​Thank you to everyone participating in our Giveaway Especial for Educators! #GeeEpic18.
 
We’re excited to report the winners!
 
First up, we will send postcards to every teacher requesting one for their class. That’s 418 of you! We won’t list all your names here. However, if you signed up for a note from an author, expect a postcard or letter to arrive at the address you provided in the next month.
 
In addition, twenty educators won book related swag:
 
Jane Chalifaux wins 30 Alma and How She Got Her Name stickers
Amber Stivers-Anders wins 20 bookmarks based on the book Matter
Jennifer Brenneman wins  30 bookmarks + classroom guide for Love, Mama
Kari Lynn wins 30 An Inconvenient Alphabet bookmarks
Mikal Brennan wins 30 bookplates and a classroom guide based on Hedgehog Needs A Hug
Anita Fentress wins 30 bookmarks plus 30 temporary tattoos  based on Maximillian Villainous
Kara Marie Dibartolo wins a Doll-E 1.0 How-to-draw activity
Shanie Rucker wins 30 bookmarks and a classroom guide based on We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Dora Guzman wins 30 bookmarks and a classroom guide based on 100 Bugs! A Counting Book
Jackie Hart Ingram wins 30 bookmarks based on Pie Is for Sharing
MaryAlison Weintraub wins 30 I Am Famous stickers and 30 Shark Nate-O bookmarks
Pamela Scripture wins 30 Iver & Ellsworth bookmarks
Keva AnJanea Wallace wins 30 bookmarks based on Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean
Mary Gensch wins 30 bookmarks based on Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush
Shelly Kraal wins an educator/family discussion guide based on The Breaking News
Karma Jensen wins 30 bookmarks and a teaching guide based on The Little Red Fort
Jo A. Reed wins 30 bookmarks and stickers based on Hey, Hey, Hay!
Laurie Amrine wins an activity guide based on Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime
Cindy Thompson wins 30 stickers and bookmarks based on Sterling Best Dog Ever
Angie Wake wins 30 bookmarks and stickers based on The Three Little Pugs and Chicken Lily
 
And now for the book winners!

The second place winner, taking home seven titles: Sterling, Best Dog Ever, The Field, Adventures to School, The Three Little Pugs, Chicken Lily, Russel Wrestles the Relatives, and Let the Children March, is…
 
TINA SCAVO PIERCE
 
Congratulations, Tina!
 
And the grand prize winner, taking home these titles: The Diamond & The Boy, Alma and How She Got Her Name, La Princesa and the Pea, Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre, Forces, Energy, Waves, Matter, The Remember Balloons, Love Mama, An Inconvenient Alphabet, Hedgehog Needs a Hug, Maximillian Villainous, Mommy’s Khimar, Doll-E 1.0, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, Teach Your Giraffe to Ski, 100 Bugs! A Counting Book, Pie Is for Sharing, I Am Famous, Shark Nate-O, Iver & Elseworth, Moth and Wasp Soil and Ocean (x2), Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush, The Breaking News, Allie All Along, Rice From Heaven, Finn’s Feather, Flying Deep, The Little Red Fort, El fuertecito rojo, Hey, Hey, Hay! (A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them), Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime!, Snow Sisters!, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor, is…
 
ANN MENNONNO
 
Congratulations, Ann!

To all the educators out there, we wish you a very happy school year! Thanks for the important work you do!

It’s August! Back-to-school time is here or just around the corner, and Epic 18 wants to show our thanks to EDUCATORS!
 
Teachers and librarians, you rock! You fill your classrooms with knowledge, kindness, and curiosity. You care about students and connect children with books. We know many of you spend personal money on class supplies. We’d like to help.
 
We’re hosting a giveaway especially for educators.
 
Giveaway
Especially for
Educators
 
#GEEepic18
 
One elementary school teacher or librarian will win 37 recently released picture books! 37 new books!
 
Others will win goodies like bookmarks, stickers, and classroom guides.
 
But that’s not all! Every educator entering has the option of receiving a postcard from a picture book author personally addressed to their class (well, up to the first 1,000 teachers...we aren’t super human). That’s right. Everyone has a chance to win something!
 
The giveaway is open August 1st – August 27th. Grand prize winner announced September 4th.
 
See the end of this post for a complete prize summary.
 
Thank you for the important work you do, and have a great school year!

​Prize details:
Grand prize, 37 picture books! The Diamond & The Boy*, Alma and How She Got Her Name, La Princesa and the Pea, Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre, Forces, Energy, Waves, Matter, The Remember Balloons, Love Mama, An Inconvenient Alphabet*, Hedgehog Needs a Hug, Maximillian Villainous, Mommy’s Khimar, Doll-E 1.0, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga*, Teach Your Giraffe to Ski*, 100 Bugs! A Counting Book, Pie Is for Sharing, I Am Famous, Shark Nate-O, Iver & Elseworth, Moth and Wasp Soil and Ocean (x2), Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush*, The Breaking News, Allie All Along, Rice From Heaven, Finn’s Feather, Flying Deep, The Little Red Fort, El fuertecito rojo, Hey, Hey, Hay! (A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them), Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime!, Snow Sisters!, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor
 
*Books with an asterisk have not been released and will ship around their publication date.

THIS JUST IN.... (Updated August 12th)
Our contest is so popular, and we have so many new amazing books to share, that there will be a Second Prize Winner who will receive the following 7 picture books: Sterling Best Dog Ever, The Field, Adventures to School, The Three Little Pugs, Chicken Lily, Russel Wrestles the Relatives, and Let the Children March.

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​Other prizes: Alma and How She Got her Name 30 stickers, Love Mama 30 bookmarks and a classroom guide, Matter 20 bookmarks, Maximillian Villainous 30 bookmarks and temporary tattoos plus a classroom guide, Hedgehog Needs a Hug classroom guide, How-to-draw Doll-E 1.0 activity, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga poster plus bookmarks and classroom guide, Teach Your Giraffe to Ski 30 bookmarks, 100 Bugs! A Counting Book 30 bookmark and activity guide, Pie is for Sharing 30 bookmarks, Shark Nate-O 30 bookmarks, I Am Famous 30 stickers, Iver and Ellsworth 30 bookmarks, Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean 30 book marks and stickers (x2), The Breaking News Educator/Family Discussion Guide, The Little Red Fort 30 bookmarks and teaching guide, Hey, Hey, Hay! 30 bookmarks, Penguin and Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime activity guide, An Inconvenient Alphabet 30 bookmarks, Sterling Best Dog Ever 30 bookmarks and 30 stickers, The Three Little Pugs 30 bookmarks and 30 stickers, Chicken Lily 30 bookmarks and 30 stickers, Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush 30 bookmarks and 30 stickers

 
A personalized post card addressed to an elementary school class (Limit one postcard per educator, upto the first 1,000 teachers requesting one. US addresses only).