Donate Tag Books to K Classrooms with LeapFrog’s Like. Give. Read on Facebook (w. giveaway)

LeapFrog continues their commitment to early literacy by putting more Tag books in schools with their new Like. Give. Read program.  For every Facebook fan who  “Likes” the LeapFrog page, the company is donating a new Tag book to a Kindergarten classroom up to 50,000 books.  

With so many books to give away, LeapFrog needs your help in deciding where they should go.  LeapFrog is asking fans to nominate kindergarten teachers to be the recipients of the sets of 50 LeapFrog Tag books.  By emailing Like.Give.Read@leapfrog.com, teachers' names will be included in a random drawing for up to 1,000 classrooms which will each receive a set of book.  

This new program is part of LeapFrog's continued response to a growing concern about elementary school students reading below grade level.  According to the 2010 National Reading Report card, almost two-thirds of fourth graders in this country read below grade level.  

Studies show that children who get help early and enjoy reading are more likely to be successful in school.  Research conducted in kindergarten classrooms where Tag Reading systems were donated demonstrated that Tag Readers were not only a fun way to engage kindergarten students in reading but that they were also effective teaching tools.

LeapFrog CEO Bil Chiasson said, "LeapFrog is committed to helping more children to learn to read and to become enthusiastic readers for life.  Teachers have spoken -- our initial donation of $1.5 million in Tag Readers made a real difference for them and their students."

The new Like. Give. Read is similar to the Tag.Give.Read program that started this past fall and put Tag Readers and books into the hands of 30,000 children in classrooms across the nation.  LeapFrog's commitment also included a $100,000 donation to DonorsChoose.org to match donations to teachers who requested Tag reading systems for their classrooms and a Facebook Virtual Book Drive campaign that distributed 25,000 books to classrooms at the start of the school year.

Do you want to help put Tag books in 

kindergarten classrooms?  

Help me spread the word about putting more Tag books in classrooms and enter to win a LeapFrog Explorer Camera and Video Camera ($24.99).  Please note this giveaway is only for the camera device and not the Explorer itself!

To enter yourself in my giveaway, do any of the following to help spread the word.  Please leave your email or Twitter handle in your comment so I can contact you when you win.

• Like LeapFrog on Facebook and leave a comment letting me know you are a fan.

• Share Like. Give. Read through your Facebook wall to encourage your friends to Like LeapFrog on Facebook too.  Copy and paste your wall post into your comment.

• Tweet about Like. Give. Read with a daily Tweet: @LeapFrog is donating more Tag books to K classrooms thru LIke. Give. Read.  Help @TechSavvyMama spread the word: http://bit.ly/gPvdOa Leave the link to your tweet as your comment.

• Email Like.Give.Read@LeapFrog.com to nominate a kindergarten teacher to receive a set of 50 Tag books and tell me who you nominated in your comment.

I am a paid contributor for my weekly LeapFrog Community column but was not compensated for this post or giveaway.  LeapFrog did not ask me to share this campaign on my personal blog but did provide the LeapFrog Camera and Video Camera.  Winner must contact me with a U.S. mailing address within 48 hours of receiving my email or Tweet notifying them as the winner or another winner will be randomly selected.  LeapFrog will not ship the item to a P.O. box or addresses outside the United States.  LeapFrog and Leticia- Tech Savvy Mama are not responsible for delayed shipment, lost, or stolen items.  Amazon affiliate links contained in this post.