FINAL Summer 2016 Giveaway #21: The Boundless (8/15 – 8/21)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, SHIN H. in 5th grade! Shin, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**

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YOU can win a HARDCOVER copy of Kenneth Oppel’s The Boundless!!!

“Will Everett has always wished for an adventure.

Little does he know his started the moment he boarded The Boundless. The longest, most glamorous locomotive in the world, it stretches more than eleven kilometres long and pulls an astounding 987 cars: passenger cars, shooting galleries, gardens, an onboard swimming pool, cinema and much more. But its maiden voyage won’t be a smooth ride for Will. After witnessing a murder during a station stop, he barely makes it back onto the train (with a running leap!), then must work his way from the caboose forward to his father in first class – with the murderer and his cronies on his tail. Luckily, a clever and nimble friend is perfecting her act in The Boundless’s circus car, and there the real thrill ride begins. Sasquatches, bog-dwelling hags and illusions abound in this outsized adventure aboard the Titanic of trains!

This book is 336 pages long and the suggested age range is 8-12 years old.


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, August 21st).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in THIS year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

FINAL Summer 2016 Giveaway #20: My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Fins of Fury (8/15 – 8/21)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, SHRUTHI S. in 4th grade! Shruthi, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**

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YOU can win a free copy of Fins of Fury – the 3rd book in the My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish series by Mo O’Hara!!!

“When Tom zapped Frankie the goldfish back to life with a battery, he certainly didn’t expect him to become a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with incredible hypnotic powers. But it turns out that a zombie goldfish is a great pet to have on your side when your big brother is an evil scientist whose plans need to be thwarted.

There’s something fishy going on in the woods, as Tom and his best friend Pradeep take Frankie on a camping adventure. Could the Beast of Burdock Woods be real?

Then, something weird is going on with Mark. He’s actually being . . . nice! Meanwhile, paranormal pets (including a teleporting tortoise, a mostly invisible poodle, a levitating budgie, and a vampire kitten) are missing all over town. Can Tom and Pradeep find out what’s going on before Frankie disappears?

This book is 224 pages long and the suggested age range is 7-10 years old.

While you’re waiting to see if you’ve won, check out the author’s website for some fun ZOMBIE activities and downloads!


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, August 21st).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in THIS year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #19: AUTOGRAPHED Sky Jumpers (8/8 – 8/14)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our THREE winners, CHASE P., HAYDEN M., and SHIVALI S.! Chase, Hayden & Shivali, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**hooray-its-time-for-a-giveaway2

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YOU can win a free AUTOGRAPHED copy of
Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman!

Ms. Eddleman visited our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders this past November, and I saved a few of her autographed copies of Sky Jumpers to give away this summer in our Library Giveaways! Sky Jumpers was a Bluebonnet book this past year, and her visit to England was a memorable and wonderful event(Psst – I have more than 1 book to give away!)

“Twelve-year-old Hope lives in White Rock, a town of inventors struggling to recover from the green bombs of World War III. But Hope is terrible at inventing and would much rather sneak off to cliff dive into the Bomb’s Breath—the deadly band of compressed air that covers the crater left by the bombs—than fail at yet another invention. When bandits discover that White Rock has priceless antibiotics, they invade. With a two-day deadline to finish making this year’s batch and no ingredients to make more, the town is left to choose whether to hand over the medicine and die from the disease that’s run rampant since the bombs, or die fighting the bandits now. Help lies in a neighboring town, but the bandits count everyone fourteen and older each hour. Hope and her friends Aaren and Brock might be the only ones who can escape to make the dangerous trek through the Bomb’s Breath and over the snow-covered mountain. For once, inventing isn’t the answer, but the daring and recklessness that usually get Hope into trouble might just save them all.”

This book is 288 pages long and the suggested age range is 8-12 years old.

While you’re waiting to see if you’ve won, check out the Book Trailer below or visit the Sky Jumpers Extras website!


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, August 14th).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #18: Secrets According to Humphrey (8/8 – 8/14)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, HYERIN P. in 2nd grade! Hyerin, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**hooray-its-time-for-a-giveaway2

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YOU can win a free copy of Secrets According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney!!!

“So many secrets are flying around Room 26 that Humphrey can barely keep track. Mrs. Brisbane knows a student is leaving, but Humphrey can’t figure out which one. (Even more confusing, Mrs. Brisbane seems unsqueakably happy about it.) The class is studying the Ancient Egyptians, and some of the kids have made up secret clubs and secret codes. Even Aldo is holding back news from Humphrey.

Humphrey’s job as classroom pet is to help his humans solve their problems, but all these secrets are making it HARD-HARD-HARD!”

This book is 160 pages long and the suggested age range is 8-12 years old.

While you’re waiting to see if you’ve won, check out the author’s website for the Humphrey book series!


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, August 14th).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #17: Roller Girl (8/1 – 8/7)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, HANNAH D. in 3rd grade! Hannah, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**hooray-its-time-for-a-giveaway2

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YOU can win a free copy of Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson- one of this year’s Texas Bluebonnet Award Books!!!

“For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid’s life as she struggles to keep up with the older girls at camp, hang on to the friend she feels slipping away, and cautiously embark on a new friendship. As the end of summer nears and her first roller derby bout (and junior high!) draws closer, Astrid realizes that maybe she is strong enough to handle the bout, a lost friendship, and middle school… in short, strong enough to be a roller girl.

In this graphic novel debut that earned a Newbery Honor and five starred reviews, real-life derby girl Victoria Jamieson has created an inspiring coming-of-age story about friendship, perseverance, and girl power!

This graphic novel is 240 pages long and the suggested age range is 9-12 years old.

While you’re waiting to see if you’ve won, check out other books on the 2016-17 Texas Bluebonnet Award List, and watch the book trailer below!


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, August 7th).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #16: Steam Train Dream Train (8/1 – 8/7)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, OWEN P. in 1st grade! Owen, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**hooray-its-time-for-a-giveaway2

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YOU can win a free copy of Steam Train Dream Train by
Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld!!

“The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. Sweet and silly dreams are guaranteed for any budding train enthusiasts!

This book is 40 pages long and the suggested age range is 3-6 years old.

While you’re waiting to see if you’ve won, watch the book trailer below!


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, August 7th).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #15: Woof (7/25 – 7/31)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, JUSTIN T. in 3rd grade! Justin, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**hooray-its-time-for-a-giveaway2

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YOU can win a free copy of WOOF: A Bowser and Birdie Novel by Spencer Quinn- one of this year’s Texas Bluebonnet Award Books!!!

“There is trouble brewing in the Louisiana swamp — Bowser can smell it. Bowser is a very handsome and only slightly slobbery dog, and he can smell lots of things. Like bacon. And rawhide chews! And the sweat on humans when they’re lying.

Birdie Gaux, the girl Bowser lives with, also knows something is wrong. It’s not just that her grammy’s stuffed prize marlin has been stolen. It’s the weird rumor that the marlin is linked to a missing treasure. It’s the truck that seems to be following Birdie and the bad feeling on the back of her neck.

When Birdie and Bowser start digging into the mystery, not even Bowser’s powerful sniffer can smell just how menacing the threat is. And when the danger comes straight for Birdie, Bowser knows it up to him to sic ’em.

This book is 304 pages long and the suggested age range is 8-12 years old.

While you’re waiting to see if you’ve won, visit the Bowser and Birdie website to read more about the series, check out other books on the 2016-17 Texas Bluebonnet Award List, and watch the book trailer below!


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, July 31st).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #14: Pout Pout Fish Goes to School (7/25 – 7/31)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, SILAS C. in 1st grade! Silas, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**hooray-its-time-for-a-giveaway2

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YOU can win a free copy of Pout Pout Fish Goes to School, written by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Dan Hanna!

“Turn little pouts into big smiles! Mr. Fish is nervously awaiting his first day of school, and he frets about not knowing how to write his name, how to draw shapes, and how to do math―until he’s reassured that school is the perfect place to learn how to master all of these new skills

This book is 32 pages long and the suggested age range is 3-6 years old.

While you’re waiting to see if you’ve won, download the Pout Pout Fish Activity Guide! It’s filled with fun activities to do as we count down the days until school starts!


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, July 31st).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #13: Balthazar Fabuloso in the Lair of the Humbugs (7/18 – 7/24)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, NEEKI S. in 3rd grade! Neeki, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**hooray-its-time-for-a-giveaway2

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YOU can win a free copy of Balthazar Fabuloso in the Lair of the Humbugs, written by I. J. Brindle and illustrated by Sholto Walker!

“Balthazar Fabuloso’s lovable and eccentric family performs a magic show. What makes the act so unusual is that all the Fabulosos actually have superhuman powers, except for Balthazar, a practical-minded 11-year-old who simply aspires to be a normal kid. So when everyone but Balthazar disappears mid performance, the only Fabuloso without real magical skills must save the family. Balthazar wonders if the family’s archrivals, the Furious Fistulas, are to blame or if there are other, even darker forces at work. To free his loved ones Balthazar must work with some questionable characters, including a lunatic long-lost uncle, three enigmatic senior citizens and the loathsome Pagan Fistula, whose family also mysteriously goes missing.

At the center of these disappearances is a force so evil that the world’s most preeminent magicians cower before it. What hope could a ragtag crew of misfits have against it?”

This book is 240 pages long and the suggested age range is 8-12 years old.


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, July 24th).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!

Summer 2016 Giveaway #12: Revenge of the Roach (7/18 – 7/24)

**UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, BENITA N. in 2nd grade! Benita, I’ll deliver your winning book to you during the first few weeks of school.**

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YOU can win a free copy of Revenge of the Roach (Super Fly), written and illustrated by Todd H. Doodler!!!

“Just when you thought the streets of Stinkopolis were safe from evil . . . think again. Crazy Cockroach is back for revenge. He’s bigger, smellier, and madder than ever. And he wants Super Fly and his sidekick Fantastic Flea squashed for good this time.

To prove it, he’s enlisted two dung beetle henchman to help him hypnotize and brainwash all of Brown Barge Elementary–using video games! Can Super Fly stop Crazy before it’s too late? Or will Super Fly be outnumbered by his own friends? Stay tuned!

Perfect for fans of chapter book series like Captain Awesome, this boisterous story told through black & white illustrations proves superheroes come in all shapes and sizes.”

This book is 128 pages long and the suggested age range is 5-7 years old.


Here’s how to enter this giveaway:

1.  Visit the England Library blog between now and when the contest closes (Sunday evening, July 24th).

2.  Write a comment on THIS post.  Your comment should include your FIRST NAMELAST INITIAL, what GRADE you’re going to be in NEXT year, and a message for Mrs. Kupersztoch!  Do not leave any other personal information in your comment!  Do not post your e-mail address. Only one entry per student will be accepted, and only England Elementary students are eligible to participate.  Every comment has to be approved in order to appear on the website, so if you don’t see your comment right away, don’t worry!

3.  After the contest closes, I will choose a comment at random and that student will receive the giveaway prize!  The winner will be announced as an update at the top of this post and the prize book will be waiting for the winning student in August!