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November Newsletter
Holiday Shopping is Here!
Be sure to check out our
Grade level reading lists and our
Top Ten (by reading ability) Lists to help you choose great books for your special children!
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 Michael Hoeye's new paperback version of The Sands of Time. For details and to enter, click here.
Congratulations to all of our The Tale of Despereaux winners: Helen of Charlotte, North Carolina, Stephanie of Akron, Ohio, and Mary of Chuckey, Tennessee!
Recent Tshirt winners were Joanna of Louisville, Kentucky and Julie of Cleveland, Ohio.
We have another Hedgie Tshirt drawing running - the winners will be selected
on November 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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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)
You Can Do It, Sam
In their third story about Sam and Mrs. Bear, Amy Hest and Anita Jeram capture a child's simple joy of giving -- and a quiet moment of confidence that will warm the coldest winter day. Simply adorable! For ages 2 to 5.
Recommended this month (For Young Readers)
Olivia and the Missing Toy
The porcine recipient of a 2001 Caldecott Honor Award makes her third appearance in a deliciously funny story that's sure to strike a chord in preschoolers everywhere. Olivia has one special toy that she adores -- a stuffed animal that she has tea with, and wheels around in a stroller, and takes everywhere. But one day it strangely... inexplicably...tragically!...vanishes. Olivia is completely distraught. Who is the culprit? Perfect for ages 3 to 7.
Recommended this month (For Fluent Readers)
Inkheart
Cornelia Funke pays homage to books and book lovers everywhere in her latest suspenseful page-turner, INKHEART. And what an incredible mystery it is! A chilling story within a story, INKHEART begs to be devoured! For ages 10 and up.
Reading Tip From Hedgie
At this time each year, I suggest you surround your children with stories of the season. Books of winter poetry and tales that illuminate the importance of this season enrich their lives and make for very fond memories as years go by. Check out our Holiday Books. You can even search for specific Holidays within this list!
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 Grown-up Books Page.
Pushing 30 If you need something light and funny that you can relate to, this is the book. It's the story of a young lawyer in Washington, DC who hates her job, dumps her boyfriend, and falls in love with a famous news anchor. The style is breezy, the characters are well-drawn, and though a bit predictable, this is a fun fast read.
If you want something heavier and literary with superb characterizations of several excellent characters and some truly amazing surprises, you'll love
The Human Stain. It's definitely not a book for children or teenagers, and it's much better than the upcoming film.
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.
Hedgie's Friends
Be sure to visit all of Hedgie's friends!
By shopping at
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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