Monday, April 28, 2008

Review & Giveaway: Tera's Dawn & Unicorn Races

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your participation.
The winner is Samsakara. Congratulations!

Tera's Dawn, written by Susan K. Schank, is about a young mare who loves to run free among the countryside. Then one day, she gets caught by ranchers and trained to be a plow horse on their farm. Her misery eventually turns to happiness when she makes an amazing discovery!

Even though Girlie Girl isn't a big fan of horses, she loved the way Tera overcame adversity and found her wish eventually coming true. A great book that your entire family will love.


If you have a child who loves fantasies, this is the perfect picturebook! In Unicorn Races, written by Stephen J. Brooks, every night after going to bed a young girl enters the imaginary world of unicorns among the stars. Riding as a princess on the back of a unicorn, she oversees amazing races past the moon, stars, and other exciting sights.

The best part of this book is the beautiful water-color pictures that makes you feel like you're right there in the action. Definitely one of the best books we've read in a long time!

How would you like to win both of these books for your family's library? Oh, and did I mention that they're both signed by the authors? Cool, huh? To enter, just stop by Purple Sky Publishing before midnight, May 5th and check out their other wonderful children's books. Then come back here and mention one that you find interesting. That's it! A random winner will be selected and notified on May 6th. The winner will then have 3 days to claim their prize.

You may earn extra entries by doing one or all of the following for a total of 3 extra entries:
Please let me know if you're doing/did the extra credit so I can make sure you're entered properly.

Don't forget to leave a way to contact you in case you win! This giveaway is open to everyone world-wide. Good luck!

76 comments:

windycindy said...

Greetings, Their books all have lovely book covers! I think the
"Christmas Turtles" sounds good.
Please enter me in your drawing.
Thanks very much.....Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

Ilissa said...

I'd like to read many of their books but if I had to pick just one, I'd choose, Creatures of the Night. This book looks excellent. I'd love to have some of their books in my library. PLease enter my name in the giveaway. I am also signed up for your newsletter. Thanks for hosting the giveaway! I love your blog :D

-Ilissa
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Anonymous said...

So cute! My daughter would love this, and she would also love "Fairy Ball"...she's so into fairies right now!

Bunny B said...

What lovely books!! And signed too :) Other than these 2 books (which are already interesting enough), The Fairy Ball caught my eye :)

Thanks for the chance to win!!

Bunny B said...

Oh, and I'm also subscribed to your feed via reader :)

Bunny B said...

And I blogged about the contest HERE! Thanks for the chances!
xx

julie said...

sleep peacefully my princess is my favorite book on the site.
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Unknown said...

I could have spent hours at Purple Sky Publishing,just viewing The whimsical illustrations! Love the 'Sleep Peacefully, My Princess'. Every little girl needs to imagine she's a princess! The Fairy Ball would be a great addition also to any library! Thank you. I enjoyed my visit.

Maude Lynn said...

My daughter would love "Creatures of the Night!"

danosor said...

Fairy Ball is my choice.

Anonymous said...

The Capitol Ghost Mystery

Anonymous said...

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calgirl said...

Creatures of the Night is a great book. I take my kids out during the night or in the early morning hours when we are on vacation just to try to glimpse the night life. We have found owls, possums, bats and snakes

Anonymous said...

Alexander Asenby Great Adventure looks a cute enchanting story! I subscribed with the yahoo feed.

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Anonymous said...

I too like the Christmas Turtles,my foster daughter would enjoy it a lot,count us in please,thank you


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Mya Brooks said...

awww, the Christmas Turtle looks cute!

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Anonymous said...

My daughter would love "The Fairy Ball", she's a big fan of fantasy.

Meredith said...

All the books at Purple Sky are always so lovely. I like Creatures of the Night because we're all about animals around here!

susan1215 said...

cute book

agordon10 said...

Sleep Peacefully My Princess
is a neat book we have read.

mverno said...

sleep peacefully my princess

anne said...

What a wonderful giveaway. Thanks. I loved the Creatures of the Night. SO beautiful and unique.

LINDALSHOT said...

The Unicorn Races looks like a great book.

chromiumman said...

christmas turtle

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great read

Anonymous said...

Unicorn Races

Thank you!

Anonymous said...

I just saw Unicorn Races...definitely would be my choice.
THANKS

Kari said...

Unicorn Races. Thank you for the giveaway!

sweetsue said...

All of their books are pretty and sound so original. The one that really caught my eye was Sleep Peacefully My Princess.I would love to win these books for my grandaughter.

Anonymous said...

I think my daughter would love "The Fairy Ball"
But so many of their books look really good it would be hard to choose. My son and daughter are both big fans of fantasy stories.

murphykatt@yahoo.com

malleycc said...

WOW these books look great. The Fairy Ball looks great too. Thanks for the giveaway.

Anonymous said...

http://www.purpleskypublishing.com/superelastic.html this was my favorite book on the page because it looks super funny and something my kids would enjoy

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jennem said...

The Fairy Ball
Stephen J. Brooks

kristilb19 said...

Creatures of the Night looks interesting for my son

vboackle said...

the variety of good books is nice.

carissaad said...

The Fairy Ball

DOODLEGIRL said...

Sleep Peacefully My Princess

bison61 said...

I think the boys would enjoy the book Creatures of the Night

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Anonymous said...

We would love the "Sleep Peacefully My Princess" book.
Thanks. I hope I win!

mshoneybug at gmail dot com

Dove420 said...

All the books are wonderful I particularly like the Unicorn book and the Mystery about Lincoln. My granddaughter loves Nancy Drew and mysteries too, she also loves books with animals ..... real and fantasy

Stephen Saunders said...

Fantasy stuff is right up my alley.

Unknown said...

We love books at my house and all of theirs look like good ones for our collection. If I had to choose one it would be either Christmas Turtles or the Fairy Ball. I think my daughter would adore both of them!

Tarasview said...

Fairy Ball looks cute to me!

noreen said...

Sleep Peacefully, My Princess sounds perfect for my two princesses

Anita Yancey said...

The Fairy Ball looks very interesting to me.

Unknown said...

the fairy fall looks like such a great book and so does my prindess

Tim Sternberg said...

I think the
"Christmas Turtles" sounds good.

Unknown said...

My Pony/Unicorn-loving Princess would just adore these books! Thanks so much for writing about them so I can get them even if I don't win them!

Alyson @ 3 Ps

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kaylee8 said...

What fabulous books to share with my daughter

Momnerd said...

Sleep Peacefully, My Princess sounds so adorable to me! All of the books look great though. I LOVE books!
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Unknown said...

The Fairy Ball looks interesting! Our little girl would love these books! You are also posted on my side bar on my blog!

betty R.~Simply Southern said...

would be creatures of the night! kids love the ''creatures and critters''..lol.
enter me please and thank you

Angela said...

OO!O!O!OO! thats right up my alley.. I LOVE Unicorns and well I raised and trained welsh ponies and hunter/jumpers up till fairly recently in my life (aka I cant afford to anymore) but I would LOVE to have them to add to my children's libary.

I blogged your contest on prizeatron
http://www.prizeatron.com

Ginny said...

I love the 2 books you mentioned, my daughter would love them. She would also love The Fairy Ball. What great books! I'm subscribed to your feed for an extra entry!

Unknown said...

super funny and something my kids would enjoy

Crunchy Green Mom - Suzanne said...

Alexander Asenby's Adventures looks awesome!

I love to read to my girls, and I must confess that I love to get lost in kids books as well. A new book here for my little daughters, (and even my older kids to like to come in and get lost with me) would be wonderful. I am also a dreamer and unicorns have always been my favorite!

Anonymous said...

I think the Fairy Ball sounds like a great story. All of the books seem enchanting!

doot65[at]comcast{dot}net
Elizabeth
I am subscribed to your email.
Thanks for the contest!

deb said...

My granddaughter would love these!!! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win such fantastic books!

Anonymous said...

"Christmas Turtles"

theyyyguy@yahoo.com

Jinxy and Me said...

So many of these look good, especially "The Fairy Ball"!

Anonymous said...

I like Christmas Turtles!

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Crystal F said...

My girls would probably like "The Fairy Ball". Thank you!

Unknown said...

Christmas Turtles sounds interesting. garrettsambo@aol.com

Anonymous said...

Sleep Peacefully, My Princess

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Kathy said...

The Capitol Ghost Mystery (coming Spring 2008) looks interesting!

klp1965 said...

please enter me :)

Erica G said...

I like the events page. Too bad there is nothing near me.


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Miranda Ward said...

The Product lineup..

bfox74 said...

I really like the Super Elastic Traveling Sound Circus.

phxbne said...

Super Elastic Traveling
Sound Circus sounds fun

ky2here said...

The Capital Ghost Mystery was fun.

dvice12 said...

The book artwork

cdrury said...

the artwork is amazing - I am hooked!! Creatures of the Night is my favorite

Anonymous said...

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