Share a Story-Shape a Future: Our Winners ...

Actually all of us are winners, don't you think? I will do a wrap-up post here in a little bit, but I want to first say

THANK YOU!! 

to everyone who hosted, wrote about, tweeted about, talked about, drew logos for, or sponsored a piece of our Share a Story - Shape a Future blog tour. It was a wonderful week, and I hope that you found encouragement, inspiration, or reassurance in your own reading journey and in helping children with theirs.

Over at There's a Book  Danielle announced the winners of the Itty-Bitty-Bookworm curriculum giveaways. Congratulations to the Summit County Integrated Preschool in Newberry, which one years one and two of the curriculum. If you didn't know, Tara was so touched by each of the stories offered by the applicants that she expanded her giveaway and is giving East Elementary and Fleming Island Elementary a full year of the Bo Curriculum, also.

We had three other giveaways, to.

Reading is Fundamental (RIF) donated two full sets (50 books each) of its Multicultural Book Collection. The RIF staff selected finalists from posts created in response to our Writing about Reading prompt series. Our winners are ...

Tess Alfonsin, the Reading Countess, who is donating her book set to Morton Ranch Elementary. From Tess: "This school struggles to put books in the hands of their readers. It is a Title 1 school, and as such, money for books is at the low end of priorities for many families whose children attend the school. The dedicated staff and instructional leaders are inspirations to not only me, but to their student population. The school's phrase is: "a school worthy of your children." I think that says it all."

Eric Van Raepenbusch, at Happy Birthday Author, who is donating his book set to Cuyahoga Falls Public Library. From Eric: "This library has given my family so much over the past 4 years. The staff works so hard to provide a variety of programs for the residents of our city. I was recently talking to the head librarian and she is so proud of the efforts of her staff. It would be awesome for them to receive this donation!"

Because we had more books to giveaway than entries for the Sleeping Bear Press giveaway, these libraries will also be receiving a 2-book set from Sleeping Bear Press that includes R is for Rhyme, and S is for Story.

Two of our other finalists for the RIF giveaway will also receive books for their designated libraries.

Tif at Tif Talks Books will receive a 4-book set for entering and winning the Sleeping Bear Press giveaway, and also a 4-book set for A Time to Discover, her designated school in the RIF giveaway.Each set includes Say Daddy, Goodnight Bear, R is for Rhyme, and S is for Story.

Jen Robinson of Jen Robinson's Book Page will also receive a 4-book set from Sleeping Bear Press for the Santa Clara City Library (CA), whom she selected as her recipient in the RIF giveaway. 

Last but not least, the winners for our free download of a PicPocket Books eBook giveaway are ...

Tif at Tif Talks Books,
Susan J. Berger of Pen and Ink, and
Jess Kennedy of Traveling Classics Book Review.

Eric Van Raepenbusch could have won, but (like me) does not have an iPhone or iPod touch.  Because we had fewer entries than products to giveaway, we did not need a random number generator and all entrants won a download.

Our congratulaions to all of the participants, sponsors, and winners. I will be in touch via email to make sure we have correct addresses, contact names, etc. You can also contact me directly at thereadingtub [at] gmail [dot] com.


Thanks again to all of you who helped make this a wonderful conversation about literacy ... and created more opportunities to share reading with children.