Written by Kamil on March 9th, 2009
And the winner of the 2009 Dr. Seuss Book+Tee giveaway is……..DRUM ROLL…….Amy from 5 Minutes for Books. Amy will receive a Book Lover T-shirt and any book she wishes for under $100. Congrats Amy!!!
Amy has a blog, Hope is the Word, in which she reviews the books she reads, as well as her thoughts on living a bookish life. She is married to Steady Eddie, and together, they have two preschoolers. Amy is a stay-at-home-mom and part-time English instructor, and is also very excited about her victory here. Stay tuned and we will reveal the book of Amy’s choice.
We would like to thank everyone for participating in this 2009 Dr. Seuss Giveaway, it has been a great success!!! See you next year.
Written by Kamil on March 2nd, 2009
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!! Your birthday has officially become ‘Read Across America’ day. For all you book lovers, make sure to read a little extra today. Even Google is celebrating today!!!

In the spirit of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, we will be teaming up with intelligent Book-Lover blogs across the world in our T-shirt+Book Giveaway.
What can you win?
We will be giving away one of our classic Tees for every individual blog winner (this blog is included). Next, these winners will be entered into the Grand Prize Giveaway, a TMTYR (or Fiction vs. Non-Fiction tee) and a complimentary book of your choice (under $100 value). We will choose each individual winner in one week, Monday, March 9th, and will choose the Grand Prize Winner shortly after that.
You will receive 1 entry into the giveaway for talking about your experience below, and 2 entries for writing about this giveaway and linking back to this post.
Talk about the books/series you loved to read as a child. How did you get these books/series? (ie. library, from parents) Who influenced you to read them? How did reading these books made you feel? Feel free to get into as much detail as you wish, escape.
Here is my experience:
I first fell in love with reading when I lived in Oakville, Ontario and was about 11 years old. I read the entire “Nate the Great” series….over and over again.

I remember walking solo from our apartment building to the library (20 minute walk), and then reading every “Nate the Great” book that I could get my hands on. I loved trying to solve each of Nate’s mysteries, and felt very engaged in the series. One of my ESL friends, Czesiek, turned me onto this series. In retrospect, I still don’t understand how my parents never noticed my all-day adventures to the library, maybe they knew. Thinking of this takes me way back…wow.
What’s your experience?