Win $750 in prizes geared to get your family reading!
Moms of style and substance know summer reading is always trendy. For moms, that might mean catching up on a thrilling biography or a juicy romcom while at the pool. We savor our free time with books. But what about our kids? When the final school bell rang, did you have a summer reading plan for your kids? Let’s talk about why reading is so important and help you make a plan.
Scary Factoid #1: Children ages 8–18 spend approximately 7.5 hours using entertainment media and only 25 minutes per day that children spend reading books. Summer is a great time to turn back the tide of media that is bombarding your kids. We’re encouraging moms to go “old-school” this summer with a membership to the Children’s Book of the Month Club.
Daunted by the task of getting your kids reading? Don’t be. This online book club makes it easy to pick books that are age-appropriate and popular for only $6.99 a book. Need more inspiration? Here’s Scary Factoid #2: Kids who don’t read year-round can be two years behind their peers by the end of sixth grade!
Picture this: Your child races to the mailbox to rip open the latest book and heads to his favorite reading spot. Encouraging Factoid: Out-of-school reading habits of students show that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year. Now that is truly a gift that keeps on giving. Grandparents, consider this the next time you reach for an expensive video game!
Click here to join the Children’s Book of the Month Club My Summer Reading Series
Giveaway Alert: Here’s a little incentive to get you going: A Summer Reading Giveaway sponsored by CHILDREN’S BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB!
One lucky winner will win over $750 worth of prizing:
Beach Reading selections for mom ($150 value)
$100 restaurant.com gift certificate
25 assorted children’s books for the children in your life ($450 value)
$50 package of selected books for your child
(All books included in this prize package will be selected by CBOMC)
CONTEST CLOSED
To enter: Visit CBOMC here and then leave a comment here telling me your favorite childhood book.
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2. Follow @momtrends and @CBOMC on Twitter
3. Tweet this message “School’s Out, let’s get reading this summer with @CBOMC and @momtrends #Giveaway http://bit.ly/jOlkzP ”
Full Disclosure: Winner must be 18 years or older and a US Resident. No purchase necessary. Winners will be notified via email with the specifics on how to claim their prize. Contest ends 7/15/11 at Midnight EST. Winners will be picked by random.org.This is a sponsored post.
I would have to say Super Fudge was always my favorite or pretty much anything written by Judy Blume
I enjoyed frog and toad when I was a child
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I loved ‘Goodnight moon’ – an all time favorite!
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I have many favorites but one that I recall clearly from my childhood is “There Are Rocks in My Socks! Said the Ox to the Fox” by Patricia Thomas.
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The Story of Ferdinand!
The Giving Tree (and anything else by Shel Silverstein)!
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Loved Anne of Green Gables when I was a kid.
my favorite is good night moon
I loved – and my children love – Curious George!
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My favorite book as a child was “We Were Tired of Living in a House”. It’s out of print now, but I have a vintage copy. What a beautifully illustrated and imaginative book! There are so many others, too, but that one really sticks in my mind.
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Fav childhood book was Ramona Quimby, Age 8
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My favorite childhood book was “Little House on the Prairie.”
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I visited CBOMC and my favorite childhood book is Ramona Forever.
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I was obsessed with The Babysitter’s Club series growing up. What a great giveaway.
I like goosebump books and the secret garden when I was younger
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I loved the berenstien bears series!
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i loved reading Amelia Bedelia as a child
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I lved ramona the pest and pippi longstockng
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I love reading ‘Goodnight moon’ to my son!
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My favorite was Curious George.
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Shel Silverstein Poetry is my absolute favorite from childhood.
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I loved mysteries–Nancy Drew and the Boxcar Children
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My favorite childhood book is Charlotte’s Web.
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My favorite childhood book is Madeline!
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My favorite book might have been A Bargain for Frances when I was a kid. It had cute little rhymes in it.
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I loved Where the Sidewalk Ends when I was growing up!
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A Wrinkle in Time is a long-time favorite!
I loved Dorrie and the Blue Witch and the Trixie Belden series
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I loved reading the Little house on the Prairie series
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My fav childhood books were Nancy Drew and I also loved Trixie Belden books!
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My favorite book was called “Over Yonder” and it had wonderful illustrations of patchwork quilts fields that closely resembled the area of my childhood home. When I read that book now, I can close my eyes and remember the view from my window.
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Always love Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No good, very bad day!!
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Charlotte’s Web was my favorite.
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I visited the CBOTMC and saw LOTS of great books there! I want to read ALL of them!!
My favorite book when I was a little girl was “Arthur’s Honey Bear” by Lillian Hoban. I checked it out of my school’s library almost every week for a LOG time! Such a sweet book!
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Anne of Green Gables. And a picture book–The Giant Jam Sandwich
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My favorite book as a child was Where the Sidewalk Ends!!
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I loved The BFG by Roald Dahl, A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L’Engle, and anything Nancy Drew when I was a young kid. Thanks!
One fave book of mine was “Where the Wild Things Are”.
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I used to love Charlotte’s Web!
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I loved and still love Goodnight Moon. I read it with my grandkids, now.
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Goodnight Moon has always been a favorite of mine~
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My favorite books as a child were Nancy Drew. I read all of the books. When I was 11 my father started giving my the classics and I loved Sherlock Holmes
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One of my most favorite childhood books for my kids is Goodnight Gorilla. When I was little it was the Little House on the Prairie series.
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