May Newsletter

365 Days of Children's Books Monthly Newsletter

May 1, 2011

The 365 Days of Children's Books blog had over 2000 visitors last month!  Thank you to all that visited.  If you haven't check it out yet, please be sure to, and we'd love to have you join us in our reading challenge.

Participants in April Reading Challenge

There were 118 form submissions during the April Reading Challenge. If you want to check out what everyone read during April you can do still do that, just click on the coloured words in this sentence.

April Winners

Breakwater Books provided prizes for the April Reading Challenge and they actually provided enough prizes that everyone that participated will get a prize!  They provided 8 prizes and there were only 7 participants this month so each of the participants will receive a prize.  If you were one of the participants please drop me a line so that I can make arrangements to get your prize to you. Congratulations to you all for participating and a big thank you to Breakwater Books for donating the prizes.

Everyone that participates is eligible to receive a certificate and a list of the books they submitted. You can check out a sample of the reports you can receive by clicking on the coloured words in this sentence.  Email me to let me know if you want these and to let me know where to send them.

May Challenge

Continue to make it a goal to read everyday.  Don't worry if you miss reading or recording each day, the main thing is to read.  It's also a great idea to record what you read somehow.  You can visit the Reading Challenge page and use the form there to record your reading and you may become one of our monthly winners.  Also at the end of the month you can recieve a certificate and list of the books you submit for you to print and keep in a special place.

Throughout the month it is fun to check out what every one is reading as we watch the spreadsheet at the bottom of the Reading Challenge page fill up.

May Prizes

As you can see above, we  have one book left over from last month's donations so that prize will be awarded to one lucky participant in the May Challenge. Funny thing is that because interest seemed to be waning in the challenge I was considering discontinuing it, but as I have one prize left I will continue for this month and see what happens.

365 Days of Children's Books blog

Make sure you keep checking 365 Days of Children's Books blog for more suggestions of books for you and the child in your life to enjoy.  I feature a different children's book there every day.  I'd love it if you would help spread the word about the blog and the reading challenge.  It would also make my day if you took a moment to leave a comment on this newsletter blog and/or on the 365 Days of Children's Books blog every once in a while. 

Happy Reading!

Jacqueline