Winner -- Back-to-School Giveaway

Thank you for participating in the Big Back-to-School Giveaway! 

And thanks to random.org for selecting the winner of ALL of the following prizes:

• An autographed hardcover of OLIVIA BEAN, TRIVIA QUEEN
• Signed paperback copies of HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL and AS IF BEING 12-3/4 ISN'T BAD ENOUGH, MY MOTHER IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!
• A FREE 30-minute Skype visit with the author
• 30 signed Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen bookmarks
• A $25 gift card for Books-A-Million 

Congratulations to . . . NATALIE DIAZ LORENZI, who happens to be an educator and an author and is working toward becoming a full-time school librarian.

If you were not selected, you can still schedule a free 10-15 minute Q & A Skype visit, arrange a fun-filled, memorable author visit, get FREE reading/activity guides, find election-themed links for students and more at my web site, WWW.DONNAGEPHART.COM.

Thank you for stopping by and here's hoping you have an AWESOME year!

BIG BACK-TO-SCHOOL GIVEAWAY!

Welcome back!

To start the year off right and because I appreciate what you do, I'm hosting a BIG GIVEAWAY.  I'm also offering two helpful activity/reading guides to use in the classroom.

For FREE activity/reading guides for OLIVIA BEAN, TRIVIA QUEEN and HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, click HERE.

"This tale will have readers cheering for the resilient, resourceful Olivia." -- Kirkus, STARRED review

"This funny, tender novel . . . is relatable and compulsively readable." -- Publisher's Weekly; Starred reviews from Kirkus & School Library Journal; Nominated for NY, TX, IL & LA state reading lists

FOR YOUR ELECTION CONNECTION . . .

“Timely, funny and written in a great voice.” -- Children's Book World; Winner of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award for funniest children's novel of the year.

Share these presidential links with your students and use this political word search with your class.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL GIVEAWAY . . .

One winner will receive ALL of the following prizes:

• An autographed hardcover of OLIVIA BEAN, TRIVIA QUEEN
• Signed paperback copies of HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL and AS IF BEING 12-3/4 ISN'T BAD ENOUGH, MY MOTHER IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!
• A FREE 30-minute Skype visit with the author
• 30 signed Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen bookmarks
• A $25 gift card for Books-A-Million 

To enter, leave a comment below and mark your calendar to CHECK BACK Monday, September 10th, when the winner will be announced. 

Please share this blog post with your favorite educators and librarians.  Thank you!

And have an inspired year!!! 

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL CONTEST

Teachers, media specialists and librarians . . .

Win one of two personally autographed, hardback copies of HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL for your classroom or library.



Or win the GRAND PRIZE -- A SKYPE visit with the author up to 45-minutes ($200 value) plus a personally autographed, hardcover copy of HOW TO SURVIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL and an autographed, paperback copy of AS IF BEING 12 3/4 ISN'T BAD ENOUGH, MY MOTHER IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT! for your classroom or library.



To enter, share the title of your favorite middle grade or young adult novel in the comments section below. (I entered the first comment as an example.)

Annoying Rule:

1) One entry per person.


Annoying Request:

1) To reach as many teachers, librarians and media specialists as possible, please blog, tweet, FB, e-mail and send smoke signals about this contest.

HURRY! The contest expires at midnight E.S.T. Monday September 20th (which is my dad's 83rd birthday).

REMEMBER to check back a couple days after the contest ends to see who WON!