story is packed with memorable characters and Bauer's trademark humor. It's about finding purpose in tough times...and it's about a boy's giant heart, not his giant size, making him a hero. It's also about family, friendship and wisdom. This is one GREAT book! Perfect for students 10-14.
Reading Tip From Hedgie
We often get questions on how to get an older child to read. Reading aloud to kids of any age is a good start, but it's sometimes hard to pin down teens and pre-teens long enough to get them interested in a story. Plus, in general, as they enter middle school and certainly high school, they can start reading 'grownup books' so choosing the right book can be a real challenge.
Something that has works well is to find a novel on a topic that they're interested in. These should be screened by you for inappropriate topics, but for example, if they've seen a movie that's intriguing, we know the book was so much better. Similarly, my teenage daughter was angry about the world's treatment of the environment so we gave her Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. This not only showed her different perspectives of why people can't just clean up the world, it gave her an appreciation for organic farming and sustainable agriculture. So, look for a topic they find interesting, locate a book (we can help), and challenge them to become more informed!
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.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress This is a wonderful tale of two teenage boys who are taken from the city and their 'intellectual' families under Mao's re-education program. They somehow adapt to the rural farming and mining community, but use their imagination, music, and determination to succeed to rise above the 'prison' in which they find themselves.
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.
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Until next month,
Hedgie
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