5 Minutes for Books:
A Big Book Giveaway for Kids of All Ages
One thing that I love about books is that they are so readily available. With Barnes and Noble and Amazon still offering guaranteed Christmas delivery (not to mention gift cards!), with the wide variety of books out there — instructive or enjoyable or beautiful — books are appropriate for so many on your holiday lists.
The folks at Simon and Schuster have put together a great giveaway package that will go out to one of our winners (U.S. or Canada residents). The winner will get one copy of EACH of these books.
If you are still looking for ideas to fill some stockings, consider these books for kids of all ages:
For the Family:
Fablehaven Boxed Set
By Brandon Mull
For the Little Ones:
Snow Bugs
By David A. Carter (Lauren’s review at 5 Minutes for Books)
Olivia Acts Out (Jennifer’s review at 5 Minutes for Books)
By Jodie Shepherd
For Tween Girls:
Dork Diaries (My 11-year-old daughter Amanda thought this one was pretty cute)
By Rachel Renee Russell
For Tween Boys:
Pendragon Boxed Set
By D. J. MacHale
For Teens:
Robert Pattinson Fated for Fame
By Mel Williams
Taylor Launter Overnight Sizzlin’ Sensation
By Mel Williams
The Hollow
By Jessica Verday
For Teens — and Adults who are young at heart!
Leviathan (Since we are fans of Westerfeld’s Uglies series, I’m looking forward to this one)
By Scott Westerfeld
Night World No. 1
By L. J. Smith
*Disclosure: I did not receive copies of these books to review, but Simon and Schuster is generously providing a copy of all of them to one of you.
The winner will get a copy of each book listed, but as your entry, leave a comment saying which book interests you most, and who in your life would appreciate it.
We will not run a column next week, so we will leave this open for two weeks, announcing the winner in our column on January 4.
The winner of the beautiful Andrew Zuckerman books Bird and Creature is #34 Wendy M.
Written by book blogger Jennifer Donovan, who blogs at Snapshot and manages 5 Minutes for Books.
129 Comments
Definitely the Taylor Launter Overnight Sizzlin’ Sensation book – my 13 year old will love this.
My daughters’ birthday is coming up and she willbe turning three. She would love the Olivia Acts Out Book the most!
Tons of booklovers in my family. We would love to read all these books.
Olivia acts out- My dd loves these books
I think my whole family would enjoy the Fablehaven Boxed Set
My son would especially like the Fablehaven set!
I would love to win The Dork Diaries for my 10 year old daughter.
Olivia Acts Out for my daughter – Loved the review!
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We posted about this giveaway at Winning Readings: http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2009/12/various-family-friendly-titles.html
I would love to win this set!!!
My step sisters would love the Dork Diaries!
I would love to give my grandson either Snow Bugs for his January birthday, or Olivia Acts Out.
Thank you for this opportunity!
The Fablehaven books would be enjoyed the most by myself and my niece!
My son would love Snow Bugs. The title alone has two of his favorite things!
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Olivia sounds like the perfect book for our littlest angel. Thank you for a fine giveaway.
My three granddaughters, ages 2, 5, and 8, would love Olivia Acts Out. We already have Olivia books and love them all.
Olivia rules! And, I love to read to my kids constantly so this set would be a great addition.
My daughter loves Oliva and playing pretend, so Olivia Acts Out would be perfect for her.
I’d love the Fablehaven book set, I’ve got the first two, and would love the chance to get a set and pass on my first two books.
And my kids would love Olivia
This is a difficult choice for me, as I am quick to read my ‘children’s’ books as well as they are!
I bought the first 3 books of the “Warriors” series for my 9-year-old for Christmas (as well as the classic “Tom Sawyer”) and he is eagerly gulping them down while my teen is busy with Brsinger and looking forward to reading the “Graceling” book she received. The book(s) that I am most interested in (because I think we ALL will enjoy them) are the “Fablehaven” and “Pendragon” sets. 
My daughter would especially like the Olivia book, and she would no doubt grow into the others (and I would enjoy reading a lot of the books on this list!).
I would especially love the Fablehaven box set. It is one of my favorite series.
The Pendragon box set interestes me the most becuase i think my son would really like it.
The Snow Bugs book interests me the most because I have been a big fan of the “bugs” books for years.
I think my nephew would love the Pendragon set!
Thanks
Nicole
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My niece would like the Dork Diaries, as ‘dork’ seems to be a large part of her vocabulary these days!
The books that interest me the most are the Pendragon set because I think I’d really enjoy them. Thanks!
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I think the Pendragon set would be most appreciated by my son. I think the dork diaries my daughter would love.
Looks like all good books!
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