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Scholastic’s Star Wars — Giveaway

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If you have a child who likes Star Wars, it’s not difficult to find literary tie-ins to match his or her obsession interest. (Sorry, perhaps I’m generalizing from my own son.) Scholastic has recently released two Star Wars titles that each differ from the pack in their own way.

When Star Wars: Millennium Falcon- A 3-D Owner’s Guide arrived on our doorstep, the ten year old wasn’t the only one gushing with excitement. Both he and my husband couldn’t articulate more than “This is SO cool,” but even as a non-convert, there’s much I can appreciate about the concept and design of this neat over-sized book. On the inside cover, readers are greeted with an introduction perfectly suited to the “owner’s manual” format:


Congratulations on your purchase of a Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC) YT-1300 light freighter. The YT-1300 is easily modified to suit the needs of busy companies as well as independent operators. With proper care and maintenance, your YT-1300 will perform reliably for many standard years.”

Each page that follows shows a cross-section of the ship made famous by the ruggedly handsome Han Solo. (I may not be a SW fan, but who can resist 1970’s Harrison Ford?!) A plethora of information is included about the features of the Millennium Falcon, along with several notes from Han himself about his experiences with the ship. The delicacy of the layers makes this a book that my oldest is careful to keep out of the hands of his younger siblings.

Keeping this book away from the little ones is made much easier by the release of a Star Wars book just for them with Star Wars ABC. Other alphabet books watch out- this one is perfect for kids like mine who have heard about Star Wars from older siblings for as long as they can remember. Each page of this large board book features a character or ship from the Star Wars franchise, or in the case of F: Force, a concept. The part that tickles me is the design of each letter to match its word– the hairy W for Wookiee and the belt strapped with gear that’s draped around H’s middle. (Oh Han Solo, you just keep appearing in this review, huh?) The whole span of the Star Wars saga is represented here, and thanks to the order of the alphabet mom Queen Amidala gets to appear on the page just following her daughter Princess Leia.

Thanks to Star Wars: Millennium Falcon- A 3-D Owner’s Guide and Star Wars ABC, kids of all ages (even those well past their childhood years!) can have some literary Star Wars fun!

For another great Scholastic giveaway, check out Nancy’s post today at 5 Minutes for Mom, where you can enter to win two Scholastic holiday titles, plus 4 other books.

As part of our Gift Guide Giveaway, the publisher is generously offering 2 copies each of Star Wars: Millennium Falcon- A 3-D Owner’s Guide and Star Wars ABC (U.S. and Canada, please).

This giveaway is now closed.

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Entries will be closed on December 3, and we will announce the winners on December 4. Please watch your email and check the site for your name, so that we can collect your shipping information to pass along to the publishers.

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Dawn may not be as big a Star Wars fan as others in her family, but she’s always had a fondness for Yoda. Blog away she does at my thoughts exactly.

Comments

  3. Oh my son LOVES Star Wars with an unabated passion and would adore the Millenium Falcon book. The ABC book might be young for him but I know a young friend who would love it.

  4. Wow- neat stuff. My boys would love that! I am the lone female in a house of males – even our dog is male! I can take a nice hot bath while dad and the boys enjoy this!

  5. This is perfect for my best friend’s son. He is such a Star Wars freak, but gets discouraged with reading (has some visual LD issues). These would keep his interest. Thanks!

    • Congratulations Melissa, you’re one of our winners! Please email me at morninglightmama (at) gmail (dot) com with your mailing info!

  18. I thought we owned practically every Star Wars book but not these! Would love to add them to our collection. Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)

  21. My boys and nephews would absolutely love these being the big Star Wars fans that they are. Thank you for the opportunity.

  27. Both my husband and son are huge Star Wars fans. It’s so cute to see them geeking out over things and putting all the Lego things together.

  38. We just bought and wrapped this for one of my nephews. It was the last one at Pottery Barn. Hoping I could win for my 8 year old.

  42. I can’t tell you who would get these books, we would have to have a family lottery. So fun for the whole family to share.

    • Congratulations Ginny, you’re one of our winners! Please email me at morninglightmama (at) gmail (dot) com with your mailing info!

  47. My nephew would love these books!!! He’s only 7 but has seen all the Star Wars movies over a dozen times each and I love watching them with him. He traced me a picture of C3PO and I have it framed in my apartment 🙂

  48. My little Star Wars fan would love these. He’s the one who constantly refers to “dark vader,” even though he’s never seen any of the movies! The ABC book looks great. I can see us reading us over and over!

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