Mrs. Wishy Washy Giveaway!

I was recently contacted by Hameray Publishing to review Joy Crowley's new collection of easy reader books. I've used Mrs. Wishy Washy in my classroom for years, so I was thrilled to check out what Hameray was offering!

I received two books to review (Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review.  All opinions are my own and this is not a compensated post.)


"Wishy-Washy Clothes" is a short, easy to read book in the "Early Birds" series that focuses on predictable text and high frequency words.  This would be perfect for emergent readers. If you read aloud Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm beforehand they will have the added benefit of making text -to-text connections, as well as having the schema of Mrs. Wishy-Washy and her animals. The humorous text and pictures are high interest as well.

The 2nd book I looked at was "Mrs. Wishy-Washy and the Big Wash from the Joy Cowley Collection. In this book, Mrs. Wishy Washy takers her animals to town to find water. Again, the story and illustrations are humorous, which will make it high interest. As well, the book contains rhyming words and onomatopoeia and would be great for teaching punctuation such as quotation marks. I appreciated that at the back of the book there were some teacher tips for Before, During and After reading.

There are already a ton of Mrs. Wishy-Washy resources at Making Learning Fun, and I often use Mrs. Wishy-Washy when I teach my farm unit, so I think that adding these easy readers to my book library will be a big hit! If you're interested in picking up some of these books you can use coupon code ZJCC13 now through 6/30/13 for 20% off your purchase at Hameray Publishing.


They also have a great Pinterest board for Mrs. Wishy-Washy! Check out all of their fun boards and ideas!

Finally, you can win your own Big Book copy of a Joy Crowley book! My kiddos love big books! Just enter via the Rafflecopter below!


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33 comments:

Amy said...

I love anything Joy Cowley. She came and gave a talk and read one of her books while I was teaching at my last school district. I would love to win anything of hers. Amy - qbeepatte@hotmail.com

Raevers said...

I love Joy Cowley, too! Mrs. Wishy Washy is one of my faves. It's part of our reading series, but I've added a couple more titles. Thanks!

EnRiching Kinders said...

I love Mr and Mrs Wishy Washy! I always use these books when I teach Ww. I also have a Mrs Wishy Washy puzzle that my kids think is the best.

Rebecca Thompson said...

Love this book and all your great ideas! Thanks for the chance to win :)

Rebecca Thompson

thompsonr574@strose.edu

Maggie's Kinder Corner said...

What fun! I wish I had a whole J. Cowley set for my room. They are such valuable books, and love all of the info inside the back cover and the word count info on the back too! Thanks Jennifer!
Maggie

Kerri said...

I love Mrs Wishy Washy. Thanks !

D. Keller said...

Love the character and so do my kinders! Thank you for the opportunity to win these books!

Unknown said...

I LOVE Mrs. Wishy Washy and all the Wishy Washy books. My students just did a small group activity using the Big Book "Mud Walk". They used animal crackers and pudding to get the animals "muddy" then licked them "clean". They LOVED it! I sure hope I can win some free loot for my students!

Elizabeth Polston said...

Love Mrs. Wishy Washy! We just read that story this week and compared it to another in our reading series. Kids LOVED this one!

Andrea Crawford said...

I love Mrs. Wishy Washy! What fun it would be to win!

Andrea
Reading Toward the Stars

Sandi said...

We love Mrs Wishy Washy. Fingers crossed.

sandi
rubberboots and elf shoes

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Yvonnee said...

Thanks for the opportunity. I love Joy Cowley.

Unknown said...

These are great Guided Reading books since there is predictably and lots of sight word practice!!
Valerie
Georgia Grown Kinders

Life as Vicki said...

I'm a new librarian who loves finding great blogs like yours! Thanks for the great info!!! And, I would love these books!!!

Jada's Mommy said...

My students love Mrs. Wishy Washy!

Delighted said...

Love Mrs. Wishy Washy! Thanks for this opportunity to add them to my classroom library! :-)

imgoingfirst@gmail.com

Karyn said...

I love Mrs. Wishy Washy! There's just something about her that is so simple but so fun!

Suzanne Sweeney said...

Love reading the Mrs. Wishy Washy books. They are so cute and the students really love the illustrations. Thanks!

Suzanne Sweeney said...

Love reading the Mrs. Wishy Washy books. They are so cute and the students really love the illustrations. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

The Mrs. Wishy Washy books are funny and a lot of in to read. The kids love listening to them.
Megan
meganhorman@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I love Mrs. Wishy Washy books. About two years ago she came to UAB and I got hear her talk about how she creates her books. It was neat to hear her stories behind her books.

Laura
lnabors@kinwgoodchristianschool.com

Lori R said...

My class loves Mre. Wishy Washy!

Laura said...

Love Mrs. Wishy-Washy and Joy Cowley! I think Mrs. Wishy-Washy would have been a great teacher!
Laura
Peace, Love, and First Grade

Unknown said...

Mrs. Wishy Washy has stood the test of time. I have used Joy Crowley books when I first started teaching in 1987!

Sarabeth said...

I love Joy Cowly and Mrs. Wishy Washy. Perfect for kindergarten!!

Jackie said...

I love Mrs. Wishy-Washy. She is my go to character on dress up day at school. The kids love it.

k5rocks said...

Love, love, love Mrs. Wishy Washy! Thanks for the chance to win!

k5rocks said...

Love, love, love Mrs. Wishy Washy! Thank you for the chance to win!

Unknown said...

We're doing a mrs. Wishy washy study right now. The kids would benefit from and enjoy a new wishy washy book!

Cherie said...

We are doing a Mrs Wishy-Washy unit now!

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