Now that you have checked out my picks for 2008 election sites for kids, win some great election related prizes courtesy of Scholastic! Not only does Scholastic have a great election site for parents, teachers, and kids, but they are also extremely generous to Tech Savvy Mama readers. Scholastic is giving away election related materials for every age group to get your children thinking about the upcoming election.
Preschoolers can win the fabulous book Otto Runs for President. This darling book by Rosemary Wells of Max and Ruby fame is about elections at Barkadelphia School. Will the popular girl or jock win? Or will Otto, who really cares about what the students want, win? The book follows the candidates through the election and even contains some questionable campaign practices, coverage of pre-election night parties, and ballot counting. To read a first-hand mom review of Otto Runs for President, check out MommyVents who won a copy in our last Scholastic giveaway.
Enter your elementary age student to win a copy of Mark Teague’s Letters from the Campaign Trail: LaRue for Mayor. Snort City resident, Ike LaRue, decides to run for mayor when he finds himself unhappy with the current administration’s policies. Ike’s letters to his wife from the campaign trail, articles by local paper, and letters to the editor detail the challenges LaRue faces during his campaign against hard line mayoral candidate, Hugo Bogwort. Along the way, LaRue discovers that Bogwort isn’t so bad after all but who will win the election? Enter to win and see!
Middle and high schoolers can get the New York Times delivered to their homes in the form of the New York Times Upfront. This amazing biweekly magazine includes reports from Times correspondents from around the world who cover national and international news, election coverage with easy-to-understand graphics explaining the election process, history features, debates on major issues, opinion pieces, essays by teens, political cartoons, and so much more! Easy to read, graphically interesting, and fabulous content makes New York Times Upfront a great way to bring current events into your home!
Enter to win by leaving a comment telling us which prize you would like and who your child would vote for as president if they could vote in the upcoming election. Obama, McCain, Batman, high school English teacher, a Disney princess????
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Many thanks to Scholastic for sponsoring this giveaway!
Fine print: To be eligible, comments must follow guidelines outlined above and contain a valid e-mail address where you can be contacted when you win. Comments must be received by Saturday, August 30, 2008 at Midnight. Winner will be chosen at random by random.org and will need to reply with 48 hours to claim their prize. Prizes will be shipped within the United States.
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My son, who just started preschool, would (I hope) vote for Obama. Or maybe Elmo. Yeah, probably Elmo.
nina (at) ninamoon (dot) com
What a great giveaway! I hope my 2 year old Brady would vote for McCain, but if he wouldn’t, I still love him anyway!
Alison
alisonheafitz@yahoo.com
My son is really getting into the campaing this year – as a rising 5th grader he’s just more aware than he was in the last presidential election. He’s saying he’d vote for Obama, hopefully because he’s thinking on his own and not just listening to his parents! The Times Magazine would be great for his reading level!
My son would love the Otto for President book…if he had a chance to vote, it would be for Barney!!
Thanks,
ahk1001 (at) yahoo (dot) com
My kids would like the LaRue book. I’m pretty sure both of my boys (4 &7) would vote for their daddy who is their hero. Although we did take them to see Bill Clinton speak during Hillary’s campaign and my 7 year old wanted to vote for him. 🙂
This is my son’s kindergarten year…so, we’d like the LARue book. When asked about voting for the next leader of our country, he asked “Can a LEGO Bionicle be President?” Uhmmmmm, no.
PS/ Great write-up on the election sites!
—-Patti
PTLalley@aol.com
My daughter likes the otto runs for president and she voted for Peter Pan for president!!! Disney fans here!!!
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
My two sons are divided. One is for Obama and the other for McCain. The book is agreed upon. “LARUE for President” is their choice. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
This is great! I would LOVE the Otto book for my 4yo girl. I had so much fun telling her about Hillary Clinton as she ran for President. “See, honey, you run for President too!” Alas, Hillary is not an option, so my daughter would vote for DADDY. (Um what about Mommy?!)
— LTV Mom
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My middle schooler is a die-hard Obama fan and would love the Time magazine.
amy@leshallowgal.com
xoxo, SG
My daughter is in middle school and recently came home expressing her distaste for Obama. When I asked her reasoning, perfectly willing to accept her thoughts, she repeated some rhetoric she heard at school that was not only untrue but was borderline racist. I quickly took her aside and separated fact from fiction explaining that it was fine to disagree with Obama’s stand on the issues but not if it was based on lies and racism. I think she learned an important lesson, but an age-appropriate book about the election process is probably a great follow-up to this lesson. Thanks for the idea!
kwaters@atlanticbb.net
My oldest is just starting middle school & I have been trying to give her some info on the upcoming election. She doesn’t understand politics whatsever. I think she’d vote Obama, just because she knows I’m democrat. I hope she starts getting interested though & forms her own opinions soon 🙂
Well definitely my 3 year old would want a princess to rule and my 6 year old would definitely be looking for a super hero to lead the country. We would be interested in either the Otto or la rue. Many thanks.
Lee-Ann at laticktin@aol.com