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Announcing Free Books for U.S. Schools—but only with your help and participation!

RP Books / Reagent Press is pleased to share with you The Bugville Critters, a set of children’s picture books four years in the making. We hope you in turn will share these books with parents, teachers, and anyone else who loves children’s stories. The author, Robert Stanek, wrote these books originally as bedtime stories for his own children. The stories address the real issues and challenges his children faced as they started school, made friends, and started to learn about the world around them. The stories provide real lessons about life, friendship, family, our world, the natural world of which we are all a part, and our environment. With global warming looming large in everyone’s thoughts, has there ever been a better time to send positive messages to our children about the importance of our natural world and the environment?

The first The Bugville Critters book, The Bugville Critters Visit Dad and Mom at Work, will be published on May 1 2007. This will be followed by the publication of The Bugville Critters Go to School, The Bugville Critters Have a Sleepover, and The Bugville Critters Visit Garden Box Farms in June 2007, July 2007, and August 2007 respectively.  Other The Bugville Critters books will follow in two to three month intervals until all 15 of the original The Bugville Critters books are published.

     We’re asking Pre-K, and K – 3 teachers in schools across the U.S.A. to participate in “Send a Letter to Buster Bee” campaigns and get free books for their classrooms along the way. From May 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010, RP Books will be giving away free copies of The Bugville Critters Go to School to any Pre-K or K – 3rd grade teacher who will read the book in the classroom to their students as part of story time or any other in-classroom reading activities. The Bugville Critters books are 52 pages in length, printed in full-color on 8 ½” x 11” 70# archival quality paper and have a retail price of $19.95.

     Any teacher who wants a free copy simply needs to:

  1. Send a letter stating they’d like a free teacher’s copy of The Bugville Critters Go to School and that they agree to use the book in the classroom and to not resell it.
  1. In the letter, include the teacher’s name, classroom number, grade level taught, school name, school telephone number with area code, school address, and principal’s name.
  1. Include a self-addressed stamped 9” x 12” or 10” x 13” envelope with $2.75 in pre-paid postage to:

RP Books / Reagent Press
Free Books for Teachers
P. O. Box 362
East Olympia, WA
98540-0362

A unique feature of The Bugville Critters books is that the books in the series are part of integrated sets. Buster Bee’s Adventures Series follows Buster Bee from when he first learns that he has to go to school, through his first days of school, through the end of the school year where he participates in the Little Bug League Tournament of Champions. In addition to a free book, teachers who write to RP Books / Reagent Press will receive free lesson plans that include additional activities to enhance the reading, writing, and learning experience.

      Any classroom that has a “Send A Letter To Buster Bee” campaign can qualify to receive FREE copies of the complete Buster Bee’s Adventure series—all seven books with a retail value of $139.65--by sending a sampling of letters from children who participated in the campaign as well as letters from teachers and parents detailing how the books and the “Send A Letter To Buster Bee” campaign helped children learn about reading and writing.

      Please note that the number of books given away depends on sales of The Bugville Critters books and the participation of teachers and schools. RP Books hopes to give away at least 2,000 copies of The Bugville Critters Go to School (up to 500 each calendar year), and up to 500 complete 7-book sets of the Buster Bee’s Adventures Series. While not every school that participates will receive a free complete 7-book set, RP Books would like to ensure that every participating school is a winner in some way and may give away up to 1,000 individual free copies of other Buster Bee books as well. 2007 book requests for free classroom copies of The Bugville Critters Go to School will be mailed out during Fall 2007. 2008 book requests will be mailed out during Fall 2008. 2009 book requests will be mailed out during Fall 2009. 2010 book requests will be mailed out during Fall 2010. Additional free books for participating in a “Send a Letter to Buster Bee” campaign may be given out periodically during each of the participating years. RP Books / Reagent Press reserves the right to change or cancel this giveaway at any time without notice. Valid only in the United States. Void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law.

      We need your help to make this a success! So what are you waiting for? Help us spread the word about The Bugville Critters stories and get free books for your schools. You can learn more about RP Books / Reagent Press at http://books.reagentpress.com/ and http://audio.reagentpress.com/. You can learn more about The Bugville Critters at http://bugville.reagentpress.com/.

 Thank you for your support!

 

Sincerely,

 

Jeannie Kim

 

Jeannie Kim

VP Publisher, RP Books / Reagent Press