Did your child do some summer reading? How about some trips and travel? JetBlue and PBS Kids have a joint venture called Soar with Reading – Let Your Imagination Take Flight. This is a literacy program that is free for parents and kids to use to help raise readers. The site soarwithreading.com is where parents can go for online reading tools, activities and also to log the reading minutes of your kids.

I received a special package to use in my house. It contained a copy of The Magic Treehouse #1. I read this over the course of two days to Eva, she enjoyed it. There is also an activity book and a Steve Songs CD. Eva loves music and loves to dance so I’m betting she’ll enjoy the Steve songs CD very much. We’ll do the activity book together soon too there are some fun things inside like drawing, coloring and talking about fun trips.

I registered with the Soar with Reading site and wanted to let you know that for every reader who registers on SoarwithReading.com, JetBlue will make a book donation to a child through First Book, up to 10,000 books. While I was there I also voted for the Richard’s Memorial Library because the campaign supports public libraries. At SoarwithReading.com families can vote for their favorite library in the Soar with Reading Sweepstakes. The winning library will receive $10,000 worth of children’s books courtesy of Jet Blue and Random House Children’s Books. And if you enter the winning library, you will have a chance to win a trip to Atlantis!

I have a special kit to give away to one lucky reader. The kit contains.

• A Soar with Reading Activity Kit – These kits are distributed to families at JetBlue terminals all summer.
• A Take-a-Long Hooper – To take with you and do fun travel photos.
• A Book – the prize pack contains The Magic Treehouse #42
• A Steve Songs CD – Steve Songs songs are really fun
• A JetBlue Backpack – Great for back to school.

Ways to Enter
(Leave 1 SEPARATE Comment for EACH Entry).

• 1 Entry – Mandatory to Enter – To enter the contest visit soarwithreading.com. Come back and tell me your favorite kids book. Leave this as your FIRST comment.
  (If this is not done your entry will not count)
• 1 Entry – Follow BenSpark on Twitter
  (Leave a Comment with your Twitter name)
• 1 Entry – Follow Soar With Reading on Twitter
  (Leave a Comment with your Twitter name)
• 1 entry – Like the Soar With Reading Facebook Page. Let Soar With Reading know that I sent you there.
  Tag me in the post: type “@Andrew Bennett”. Friend me first so I can see your tag.
  (Comment here after you’ve done this.)
• 1 Entry – Subscribe to BenSpark’s Giveaway Newsletter
  (Leave a comment letting me know you signed up)
• 1 Entry – Tweet about this Soar With Reading Giveaway… something like
  Win a @SoarWithReading Activity Pack for your little readers from @BenSpark http://bit.ly/mUzj22
  (Leave a comment with a link to your tweet. Here is how to get that link to your tweet)

I will not respond to any comments so that I can run the Random.org numbers correctly. Any trackbacks are unapproved while I select the random winner and then re-approved after. Only legitimate entries are counted. You have until 5:00pm EST on September 11, 2011 to enter. Once 5:00pm EST rolls around (or as early the next morning as possible) I will close the comments. The winner will be notified via e-mail and will have 48 hours to reply with a US Mailing address so that we can send the winner their prize. Contest is open to US residents Only. Please do not use multiple names to enter. Make it fair for everyone and don’t stack the deck.

Disclosure: I was given a Soar With Reading pack of my own. The opinions of it are 100% mine.