On December 1st, the Tweet for Literacy Grand Prize was drawn. As you know, the prize consisted of a two-part prize package, with one part going to the winner and the other part being selected by the winner to go to the elementary school of her choice.The winner drawn for the Grand Prize was @StuffSmart.
@StuffSmart has chosen an elementary school in Tennessee. I made contact with the Curriculum Director at the school yesterday, and she was pleased about the books.
I will announce the school once their final decision has been made. But first I am sending off in today's mail a Katie & Kimble Kit which explains the various free materials that teacher's can download. The Kit also contains a copy of the first two Katie & Kimble books, reviews of the Katie & Kimble blog, reviews of the books, and samples of the classroom materials and the Activity Packets. This way, the Curriculum Director and her reading committee can evaluate the books and the materials before they make the decision to accept the gift.
If the school decides the will accept the gift, I will announce the winning school at that point. If they decline the gift, our Grand Prize winner can select another elementary school and we'll start the procedure over again.
The second part of the Grand Prize was a giveaway of a different sort. One elementary school will receive a
classroom set (10 each) of both of the Katie & Kimble books: Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish
(a $119 value). These books are being donated by author and Tweet for
Literacy sponsor, Linda Thieman. Their Lexile(R) measures are 280L and
290L, and on the Katie & Kimble blog, there are free,
downloadable classroom (and homeschooling) materials to make life
easier for teachers and parents while helping children learn to read.
Linda is a former English teacher with experience in materials
development. The Activity Packets that she has created meet the
national standards for 3rd Grade reading and language skills.The winner of the Grand Prize will select which elementary school is to be the recipient of the Katie & Kimble book package. Yes, the winner of the Grand Prize gets to pay it forward! We thought that would be fun and fulfilling.
Click here to read more about Tweet for Literacy (which ended on December 1) and to see the list of winners.
Thank you for participating in the 1st Annual Tweet for Literacy campaign!
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
Paperback version: $5.95
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story!
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2)!
Instant download version: $2.48
Click here to order the instant download editions.
[Reading Level 3, 280L, for ages 7-10]
Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble, the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to Kimble's mother.
Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble, the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to Kimble's mother.
