Mailbox Monday for February 27 and Giveaways!

Posted by Laura at Library of Clean Reads on February 27, 2011 in Giveaways Mailbox Monday | Comments : 26

Welcome to Mailbox Monday!

This is my last week hosting MM. I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of you for visiting my blog and leaving such heartfelt and warm comments. I read every one of your comments and it has been a pleasure to host this meme for you! And I have another giveaway lined up this week.

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page. It is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. I'm Booking It will be hosting for the month of March. You can view the touring blog list at Mailbox Monday blog for the upcoming months.

The winner of last week's MM Historical Romance Book Package is: Mary@Bookfan

Congratulations! (Winner chosen with Random.org)

My Mailbox

Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook Volume 5 by Liam O'Donnell (from Owlkids)

The fifth volume in this award-winning graphic novel series features ten new mystery comics by OWL Magazine editor Craig Battle, plus two never-before-published short mystery stories by series creator Liam O’Donnell. As always, storylines are intriguing and relevant, illustrations are detailed and compelling, and dialogue is snappy.

Each solve-it-yourself comic stars amateur detective Max Finder and his best friend, budding journalist Alison Santos. Seventh graders at Whispering Meadows Junior High, these two intrepid investigators must call upon their skills to crack each case before them. Who defaced the town with graffiti? Who sabotaged the school magic show try-outs? And who stole the exam answer key from Mr. Reed’s desk? Readers can decipher the clues for themselves and make their own judgments — before the true culprit is revealed.

You Just Can't Help It! Your Guide to the Wild and Wacky World of Human Behavior by Jeff Szpirglas (from Owlkids)

How many times have you been frightened and felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? Or been unable to hold back a laugh? Or flinched when an object whizzed by, too close for comfort? The thing is, you just can’t help yourself — you’re only human! Part Desmond Morris’s The Naked Ape, part MAD Magazine, and all Jeff Szpirglas, this unique book provides a cultural, historical, and socio-biological perspective on human behavior.

You Just Can’t Help It! is an enthralling and slightly zany exploration of the basic human biology that determines our reactions, social interactions, and the ways we communicate with one another.

The Human Body: Lift the Flap and Learn by Pascal Hédelin & Robert Barborini (from Owlkids)

The Human Body is an amazing, interactive book that uncovers the mysteries of anatomy and physiology to give young children a rich understanding of their own bodies. The dynamic pull-tabs and flaps complement the simple text and will keep kids engaged as they learn!

Pull a lever to make a bicep grow or lift a flap to see all the bones in a hand. Pull a tab to help food travel through the digestive system and use your fingers to learn all about the sense of touch. From being born to growing tall, from pooping to getting sick and more, this book tackles a number of bodily topics that children are naturally curious about in a forthright and age-appropriate manner.

Packed with detailed information, The Human Body is must-have reference for young children exploring this fascinating topic for the first time!

And now for the giveaway!

YA Package (2 books)

(This is the second package Second Story Press has offered to give away!)

Old Photographs by Sherie Posesorski

Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Hecht is slowly making her way through the long boring days of summer vacation. It doesn’t help that her mom’s marriage to a wealthy heart surgeon means that they’ve left their old, comfortable lives behind – so much so that her mom now seems ashamed at the merest mention of their humble beginnings. Now they live in a fancy Toronto neighborhood where she doesn’t belong, and the only friend she made at her new school, Yuri Kimura, has gone to Tokyo for the summer. The only thing getting Pheobe through the summer is her obsession with Agatha Christie mysteries and her covert spying on Colin, her crush who works at the local grocery store.

A chance meeting with a kind elderly neighbor named Mrs. Tomblin changes everything and brings all Phoebe’s interests together. When Mrs. Tomblin is robbed and assaulted she can’t remember anything about what happened, due to the fact that she is in the early stages of dementia. It is up to Phoebe and Colin to try and solve the mystery of the robbery. Could Mrs. Tomblin’s collection of old photographs be at the centre of the puzzle?

The Way It Is by Donalda Reid

To Ellen Manery, a brilliant, introverted, socially isolated fifteen-year-old, there is nothing good about the summer of 1967, especially when her parents decide to move to a small town in the interior of British Columbia. None of the big ideas of the decade – the civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, women’s rights – have had much of an effect on this small community.

Ellen has always been more interested in studying than a social life, but that begins to change when she meets Tony Paul, an eighteen-year-old who is a Shuswap Indian and lives on the nearby reserve. It is Tony’s friendship that gives Ellen the strength to endure the loneliness, discrimination, and sexism she faces during her last year in high school. But as their friendship turns into something deeper, they must decide if they can break free of the small minds around them and forge their own future.

How to Enter:

Thanks to Second Story Press, I have this package of 2 books to give away to one winner! Entering is easy.

Just leave the link to your Mailbox post by using Mr. Linky below.

For an extra entry, leave a comment at the end of this post. If you do not wish to be entered, you can still leave the link to your MM but also leave me a comment telling me not to enter you.
Open to Us and Canada. No PO Boxes.
Giveaway ends Saturday, March 5th at 9:00 pm Eastern Time.
Winner will be announced the next day in the MM post.

So what did you get in your mailbox last week. Link up and share!

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