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December 9, 2013 by Travis Jonker

The 2013 Notable Books Giveaway!

December 9, 2013 by Travis Jonker   23 comments

Hey, you know the 2013 New York Times Notable Children’s Books list? It’s a pretty impressive group:

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In the spirit of the Chronicle Give Books campaign…

…what do you say we give all of the New York Times middle grade and picture book notables away? Fellow school librarian John Schumacher and I are doing just that. One winner. All 18 books.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Ed Spicer says

    December 9, 2013 at 7:24 am

    I imagine the two of you have a book or two that you have given away this year! Nice!

    • Travis Jonker says

      December 9, 2013 at 11:54 am

      Ha – that’s true, Ed

  2. elsie says

    December 9, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    Can I just say you are awesome? Crossing my fingers for this one! 🙂

  3. PramgaticMom says

    December 9, 2013 at 6:08 pm

    Wow, that is an awesome giveaway. My good deed today is sharing this post far and wide since I also entered and would love to win! 🙂

  4. Zach Roush says

    December 9, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    thanks for the opportunity! Would be perfect for our mock Caldecott at our school..plus I love Luke Pearson’s stuff!.

  5. Patricia Hval says

    December 9, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    Wow! You are great! Would love these as Christmas gifts to all the “littles” in my family.

  6. Elizabeth G. says

    December 9, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    Wow! Talk about the season of giving. Thank you both for this opportunity. My students, my kids, and I will all be ecstatic if we win this.

  7. Jean Bruggman says

    December 9, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    Nothing better than to start a new year with new adventures. Love the winter and the extra story time it brings!

  8. lace says

    December 9, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    Awesome! Thanks for the opportunity to win and read some great books.

  9. Linda Baie says

    December 9, 2013 at 11:40 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway. I always give books away for Christmas, birthdays, other days, any time I can.

  10. Jeri says

    December 9, 2013 at 11:57 pm

    What an awesome contest! I’d be so happy to win! I write for middle grade and would enjoy reading these myself before passing them on to some happy nieces and nephews!

  11. Ramona says

    December 10, 2013 at 12:05 am

    What a wonderful giveaway…books are always a great gift…Top of the season to you and yours

  12. Melba Worley says

    December 10, 2013 at 12:22 am

    This is such an awesome opportunity – sure hope that I can win this one. This would make a lovely gift for my niece & nephew – they are both avid readers.

  13. Mary Bensing says

    December 10, 2013 at 12:23 am

    Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. I look forward to sharing these titles with my students! There is nothing better than sharing new books with children!

  14. Erin Poehlman says

    December 10, 2013 at 1:05 am

    Would love to win the book giveaway. I work in the public library in Washington, IL, where we recently had an EF-4 tornado ravage our town of 15,000. We could put your books to good use! Good luck to all and God bless!

  15. Tricia Williamson says

    December 10, 2013 at 3:40 am

    Is this competition only for people in US or can anyone enter? I am in Australia

    • Travis Jonker says

      December 10, 2013 at 9:02 am

      Unfortunately, US residents only – sorry about that!

  16. Mary Beth Kiss says

    December 10, 2013 at 8:14 am

    Always looking for sources to get more books to donate to the title I schools in our area. The students are always in need of fresh titles, since the library budget is so small. Thank you for this opportunity!

  17. Kristy Mattern says

    December 10, 2013 at 8:18 am

    This is an awesome giveaway!! Thank you so much for offering and Merry Christmas!!

  18. Shirley Spikes says

    December 10, 2013 at 8:19 am

    What an awesome gift for anyone to receive! I live in a rural area and new books are always a treat for our children in the area. Would love to win these to donate to our local school library.

  19. Marcia Berbeza says

    December 10, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    This would be an outstanding gift to any library! Got my fingers crossed! Thanks so much for the opportunity!

  20. Ingrid says

    December 10, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    So. very. cool.

  21. Jill says

    December 11, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    Thanks so much for this wonderful opportunity!

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