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Right on time for back to school, KidLit TV is teaming up with Pragmatic Mom, Jump into a Book, Franticmommy and Multicultural Children’s Book Day to give parents, teachers, and librarians a chance to win a multicultural book bundle for their school library.

School libraries play an integral role in the life of students. Many students can cite their school library as a place where a love of reading and learning is fortified. Throughout the country, budgets for school programs are being slashed, school libraries have been heavily hit. Hours for library time are cut in some schools, and non-existent in others. Furthermore, the tight budget impacts a school librarian’s ability to secure funds to purchase new books.

Starting today, September 15th and through September 30th you can enter to win a curated bundle of multicultural books featuring StoryMakers guests and additional kid lit authors.

Watch this fun video, to see some of the kid lit your school library can win!

Books featured in the giveaway bundle include:
The Whale in My Swimming Pool by Joyce Wan
Beauty and The Beast by Pat Cummings
The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
Gone Crazy In Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Seeds of Friendship by Michael Foreman
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat

PLUS three more to be announced soon!

Current and former librarians share why they believe school libraries are essential:

Happiest is the school that provides its children with access to information in all its myriad forms and has a professional on hand to help direct them. — Betsy Bird
Collection Development Manager, Evanston Public Library
School Library Journal (Fuse8)

Every child should have access to a school library accessible throughout the school day and well-stocked with materials to engage, entertain, educate, and inspire. — Matthew Winner
Library Media Specialist
The Busy Librarian
Let’s Get Busy Podcast

As a retired school librarian, I certainly know the importance of school libraries. With more and more school librarians being eliminated it is of the utmost importance that we advocate and publicize the important role they play. — Rocco Staino
Contributing Editor, School Library Journal
Director, Empire State Center for the Book
Host, KidLit TV’s StoryMakers

Here’s how it works:

• Enter to win via the Rafflecopter widget below.
• Winners are chosen randomly. We’ll notify all winners via email.
• You’ll give us the name of your librarian, and address of your school library.
• We’ll send the books to your school library, in your name!

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Entrants must be at least 13 years old and reside in the United States

More than 60 education and library research studies have produced clear evidence that school library programs staffed by qualified school librarians have a positive impact on student academic achievement. Yet, many students are returning to school without a resource essential for success: a strong school library program lead by a certified school librarian. — I Love Libraries

We couldn’t have done this without wonderful publishers who’ve graciously donated books. Please give a round of applause to the publishers participating our giveaway!
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
HarperCollins
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Candlewick Press
Abrams Books
Dreamscape Media
Dial Books

Want to increase your library’s chances of winning? SHARE this post with other librarians, parents and educators in your area!

ABOUT
Pragmatic Mom
Pragmatic Mom was born of several circumstances; one child’s lackluster academic year, a mishap during a reading session, and realizing it was okay for a mom to love kid lit more than adult fiction. Mia Wenjen chronicles her family’s journey through education, parenting, and children’s literature via Pragmatic Mom. Mia is a leader in literacy and parenting. She is one of the co-founders of Multicultural Children’s Book Day.

Connect with Pragmatic Mom on Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Jump into a Book
Jump into a Book (JIAB) is a site about the love of children’s books and how they can be incorporated into our everyday lives through play, crafting, cooking, movies, games, traveling and author visits. At JIAB, they strive to pull books off shelves and stories off pages to create reading experiences for families. Amazon and iTunes best-selling author and founder of Audrey Press, Valarie Budayr is a play and reading advocate, whose mission is to inspire children, families, and communities to experience and create a world together through books while having fun.

Connect with Jump into a Book on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Franticmommy
Rebecca Flansburg (a.k.a Franticmommy), is a freelance writer, blogger and virtual assistant. Franticmommy.com, is filled with laughter and love about the joys of parenthood. Rebecca is also committed to helping women realize their work-from-home dreams, enjoying life beyond the cubicle, and find clarity in the work/life/family balance.

Connect with Franticmommy on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Multicultural Children’s Book Day’s (MCCBD) mission is to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these of books into classrooms and libraries.Children’s reading and play advocates Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom have teamed up to create an ambitious (and much needed) national event. On January 27th, 2014 Jump into a Book and Pragmatic Mom presented the very first Multicultural Children’s Book Day as a way of celebrating diversity in children’s books. The results and support overwhelming as authors, publishers, parents, teachers, bloggers and librarians joined forces to offer up an online event designed to shine the spotlight on diversity in children’s literature.

Connect with Multicultural Children’s Book Day on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

KidLit TV
KidLit TV is a community of authors, illustrators, educators, and parents all working together to bring great books to kids. We hope to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives. Click here for more.

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If you’re visiting the National Writing for Children Center for the first time, be sure to read the information about this week’s Book Giveaway. It’s in the right sidebar of the homepage. The book we’re giving away to one lucky winner this week is The Tale of Miss Spider Who Spun Her WEb by Mieke Blommestein.

We also have a new Book Bundle Giveaway for educators only. Find out more about this great Giveaway in the right sidebar of the homepage, too.

And, we’re looking for classroom teachers and school librarians to apply for the NWFCC Adopt-a-School Program. Find out more about that here now.

Oh, and if you’re a children’s book author yourself, listen to the replay of the Book Bites for Kids episode hosted by Donna McDine to find out about all the great promotional activities offered to each of the authors showcased here each month. The player for this chat is right here:

Have a super day reading, writing, and talking about what you read with your children and your students!

Suzanne Lieurance
Founder, Director
The National Writing for Children Center

If you’re visiting the National Writing for Children Center for the first time, be sure to read the information about this week’s Book Giveaway. It’s in the right sidebar of the homepage. The book we’re giving away to one lucky winner this week is Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach by Dianne de Las Casas. This book comes with a poster, bookmark, and postcard. This cute book is bound to be treasured by any child who is lucky enough to receive it.

We also have a new Book Bundle Giveaway for educators only. Find out more about this great Giveaway in the right sidebar of the homepage, too.

Later this week, we’ll also be giving the details for our new NWFCC Adopt-a-School Program.

Be sure to read the new article from Simon Rose today in the “Simon Says” column. And there is another great new teaching tips article from contributing editor Amy O”Quinn in the “Tips for Teachers and Parents” section.

Be sure the watch the fun and interesting book trailers in the right sidebar of the homepage, too, to get a better feel for some of the many wonderful books showcased here this month.

And, if you’ve read Good Night, Little Sea Otter by Janet Halfmann, please leave a comment at the “Let’s Talk about the Book” page. Then, listen to Book Bites for Kids, tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at 2:00 Central time, when Janet will talk about this book and her other new picture book, Fur and Feathers.

Oh, and if you’re a children’s book author yourself, listen to the replay of the Book Bites for Kids episode hosted by Donna McDine to find out about all the great promotional activities offered to each of the authors showcased here each month. The player for this chat is right here:

Have a super day reading, writing, and talking about what you read!

Suzanne Lieurance
Founder, Director
The National Writing for Children Center