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October Newsletter
The Holidays are Upon Us!
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 Kate DiCamillo's latest, The Tale of Despereaux. For details and to enter, click here.
Congratulations to all of our Raising A Reader winners: Cheryl of Jacksonville, Florida, Cynthia of Seabeck, Washington, Janice of Delano, Minnesota, and Connie of Sedro Woolley, Washington!
Recent Tshirt winners were Margaret of Westville, Illinois and Theresa of Florida, New York.
We have another Hedgie Tshirt drawing running - the winners will be selected
on October 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)
Good Night, Gorilla
This perfect package will give kids the opportunity to cuddle up with an adorable plush gorilla while they are enjoying his secret bedtime antics! Kindly characters...both human and not, minimal text and bright illustrations make this story of a zookeeper saying good night to the animals quite irresistible! Don't be too surprised if your little one asks you to read this again and again! Perfect for little ones, ages 1 to 4.
Recommended this month (For Young Readers)
One Dark Night
Our test audience was entirely captivated with this tale of unlikely friendships. They loved following Mouse and Mole as they ventured through the moonlit woods, and were thrilled by the story's slightly scarier moments. If you are so inclined, an added pleasure for the children is to use smaller voices for Mouse (brave, yet small) and Mole (very timid) and a BIG voice for the bear. What a great read-aloud treat! A read-aloud treat for ages 3 to 7.
Recommended this month (For Fluent Readers)
The Field Guide
My students LOVE this series! THE FIELD GUIDE is the first in The Spiderwick Chronicles...an exciting, suspenseful series with likable, realistic characters...and superb illustrations of the highlights of the story. Add to that a bit of faerie fun, and you have magic! Great for ages 8 to 11.
Reading Tip From Hedgie
At this time each year, I like to surround my children with stories of the changing season. Books of autumn poetry, slightly scary stories, and tales of farm and harvest 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.
The Dive From Clauson's Pier This is the story of a young woman of 23 who has grown up and gone to school and college in Madison, Wisconsin. She is engaged to her high school sweetheart but is dissatisfied with their relationship. When he is rendered a quadriplegic in a diving accident during a Memorial Day outing, she has to decide what to do with her life.
As we see her grow and understand herself and her motivations, we also learn why most of us don't just pursue our dreams without regard to others.
My teenage daughter recently asked why I couldn't just leave my job and go do what I want - enjoy the rest of my life rather than working so hard. I suggested she read this book.
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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