Usborne Bookshelf Giveaway: "How Big Is A Million?"

My first giveaway from my Usborne bookshelf is the book called "How Big Is A Million?" by Anna Milbourne. It is part of the Pipkin series, called The Pipkin Complete Collection and includes the titles, "How High Is the Sky", "How Deep Is The Sea", and "How Big Was A Dinosaur", for little curious fact-finders.

Pipkin the penguin loves to ask all kinds of questions about the world to help him grasp how big our Earth is. This is a very sweet story about his journey to find out what exactly a million looks like.

While finding out how penguins stay warm, and who they're likely to run into in the South Pole, the reader also is given an introductory to math; 10, 100, 1000, and eventually a million. Included in this story is a poster that is sealed for the future reader to find out what Pipkin saw. Here is a peek inside so you can see what the illustrations look like. This book is hard back and suitable for children up to 7 years old.

To be entered in this drawing for "How Big is a Million?", please leave me your name and email address so I can contact you. You can get an extra entry for all of the following:

2) become a follower of this blog on Google reader, RSS, etc. and tell me in an extra comment

3) Become a twitter follower and tell me in an extra comment

This giveaway is open to continental US , and will be drawn by random generator on the evening of Thursday Feb. 2nd. The next giveaway will be Feb. 23rd.

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Giveaway has ended. Congrats to #7, Oobbles!

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Unknown said…

I came across your blog through Amanda's This Moment. I LOVE Usborne books. I'm going to be annoying and comment the 3 times!!

January 27, 2012 at 7:09 AM

I just added you to my google reader. This is a great find (your blog). I've already decided that next for Christmas my daughter is going to get mainly books. She got SO MANY toys this year & with her birthday December 4th it got way too overwhelming. My plan is to buy at least a book a month up until Christmas to cut down on money spent at Christmas time.
I was going to follow you on twitter but I can't find your twitter name!

January 27, 2012 at 7:12 AM

Sarah M said…

@Jen it's ssmast!

Thanks!
Sarah M

January 27, 2012 at 7:20 AM

Kerri said…

Ooh. Pick me, random generator! :)

I am adding you to my Google Reader. (I already read you through your FB posts, but now it's in my reader and all official-like.)

I will message you my address.

January 27, 2012 at 11:22 AM

***this comment is for Lakshmi who I know in real life, who wanted to enter but is new to blogs :)

January 27, 2012 at 5:36 PM

oobbles said…

Me me! Er. Me me! ;)

January 27, 2012 at 5:41 PM

I already follow you on twitter so I +1 your post and shared it on google plus instead!

January 27, 2012 at 5:43 PM

Renae said…

Posted a comment yesterday, but don't know where it went. I already follow you in Google Reader. Love that you are doing Usborne. :)

January 27, 2012 at 5:58 PM

I began following you on twitter! :-)