Giveaways

I really enjoyed reading The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse. It’s a well-written novel that tackles a lot of issues many of us have battled with.

Here’s the description:

Spanning the calamitous turmoil of a World War and the deadly Influenza plague of 1918, The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse is a spellbinding portrait of a young girl’s struggle against the travails of modern loss and faithlessness.

Born to privilege and wealth, Elizabeth Millhouse is the only child of a tense and loveless relationship. Sequestered to a boarding school at a tender age, Elizabeth is ordered to stay at school even through holidays. When she is finally allowed home for the first time, it is only to visit a newly-affectionate father on his death bed.

After prayers for her father’s recovery are denied, she rejects God and determines to live her life without reference to Him. Left alone with a cold and distant mother, Elizabeth seeks to forge her own path, searching for permanence and love in a world where circumstances shift like quicksand beneath her feet.

Personal loss and the revelation of her own history build to a sudden understanding—in closing herself to God, she has denied herself the very love she craves.

For a first-time author, I was very impressed blown away by the depth and quality of this story. It pulled me in and I had trouble putting down — which means that I considered it a good read. In addition, I was blessed and challenged by the message of God’s faithfulness woven through the pages.

This book is available via Amazon, Kindle, or Barnes & Noble. Follow author Amanda Barber on Facebook to keep up with her latest projects.

Click on the graphic below to enter to win one of 10 free copies of The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse. This giveaway ends Friday, May 17, at 11:59 pm, CST. 10 winners will be chosen and posted on Tuesday.

If you have older students and are homeschooling, are a teacher at a Christian school, or just would like your highschoolers to learn Biology and Chemistry from a Christian perspective, you’ll want to enter to win a free DVD from The 101 Series. Here’s what they have to say about their series:

The objective of The 101 Series is to provide easy to use, understandable and visually rich homeschool High School curriculum, and yet appropriate for all grade levels! Biology 101 and Chemistry 101 are part of a planned science series.

Biology 101 is a complete overview of the world of biology from a Biblical perspective. These 4 DVDs are full of accurate and fascinating information supported by hundreds of captivating visuals and graphics. Included on the fourth disc is a printable (PDF) guidebook with quizzes covering the material presented in each segment and a one-year High School course booklet. The DVDs contain nine individual segments ranging from 30-45 minutes each.

Chemistry 101 takes a captivating tour through God’s chemical world. This 4 DVD set contains 19 individual, 20-45 minute segments examining the world of chemistry and the periodic table of the elements. Included on the fourth disc is a printable (PDF) guidebook with quizzes covering the material presented in each segment and a one-year High School course booklet.

Would you like to win a free Biology 101 or Chemistry 101 DVD? Just click on the graphic below and type in your name and email address. Four winners will be chosen and posted on Tuesday. This giveaway ends Friday, May 3, at 11:59 pm, CST.

ListPlanIt offers hundreds of printable lists to help you get organized in many different areas of life. They have printable home management lists like weekly cleaning schedules, room-by-room purges, camping trip planning checklists, vacation packing checklists, birthday party planning checklists, meal planning lists, financial planning printable lists, and so much more.

And they have a big, big new development: all of their lists are now available for mobile devices! So for those of you gals who would prefer to use your iPad or iPod or smartphone to keep your life in order, you can now do that!

To get started, just set up an account (they offer a FREE 30-Day Trial!) and then browse the printable list categories and choose those that interest you.

If you click on the Home Management category, it will pull up a long list of available printable lists for you to choose from plus a number of lists that you can customize and view on your mobile device.

You can either print the pre-made lists (there are dozens upon dozens to choose from!) or you can open the customizable lists individually and edit or customize it to suit your own schedule and family’s needs best. Once you edit the lists and add them to your account, you can access them from anywhere on any device.

Save 20% Per Month With This Exclusive Coupon Code!

When you sign up for a free trial, be sure to enter coupon code MSM20LISTS at checkout and, if you decide to keep your subscription after your free 30-Day trial, your subscription will just be $4 per month. This subscription gives you access to all the printable lists, plus the ability to customize and edit any list for your mobile device!

Would you like to win a FREE one-year subscription to ListPlanIt? I’m giving away six free memberships today — these memberships include access to all the printable PDFs plus the new customizable lists available for mobile devices.

To enter to win, just click on the graphic below and type in your name and email address. Six winners will be chosen and posted on Tuesday. This giveaway ends Sunday, April 28, at 11:59 pm, CST.

Carson-Dellosa is a company that offers a huge selection of award-winning books, ebooks, classroom decor, flash cards, learning games, and puzzles.

Their site provides a wealth of products to help teachers and homeschoolers. And their products are in almost every single elementary classroom in America!

Founded by two teachers over 35 years ago, Carson-Dellosa is the leading publisher of supplemental education materials for teachers, parents, and kids around the world. They make the stuff that makes learning fun!

If you are looking for educational discounts, be sure to join their email list so you’ll be the first to know when they offer 80% off clearance sales, promotions, and contests.

The folks at Carson-Dellosa are not only giving away five $50 gift certificates to anything on their site today, but they also wanted to share some ideas for ways to express your gratitude to hard-working teachers.

Five Money-Saving Ways to Say “Thank You!” To A Teacher

Teacher Appreciation Day is May 7 and this is the perfect time to tell a very special teacher, “thank you!” (Something they probably don’t hear often enough!)

Here are five easy ways to say those two magic words!

1. A Carson-Dellosa gift certificate. We’re giving away FIVE $50 gift certificates for you to shower a special teacher with gifts from their massive selection of award-winning books, eBooks, classroom decoratives, flash cards, learning games and puzzles. Of course, that special teacher may be you!

If you don’t win one of the gift certificates, you can still treat your children’s teacher to some really cool stuff at great prices. Trust me, they’ll love you for it—and your children will benefit, too!

2. Homemade baked goods wrapped in pretty paper and ribbon are a sweet way to say thank you!

3. A handwritten card from you or your child or send a complimentary note or an email about the teacher to the school principal. Share a copy with the teacher!

4. The gift of your time. This is 100% free, yet totally priceless! Attend a field trip, do an art project or read a book. Just let your child’s teacher know you’d like to volunteer.

5. Grade-level appropriate books for the classroom library. (Nonfiction books are especially important now in Grades 2 and above. Check out these for just $3.99!)

Be sure to “like” Carson-Dellosa on Facebook and say ‘Money Saving Mom sent me!’ They will pick 4 new fans in the next 48 hours to win a bonus $25 gift certificate!

Would you like to win a free $50 gift certificate to Carson-Dellosa to either use yourself or give to a special teacher? Just click on the graphic below and type in your name and email address.

Five winners will be chosen and posted on Tuesday. This giveaway ends Friday, April 26, at 11:59 pm, CST.

I’m so excited about this — and my kids are, too! We’re huge Adventures in Odyssey fans at our house. Plus, I’m a huge Tricia Goyer fan.

Meld the two together and you get the Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions – a brand-new daily family devotional for dinner time from Tricia Goyer and and Adventures in Odyssey. This book is designed to help foster great discussion at the dinner table and I think it hits the nail on the head.

Kathrynne took one look at it when we got it in the mail the other day and told Jesse right away that this was our new dinner time read aloud. We can’t wait to dive into it soon!

From the publisher’s description:

Your family’s gathered around the table. What’s on the menu? Cold stares? Stale prayers? The same old leftover questions about “what happened at school today”?

Next time you sit down to eat, enjoy some spiritual food too! Get everyone talking—and learning—with the nourishment of Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions! Encourage quality family time and pass on a strong spiritual heritage with these 164 devotions created to engage children in fun, lively, productive dialogue.

Would you like to win a free copy of Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions? Just click on the graphic below and type in your name and email address. 10 winners will be chosen and posted on Tuesday. This giveaway ends Sunday, April 7, at 11:59 pm, CST.