Are you looking for a storybook to gift to your child this holiday season? Then this giveaway is for you! TWO lucky Contest Corner readers will each with a copy of The Sparkle Box by Jill Hardie, so read on!
When I was a child, we had a box with our Christmas decorations that contained holiday storybooks. I always enjoyed pulling these out and reading them during the holiday season. So when I received a copy of The Sparkle Box: A Gift with the Power to Change Christmas, I was immediately taken back to my childhood! Written by Jill Hardie and illustrated by Christine Kornack, this book follows the story of Sam, a young boy who is very excited for Christmas. He notices a shiny box on the mantel and asks his mother if it’s a gift for him. She tells him that it’s a very special present called a Sparkle Box that the whole family will open, but they must fill it first. Through the book, Sam participates in various holiday activities and watches the Sparkle Box with eagerness. As his family celebrates the season, they also teach Sam important lessons about helping others, by filling boxes for their local food bank and giving mittens to a homeless man.
When Christmas morning comes, Sam is so excited to open the Sparkle Box. Inside, he finds several slips of paper documenting the acts of kindness the family has performed over the holiday season. Sam’s parents explain that the Sparkle Box is their gift to Jesus – doing good deeds for others. The book also comes with your very own Sparkle Box, so that readers can adopt this tradition for their own. I think this book is sweet and reads like many of the classic Christmas books I grew up with.
THE SPARKLE BOX – Official Book Trailer from Ideals Books on Vimeo.
The Sparkle Box: A Gift with the Power to Change Christmas is available on IdealsBooks.com for $19.99 and in bookstores.
Giveaway Time!
TWO lucky Contest Corner readers will each win a copy of The Sparkle Box! Entry is easy via the Rafflecopter form below:
Rules, regulations, and other important stuff: Giveaway is open to residents of the United States, 18+, and ends on November 8th 2012 at 12:01 AM EST. We are sorry, but P.O. boxes and APO/FPO addresses are not eligible to win. Prize will be shipped via UPS. Winner will be chosen through Rafflecopter the same day and notified via email. Winner has 48 hours to respond to our notification email, or a new winner will be chosen in their place. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. We hereby release Facebook of any liability. By entering this giveaway, you are releasing Facebook and understand that you are providing information to Contest Corner and the giveaway sponsor, not Facebook. Contest Corner is not responsible for late entries or entries lost due to technical malfunctions. Please see our Privacy Policy and Disclosure for further details on our site’s policies. A sample was received to facilitate this review.
special gift of time or an expression of love.
a blanket to keep others warm
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feeding others – food bank
My husband works for a homeless organization, so I like the one about helping the homeless-blankets to keep people warm or food for people who don’t have enough to eat.
Bake cookies and deliver them to people in your neighborhood with an invitation to attend your Christmas Eve service if they don’t have a church home.
My children would like to give a gift that helped animals so I would use the Network for Good to search for a charity that could use our help.
I love the idea of filling a little piece of paper out and putting it into the sparkle box..My favorite idea was adopting a grand parent=]
Commit as a family to help at an area soup kitchen or food pantry
blankets or food is a good idea
You can do nice things for your neighbors if you don’t have enough money to buy things.
Bake cookies and deliver them to people in your neighborhood with an invitation to attend your Christmas Eve service if they don’t have a church home.
i like Adopt a grandparent at a nursing home. sweet idea 🙂
I think ideas that require time are the best–there is no substitute for actually doing the serving!
I liked the Bake cookies and deliver them to people in your neighborhood idea the best.
I like the ideas related to dedicating your time to serving others.
Adopt a family for the holidays….write their names on papers for the boz and re-visit them in prayer every year!
I like the
Bake cookies and deliver them to people in your neighborhood with an invitation to attend your Christmas Eve service if they don’t have a church home.
I like the idea of Blankets and food
I LOVE to feed hungry people, food sounds nice.