November 11, 2010 
Chronicle Books has just launched a Happy Haul-iday promotion that we can’t resist. Here’s the deal: by posting a list (here on our blog) of Chronicle Books valued at up to $500 that we’d like to haul in, we are automatically entered into a drawing to WIN our list of books. If we win, one of our readers who comments on the post will win the list, too!
We pulled together a collection of ocean-themed books that we’d like to put to good use in our marine education programs: some will be added to our office library, others will be used for ocean education activities for youth, and a few may even be up for grab by the winners of our Winter REEF Fest snorkel survey contestants. So check out the list and if you’d like a chance to add this collection to your library, just post a comment below. Best fishes for a literary holiday sea-son!
- Plastiki: Across the Pacific by Plastic: An Adventure to Save Our Oceans, by David de Rothschild
- Still: Oceanscapes, by Debra Bloomfield
- The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium, by Bernd Brunner
- Great White: The Majesty of Sharks, by Chris Fallows
- Ichthyo: The Architecture of Fish, by Stephanie Comer, Deborah Klochko, Dr. Daniel Pauly, Jean-Michel Cousteau, and Dr. Lynne R. Parenti
- The Anatomy of the Sea: Over 600 Creatures of the Deep, by Dr. David Ponsonby and Professor Georges Dussart
- Beaches, by Gideon Bosker and Lena Lencek
- Drawing Nature: A Journal, Jill Bliss
- S.O.S: Chilling Tales of Adventure on the High Seas, Sara Nickles
- Sea Flowers Eco-Journal, by Jill Bliss
- Kelly Slater: For the Love, by Kelly Slater
- SURFER Magazine: 50 Years, edited by Sam George
- Waves Postcard Book, by Rob Gilley
- Waves, by Steve Hawk
- In My Ocean, by By Sara Gillingham
- The World Almanac for Kids Puzzler Deck: Ocean Science, Ages 5–7, by Christine Economos
- Giant Pop-Out Ocean, A Pop-Out Surprise Book
- In The Ocean: Ragged Bears, by Steve Lavis
- I Spy in the Ocean, by Damon Burnard
- Sea Stories: A Classic Illustrated Edition, compiled by Cooper Edens
- T Is for Tugboat Navigating the Seas from A to Z
- Undersea Treasure Hunt, by Stephanie Boey
- Manfish A Story of Jacques Cousteau, by Jennifer Berne
- Wave, by Suzy Lee
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I like how Kelley Slater and SURFER Magazine made the list! 🙂
Great choices. It’s awesome that Chronicle has so many that relate to the ocean.
Thanks for sharing!
mrsderaps @ hotmail . com
The Drawing Nature journal would be an awesome gift for my son.
good luck!
The Jill Bliss book is awesome! Good luck!
Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com
Cute blog.
This Haul-idays contest is so much fun, and I get to visit blog I never visited and to re-visit blogs I have stopped by before.
Stop by my blog if you like to see what I chose.
http://silversolara.blogspot.com
silversolara AT gmail DOT com
What a wonderful list
What an amazing contest and an amazing list! 🙂 I hope we win!
I. love. Jill Bliss. !!
I’m itching to get her new series of journals and cards! :]
waves/ocean/fish/sea flowers… great books about ocean life. Good luck.
I need new books!!! This is a great giveaway!!!!
kimberlyasparks@ymail.com
Awesome collection! Love the art in the book Wave!
Love this list! Bet it would be great prep for a scuba trip
This is a neat idea! I had no idea they offered so many neat ocean themed books!
AWESOME selection! Here’s to a win! Good luck!
Mollydedwards AT yahoo DOT com
Great books – you’re the first I’ve seen with an overall theme.
Hi. Those are some great pics. My children and I are nature lovers and they love to learn about the ocean. We watch Disc and PBS constantly. I couldnt tell you my favorite because we would love them all. Great picks!!!
-Brandy
brandyzbooks@yahoo.com
Oh I love your themed list! I imagine there are some spectacular images in these books! Good Luck!
You have picked some very interesting books! I would love to win, too.
ape2016@aol.com
Thanks for the chance, you have a lovely blog. Isn’t it nice that Chronicle has books that fit just about any niche one could fit in?
Good luck,
Jules
Very nice list! I see some great gift potential here!
shetreadssoftly(at)gmail(dot)com
Great choices! I didn’t realize how many books they had on the ocean and nature.
I love Chronicle – this is such a generous giveaway. Thanks for the entry.
gaby317nyc at gmail.com
Great list of books,I’d have went totally all cookbooks,
cupcakes,baking books. Good luck to both of us!
barb g. directorylanesuperstore(at)gmail.com
fascinating list! would love to win!
Fun list! Love that it is centered around your blog, great job & good luck!
Several of these are on my list too – love looking at photos of the beach and ocean. Good luck.
These books would be great to donate! I hope you win!!
christauf4(at)gmail.com
great list, and great give-away!
Great list—I am sensing a water theme,
Nice list of books. Especially when it’s sleeting outside here with gusty winds
Oh this is fascinating. I love water/sealife.
Whew! That’s quite the list! I hope, for my husband’s sake, we win. I think he’s getting sick of our library full of nothing but teenage fantasy. 🙂
Interesting list of books! Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful giveaway!
Oh, fabulous! I work with young children, and our preschoolers would *love* this collection! Thanks for the chance to swim away with this treasure!
i’m guessing that Manfish A Story of Jacques Cousteau would be a fascinating read.
vvb32 at yahoo.com
Maybe we both can win, I like your book list.
Wow, great list of books! I’d love to win this and get a visit from “bookish Santa!”
I would love to win this. Count me in!
I completely love how you picked all books within the same theme 🙂 Such a fun idea!
I like the list and would have added at least one book by Wayne Levin who recently published a book of photos from Papahanaumokuakea.
kinda confused do i just leave a comment for a chance to win?
yep!
We agree, great idea! For the purposes of this contest, however, the booklist is comprised of titles available from *Chronicle Books*.
A wonderful list. Very different from the ones I selected See My List Here but a really delightful list nevertheless. I would absolutely love to win either one.
Teresa [AT] LadySilk [DOT] Net
Smiles,
Teresa
Hello, I am a new follower and I will be adding it to my Blog as well so Please come by and visit when you have a second.
Wow! What a great contest!!! There are so many great books to choose from!! It’d sure be a nice giveaway to win!
Yes please. Aspiring dolphin trainer here. Need some inspiration.
i’m completely loving your list! here’s hoping we both win!
k_sunshine1977 at yahoo dot com
I didn’t even know Chronicle had so many on this topic. Love all of your selections. Awesome giveaway, would love to win! Thanks for taking the time to share with us…
Great theme, how awesome!!! Love this title – The World Almanac for Kids Puzzler Deck: Ocean Science, Ages 5–7,
best of luck to us both! 😉
This would be great for our classroom- hope we win!
i put ‘great white: the majesty of sharks’ on my list, too! i have such a fear/fascination thing going with sharks!
julie_reuter92 at yahoo dot com
Just reading your list instantly transported me to the beach. I do hope you receive your selection.
best day ever if i win!!
I would enjoy all of these books and sharing them with others!
A favorite would be Sea Flowers Eco-Journal, by Jill Bliss..
Many thanks to you!
Cindi
I’m liking the ocean theme. If I can’t get a seaside vacation then I’d love to read about it! Chronicle Books are the best!
I didn’t realize that Chronicle Books had so many great books about the ocean.
I’m getting seasick from reading your list! jk 😉 I’m in!
Love the theme list! Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
and ocean care is so important – I hope you win!
Great ocean-themed list. Thanks!
I have the Shark book on my list and would love all the rest of these. (Glad to have found your blog too!) Good luck!
Plastiki looks very interesting, as does the rest of the list.
what an awesome list of books to win!!! pen4dav143 @ yahoo.coom
Great list! Best of luck.
If you’d like to comment on mine: http://ticklemebrahms.blogspot.com/2010/11/chronicle-books-contest.html
pmathers at jps dot net
great list! good luck to you!
What a great list! There is something very soothing about being around the salt water…it renews your soul and makes everything right in the world for the time that you’re there!
Wow what a great “aquatic” list you have! I know in a few years my son would love a few of the children’s titles and the adult titles would interest me…Good Luck!
Courtney
stilettostorytime at gmail dot com
A sea lover I “see”? Good luck!
nfmgirl AT gmail DoT com
We love visiting oceans and aquariums, these books sound wonderful!
great collection of books
what a great compilation of books!
Um please please PLEASE win. Wow I seriously think I would cry if I won all these books!
happy_haylee_3(at)hotmail(dot)com
Great choices!!
Good luck!
How great is it that you are able to make a list of so many thematically related books!
I want to win these books!
This would be amazing! My husband is a huge surfer, and I would be the best wife ever if I won!
great list! best of luck!
What a fun collection of books. I like your theme.
Amazing list! Good luck!
I love your theme. Hope to win!
The Cousteau book is new to my Wish List…didn’t know that this was coming out.
YOu must have one of the best lists, because there sure are a lot of comments-I hope WE win!!
I love Wave.
Oh my gosh- as an oceanographer I lap up absolutely anything relating to marine worlds. The creatures of the deep book is especially enticing- I love those freaks from the abyss.
What a great list of books!
jowanjowan73(at)yahoo(dot)com
Excellent choices! I’d love the chance to win these.
pennyt at hotmail dot com
oooo…pick me, pick me!
Good selection of titles. Good luck to both of us. And Thank You to Chronicle Books.
jcamp2020 at aol dot com
Nice variety of books. I’m crossing everything I can
What a great list!
It’s a race! I hope I win!
Great choice of books! My grandson would enjoy a number of them.
My children and I would learn much from this collection.
great list! good luck to both of us!
What a great list of books!
great choices!!!