Sunday, May 11, 2014

Children's Book Week Giveaway Hop ~ Ends 5/18


This blog hop is hosted by
I love seeing my children read!

Up for grabs is the following book:


Island of the Blue Dolphins

Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.

Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply.

More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

In celebration of the book's 50th anniversary, this edition has a stunning new look, and an introduction by Lois Lowry, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars.



To enter the giveaway:

*Mandatory-  Leave a comment telling me how to contact you if you are the winner.

*Extra-  Follow my blog or Facebook Page and leave a second comment telling me that you do :)

The giveaway will run until 11:59pm EST, May 18, 2014.  The winner will be emailed on May 19th.

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30 comments:

  1. Hello, if I happen to be the winner of this fabulous book please email me at anishinaabekgardens@aim. com

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  2. I have also liked your Facebook page and my name there is Esperanza Garcia Gailliard. Thank You!

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  3. I am not entering. I just wanted to say this is a great book!

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  4. Would love to read this book. Thanks, mch266@sbcglobal.net

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  5. You can contact me via eMail: bookaholicholly at gmail dot com

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  6. I am following you for blog as Diana Montgomery
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  7. signed up for email
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  8. You can contact me at hebrews132hba@gmail.com.

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  9. I am following your blog!! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  10. If I am the winner, you may contact me at babyblue@windstream.net.

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  11. I follow you on FB as Cheryl Rahkonen

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  12. My niece needs to read this book! :D I remember enjoying it so much at her age!
    I follow your blog via GFC as Samantha Deen
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  13. If I am lucky enough to win you can reach me at faramena at gmail dot com

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  14. I Love this book!
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  15. I follow your blog worley(dot)la(at)gmail(dot)com

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  16. My niece would love this book! kimbers10[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  17. I follow via GFC (kimbers10) kimbers10[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  18. I love reading newbery novels, i hope to win this one.
    my email: arimifauziyyah@gmail.com

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  19. Now i'm following your blog updates via email.
    thanks for hosting the giveaway :)

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  20. The Island of the Blue Dolphins was one of my favorite stories when I was little. My email is duckyrie@yahoo.com

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  21. I would love to win
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  22. You can contact me at ringette30(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  23. Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
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  24. I follow by email: elizabeth@bookattict.com

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  25. This was one of my favorite books when I was a child.Thanks for hosting the giveaway.my email is betta_grl@hotmail.com

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  26. Thank you for this giveaway! You can contact me at tomegnome5@gmail.com

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  27. I follow you by email. Tomegnome5@gmail.com

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  28. This is great! You can find me at belle.books117@gmail.com

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  29. I loved this book when I was a kid! I don't think my nieces have read it, I would love to win it to pass along to them.

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