Category: Kid Lit Giveaways

We’re giving away five copies of Fight + Flight By Jules Machias to five lucky Riot readers!

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Avery lives for the thrill of her dirt bike. But after she’s diagnosed with a disease that affects her joints, she splits her time between endless physical therapy and worrying that her independence is over.

Sarah is familiar with worry, too. No matter how much she pours her anxiety into making art, she can’t seem to get a grip on it, and she’s starting to wonder if she’ll be this way forever.

With both girls struggling, a traumatic experience bonds them in a friendship that changes the way they view their perceived weaknesses and find strength in each other.

We’re giving away three copies each of One Hundred Percent Me by Renee Macalino Rutledge, Luna Finds Love Everywhere by Dr. Shainna Ali, and And Off You Go to Change the World by Ashten Evans to three lucky Riot readers!

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Enter to win a bundle of our leading children’s titles! One Hundred Percent Me is a beautifully illustrated book about celebrating differences, claiming our belonging, and acknowledging our heritage. Luna Finds Love Everywhere follows young Luna as she learns to find love in her everyday routine, and discover the importance of self-love. And Off You Go to Change the World is full of positive messages paired with adorable, colorful illustrations that promise to uplift and encourage children as they transition from preschool or kindergarten. All from Bloom Books for Young Readers.

We’re giving away three copies of Shaped By Her Hands by Anna Harber Freeman to three lucky Riot readers!

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The most renowned Native American Indian potter of her time, Maria Povika Martinez learned pottery as a child under the guiding hands of her ko-ōo, her aunt. She grew up to discover a new firing technique that turned her pots black and shiny, and made them―and Maria―famous. This inspiring story of family and creativity illuminates how Maria’s belief in sharing her love of clay brought success and joy from her New Mexico Pueblo to people all across the country.

We’re giving away five copies of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout to five lucky Riot readers!

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Part outdoor survival adventure, part fantastical quest, this enchanting middle grade novel is a journey of hope, heart, and a willingness to believe in the impossible. Cutie Grackle is used to being different—she lives alone on a mountain with her feeble-minded uncle, sucks on pebbles to trick her stomach into feeling full, and chats with a weathered garden gnome for company. But when Cutie learns from a magical group of ravens that her family has suffered from a deadly curse for generations, and that it involves her long-lost mother, she knows it’s her destiny to break it.

We’re giving away three copies of Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl by Julie Kagawa to three lucky Riot readers!

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From New York Times best-selling author Julie Kagawa. Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl, is an all-new middle-grade adventure, that combines high-tech wizardry, old-world legends and a little bit of magic. Shinji Takahashi is just an ordinary homeschooled kid being raised by his aunt. But when a magical guardian decides to use him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji’s life takes a turn for the anything-but-ordinary.

We’re giving away three copies of If I Were a Park Ranger by Catherine Stier to three lucky Riot readers!

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If you were a national park ranger, you’d spend every day in one of the most treasured places in America. You’d have an amazing job protecting animals, the environment, and our country’s natural and historical heritage, from the wilds of Denali to the Statue of Liberty!

We’re giving away three copies of Simon B. Rhymin’ Takes a Stand by Dwayne Reed to three lucky Riot readers!

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From America’s favorite rapping teacher Dwayne Reed comes a book series about using your voice and taking a stand. Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes is a young rapper from Chicago who is small for his age and afraid to speak up. In Simon B. Rhymin’ he must gain the confidence to use his rhymes to help bring the community together, not to mention get an A in class. And in the sequel, Simon B. Rhymin’ Takes a Stand, Simon and his crew navigate inequality and injustice within their school and community. How will young readers use THEIR voices?

We’re giving away five copies of Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case to five lucky Riot readers! 

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In the graphic novel adventure, 10-year-old Elvie is on a crucial mission to save humanity from extinction after a sun shift has changed life on earth as we know it. Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, a biologist, are the only humans who can survive during daylight because Flora made an incredible discovery – a way to make an antidote to sun sickness using the scales from monarch butterfly wings.

Through both comic narrative and journal entries, readers learn the basics of star navigation, how to tie useful knots, and other survival skills applicable in the natural world.

We’re giving away five copies of All You Need by Howard Schwartz to five lucky Riot readers!

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A little girl grows up to be an accomplished artist in this sumptuously illustrated book about the small things that lead to a rich and fulfilling life.

In All You Need, poet Howard Schwartz’s graceful, deceptively simple text describes a handful of things anyone needs to live a rich and fulfilling life, made all the more potent by the illustrations of debut picture book artist Jasu Hu, who uses her talents to create a rich and powerful narrative describing her own journey, creative and otherwise, from a childhood in China to her arrival to study art in New York.