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Book Giveaway!! and an update of sorts..

In honor of the new school year I am giving away two books to ONE lucky person!  To enter, leave a comment on this blog post. 

Two books on writing creativity, "Juicy Pens Thirsty Paper" and "The Bodacious Book of Succulence" by SARK.

I LOVE Sark.  So inspirational, colorful and fun!  The first book is called “Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper” which is about writing.  I picked this up from a library sale, so it is a discarded library book with a little bit of water damage.  I personally don’t care if a book has a bit of damage, as long as you can still read it!    Then, there is “The Bodacious Book of Succulence.”  This book is in excellent condition.. I think I picked it up at a garage sale or paperbackswap.com.  I want to share the love with you.  All you have to do to enter the giveaway is to leave your name in a comment and I will pick a winner out of a hat next week. 

And.. I am LOVING this blog post about how to organize all of your lesson plans from Pinterest..  Print out the little squares, cut out, sort and organize.  

Next week Thursday we have our first day of teacher inservice and the kids come the following Monday.  Are you ready for school yet?

I’ve been trying to jam pack as much as I can into the last month of summer break.  This week we went to a farm and here’s Daria feeding the goats with a bottle of milk.

A young girl in pink feeds milk to goats through a wooden fence during a sunny day.

A close-up of a goat's face with a black and white coat and blue eyes, standing near a wooden fence. Another goat is behind it.
I LOVE those eyes!

And, last night I bought an electric piano!  I used to take piano lessons for about 8 years when I was a kid and I’ve been wanting a piano for about 5 years now.  We got it off of Craigslist.  Love Craigslist.

A person in an orange shirt plays a keyboard piano with sheet music in front of them.


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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

11 Responses to Book Giveaway!! and an update of sorts..

  1. Jen says:

    Am I the first one!!! I found your blog a few weeks ago and think you do amazing work. I love the blog list you put together also.
    Jen
    Jennica1126@yahoo.com

  2. Sarah says:

    YAY!
    Found your blog off of pinterest and now am following on googlereader!
    Thanks.
    Sarah
    sarahmarie345@hotmail.com

  3. Anoeska says:

    Oh!!! I would love to win!!!! Sark is on my wishlist!!!
    http://creanoes.blogspot.com

  4. Unknown says:

    I love your graffiti fabrics and collages. I studied textile design, and would love to incorporate more fabric design in my classroom.
    Mary
    mm42388@aol.com

  5. I just hung up my sark poster today in my room. I would love those books!!! Your projects are super cute!
    Jenn Grob
    jgrob@pasco.k12.fl.us

  6. Mrs. Impey says:

    I'm actually not that familiar with these books and would love the opportunity to use them! Love the ideas on your blog! I'd love if you checked out mine…I just started blogging in July!

    Jen http://www.artroom104.blogspot.com

  7. Jen says:

    So there I was reading your blog post and I thought, “Hey cool! Someone else did a blog post on lesson planning and Pinterest.” I click. And boom. It looked pretty familiar! Thanks for referencing my post.

    And I would love to be entered in your giveaway!!

  8. A wonderful giveaway! I love Sark.
    I've been wanting to get back to my piano too- just have to clear it off!
    Only 2 weeks left of vacation! Can't believe it has gone by so fast>

  9. teebo says:

    I would love to win these books!

  10. Pat says:

    I have always loved Sark and would truly appreciate one of the books!

    :)Pat

  11. crazydaisy says:

    I LOVE SARK! She's so much fun!

    pick me, pick me!!

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