Fire Book Giveaway!

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Oct 082010
 

Today’s the day I’ve been waiting for all week! I’m going to announce the details of our fire book giveaway which will last all month long! If you don’t know why I’m giving away fire books, you should read about this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme. And then go test your smoke detector batteries. And then come back and finish reading about this giveaway.

I’m giving away a copy of:

All three books! Delivered straight to your house! Hooray!

Here’s how to enter.

Mandatory entry: Leave a comment on this post and tell me something you plan on teaching your kids about fire safety this month. While I can’t make sure that you actually did it, don’t you think it would be a good idea to do it? So, comment and then go talk to your kids about smoke detectors, 9-1-1 and how to stop, drop and roll.

And I also have some extra entries:

  • Tweet this giveaway by copy/pasting this into your twitter stream: Win 3 #firesafety books from @FireMom http://wp.me/pjFZD-OZ Live thru 10/31.
  • Post about it on Facebook.
  • Blog about it on your public blog with a link to this post.

You can tweet and Facebook as much as you so desire. But only do one blog post, because it would be silly to do more. Comment with each of your entries in a separate comment so that they count multiple times! This giveaway will be live through midnight on October 31, 2010. I’ll pick a winner via the random winner plugin on November 1st and contact the winner via email. Winner has 48 hours to respond before I choose a new winner. Books will be shipped direct from Amazon to the winner’s home!

Last but not least, strong>please discuss fire safety with your children. Books are great and fun. And, yes, schools teach these things, too. But you need to be in charge of your household’s fire safety. Please talk about this important issue with your children. It’s honestly one of those life-and-death type conversations. Have it regularly.

Important Note: To copy/paste on my blog, simply highlight the text you want to copy, do not right click but go up to your edit button and click copy. Do the same to paste, but select paste instead. This plugin was installed because people steal my photos.

[Disclaimer: I bought all of the books with my own money and will be doing the same for the giveaway winner. All I want is for my readers to be fire safe. This giveaway will hopefully spawn some conversation and smoke detector giveaway this month. Go do it. Now.]

Fireboat: A Giveaway

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Sep 022010
 

FireboatWe gave away a copy of Fireboat in 2008. As yesterday was September 1st, we broke out our copy off the paperback shelf and read it. BigBrother asks for it at random times during the year, but I make certain to pull it out during the first eleven days of the month of September. I always forget how the book makes me feel, and I got choked up near the end of our read through last night.

Our copy is kind of well-loved now. I just had to tape up one page with some packing tape due to a 3/4 page rip. The tips of the cover are curled. I don’t know if this book will last forever, but we’ll keep up with tape and general maintenance in hopes that it can be passed on to the next generation.

Inner PageFireDad said to me last night, “Why didn’t you go and find the fireboats when you were in New York City?” I kind of blinked at him, tried to think of something witty to say and came up empty handed. “I don’t know. Good question. It would have been fun.” He has now decided that we need to make a trip specifically for fire boat spotting. I’m down with that idea.

I bought a new book to read with the boys this year, September Roses. I hope it’s as good as On That Day: A Book of Hope for Children which I’ve blogged about before. Add that to Fireboat and we have three age-appropriate books to keep the discussion going in our family… even when I don’t quite feel like keeping the discussion going myself. That said, I just ordered myself a book which I plan to read before 9/11 as well. Last year I read Bikeman, an epic poem, on September 11th. Hard, worthwhile, gut-punching read.

We’re giving away another copy of Fireboat this year. Leave a comment on this post about how you discuss the events of 9/11 with your children for a chance to win. This giveaway will be live through September 8th at 12 noon. I will contact the winner via email for shipping information and place the order direct through Amazon with two-day shipping in hopes that it arrives on time. You may share this giveaway on twitter for an extra entry, just be sure to leave a separate comment with your tweet link.

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[Disclosure: I am paying out of pocket for this giveaway. However, links to books are through Amazon Associates.]

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