North Pole - various times
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Giveaway! The Boxcar Children Beginning
This week promises to be a grand time for fans (or fans-to-be) of The Boxcar Children, with a festival this weekend in Connecticut and a book giveaway right here on Mommy Poppins Boston! Read on for more about the festival and how to enter the contest.
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This Saturday (October 20, 2012) the hometown of Gertrude Chandler Warner, the creator of The Boxcar Children series, is putting on a monster-sized pumpkin fest. It will be worth the trip to Putnam, CT to enjoy the craft fair, pumpkin contests, kids' activities and train rides, but here’s the best part: The festival day has also been designated as Gertrude Chandler Warner Day. This means even bigger fun for Boxcar Children fans, like a book signing with prequel author Patricia MacLachlan and meeting former students of Gertrude Chandler Warner. Take a look at the schedule here. Saturday is also your last chance to visit the museum for the season (apparently, it can get pretty drafty in the boxcar!). For more information about the festival, check out the event listing for the Great Pumpkin Festival on Mommy Poppins Connecticut.
Even if you can’t make a day trip to Putnam this weekend, we have great news for you: We’re giving away copies of the new prequel to The Boxcar Children series, The Boxcar Children® Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm, signed by author Patricia MacLachlan! My daughter and I have read the book, and we think it is both the perfect introduction to the Alden family and just-right answer to the long asked question of how those four kids ended up in front of that bakery on that warm summer night. We will have two lucky winners of a signed book (accompanied by a snazzy bookmark). There are three ways to enter, so just pick one:
The deadline is Friday, October 26. The winner will be drawn at random and notified on Monday, October 29. If winner doesn't respond to our email notification within 48 hours, another winner will be drawn. (Email addresses of entrants will not be collected, sold, or given away to passersby.)
To learn more about The Boxcar Children series, the new prequel, and related activities, take a look at my post about the 70th Anniversary of The Boxcar Children.
Signed books courtesy of the publisher of The Boxcar Children series, Albert Whitman & Company.
