The folks at Chronicle Books are having their annual Happy Haulidays giveaway, in which one blogger – and one person who comments on their Happy Haulidays post – wins up to $500 of Chronicle Books. Sounds sweet, right? Well, the generous Chronicle people have added another dimension to the giveaway this year. Each blogger who enters gets to name the charity of their choice – and if they win, their charity also wins $500 worth of Chronicle Books.
For my charity, I have chosen Packages From Home. This is a bit about their mission:
Our sole purpose is to provide food, personal care, and recreational items to deployed American troops, at no cost to the them. Since March 2005 we have averaged 1,000 to 1,500 packages a month being shipped to our heroes. Our goal is to ship many more. We collect donated items from generous patriotic citizens who live all across America. These items include non-perishable food, personal toiletries, and recreational items like games, books, music CDs and movie DVDs.
The contest ends on December 2nd, when one blogger will be randomly chosen. If my post wins, not only do I win the books I’m about to list, but a random commenter on this post wins the same books. Also, Packages From Home will get to choose $500 worth of books that will then be added to care packages sent to deployed men and women in our military.
And now for the fun part… what would I choose with my winnings?
- Press Here by Hervé Tulet
- Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
- The Orphan of Awkward Falls by Keith Graves
- Wideness and Wonder by Susan Goldman Rubin
- Nests by Sharon Beals
- Bird Watching by Paula McCartney
- Bird by Andrew Zuckerman
- The Life and Love of Trees by Lewis Blackwell
- Birds by Jeffrey and Christine Fisher
- Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson
- Michael Chiarillo’s Bottega by Michael Chiarello
- The Glorious Pasta of Italy by Domenica Marchetti
- Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life by Jennifer New
- Chuck Dugan is AWOL by Eric Chase Anderson
- 642 Things to Draw
- World of Geekcraft by Susan Beal
- The Commmonsense Kitchen by Tom Hudgens
So, any of them catch your eye?
Nice selections. Somehow I missed World of Geekcraft when I made my list. I’ll have to win yours! Good luck.
Interesting selection! Love the variety.
I have Bird on my list too! Good luck!
Great list . Great charity 🙂
Okay, so anything by Keith Graves would be on my list. My grandkids love his works. So is Bird’s Nests. That looks fabulous! And Michael’s cookbook.
You did a great job.
So I wish the both of us good luck on this thing.
Thank you Chronicle books ;D
jeaneC from CA
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What a great charity you’ve chosen! I love your list as well. I have Tartine Bread on my own list and plan to purchase the Dan Eldon book and the Press Here book (for myself and a grandbebe respectively) for Christmas.
Yes, I DO buy myself Christmas presents, wrap them, and put them under the tree – that way I know I’ll always have at least one present that I really like!
Good luck to you!
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That World of Geekcraft makes me smile every time! Good luck!
Picked so well! I’m having as much fun seeing what everyone else picked as I did making my own blog list!