So we have our first winner in the Year End Giveaway!
Victoria Sloboda wins a signed copy of My Soul To Take by Rachel Vincent.
She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.
Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next.
Thanks to all who have entered so far--there have been over 300 entries! Wow!
More winners will be announced a week from now; in the meantime, except for Victoria you all can continue to
enter the contest! Remember, you can enter once a day :D
8 more winners will be drawn from US and Canada, 1 winner will be drawn from the International entrants on 12/25/2010.
And if you'd like to do some good with your mouse or trackpad today, give us a click over at the Book by Book page on Pepsi Refresh:
Bloggers, you can get this handy dandy widget for your page, too. Just follow the link.We need your vote every day to make it into the top 2 and win the grant. So vote, share, and vote again!
Books About Fire Safety, Fire Fighters and Fire!
Don't you love that there are books on every subject? And that stories and books and reading and text all relate to things in real life?
A new friend of mine, Stephanie Goodman of
Safety Mom Enterprises, is part of the nationwide effort to draw attention to Fire Safety Month (October). Any of you with children should be especially interested since, during the coming month, in most schools, children will be hearing about what to do in case of a fire.
I thought it might be fun to share a few book titles with you on the subject of fire, firefighters (and, in a few cases, fire safety) and then provide some important information from Stephanie to help you make sure you know what to do in your home if a fire breaks out.
Big Frank's Fire Truck by Leslie McGuire (ages 4-8)
Firefighters A to Z by Chris Demesest (ages 3-6)
I Want to Be A Firefighter by Dan Liebman (ages 4-7)
Fire Drill by Paul DuBois Jacobs (ages 4-8)
Fire Fighters to the Rescue by Bobbie Kalman (ages 4-8)
Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms by Christine McClain (ages 4-8)
The Buddy Files: The Case of the Fire Alarm by Dori Butler and Jeremy Tugeau (ages 8-10)
Fire Horses by Margaret Fetty (ages 9-12)
Wildfire Run by Dee Garrettson (ages 9-12)
Forgotten Fire by Adam Baqdasian (ages 14+)
Fahrenheit 541 by Ray Bradbury (ages teen to adult)
Playing with Fire by Melody Carlson (young adult)
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan (young adult to adult)
TIPS ON FIRE SAFETY - AN EMERGENCY EVALUATION PLAN
October is fire safety month, and most schools will be talking to our kids about what to do in case of a fire. But how many of us really practice this at home? How many of us have taken a few moments to read the instructions on our fire extinguisher? Would you know how to use it in a fire?
Take some time in the coming weeks and put together an emergency evacuation plan and practice it! Here are some additional tips to keep in mind:
- Having properly installed smoke alarms cut the chances of dying in a reported fire by half. Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside every sleeping area and on every level of the home. Consider purchasing one with an escape light built in as well. Put a note on the calendar to test the smoke alarm on the first of every month.
- Be sure to place specially designed stickers from the fire department on the window of each child’s bedroom which will alert fire fighters that a child could be present in that room.
A DREAM
For 6 months now I've been working on a project with the Region IV Head Start Association's Executive Director, Myra Ingram. Talk about inspiring! I've visited Head Start classrooms, talked with parents and teachers and children and today we have a chance to make a bigger dream real.
My company, TLA, Inc., and Region IV Head Start Association are teaming up now for the Pepsi Refresh Project, Parents everywhere can relate to the idea that moms and dads want the very best for their child. And in Head Starts across the SE, we have a chance to build upon what is already happening with family engagement to bring a new level of partnership between home and school.Learn more by visiting the Pepsi Refresh Pages for this project, watching the video and then voting. Take a few minutes to then help us spread the word as broadly as possible (I'm telling EVERYONE on the earth that I know!)There are several ways you can participate and make this dream possible:1) Visit The BIG 3 LITERACY PROJECTto vote personally for the project (a quick registration is all you need). Then bookmark the site and put a reminder on your phone or calendar to vote daily (30 votes are possible for this one project per person - one a day. 2) Share this blog or the link through social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and others. Your connections plus ours make for great numbers. Encourage as many of your friends as possible to vote daily as well. When you see someone else Tweeting this voting, retweet them too!3) Offer voting by texting (all regular texting fees apply): Text* 102675 to Pepsi (73774). Again, daily votes prompted by a calendar reminder are great. If you'd like an email remainder, request same by emailing TLA. 4) Reach your best friends, collagues and the nonprofit agencies (including Head Starts) throughout the SE states of AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN - they'll be learning about this opportunity to impacts them directly soon if they haven't already gotten the word. Let's get everyone on the bandwagon to vote daily.
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Congratulations Victoria! Enjoy!