This giveaway is now over.

However, there is a NEW giveaway for a class set of Steps to Literacy book bins. You can enter here.

UPDATE: Congrats to our winners Shana F. and Meredith G.! Our fab winners have been emailed and these boxes mailed out to them πŸ™‚

On Friday, I blogged about how in love I am with these Steps to Literacy book bins! These boxes are durable, colorful, and a great deal. I am using these book bins in my classroom this upcoming school year for style and functionality.

These book bins are perfect for organizing lessons/assessments/worksheets for the week, holding your students’ books, storing manipulatives, or organizing the books for your classroom library! Functional and cute- does it get any better?!

I am raffling off TWO sets total of these fantastic book bins. Each set includes 40 book bins! There is one primary color sets (contains red, yellow, green, and blue) and one fun color set (contains bright blue, orange, lime green, and purple).



PROMO CODES
Steps to Literacy provided me with exclusive promotion codes to save you money! Use the code GLITTER3 to receive a 10% discount of all book bins in the shopping cart when a set of 20 or 40 is ordered at the same time. This code also provides you with free shipping for your entire order, meaning you can shop around and find some more goodies to start off your school year! Don’t need a set of 20 or 40? Use the promotion code STL15TS to get Free Shipping on all orders over $50.

THE RAFFLE

TO ENTER
Want to win a set of your own? To enter, there are a few choices! You can follow Glitter in Third on Facebook, follow Glitter in Third on Twitter, or just shout out how you would use these awesome book boxes in your home or classroom in the comments section of this post. Feel free to email me at GlitterInThird@gmail.com if you have questions concerning how to enter πŸ™‚

THE RULES
Enter using Rafflecopter below. You can enter up to three times by either commenting, liking my Facebook page, and/or following Glitter in Third on Twitter!

Winners will be announced here on July 20th!

(Winners will also be contacted by email.)

Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you to Steps for Literacy for providing me with these book boxes to raffle off and share with my readers!

182 Responses

  1. What a great giveaway!!! I teach language arts only to third graders and ever year I have to rearrange my library because my book collection grows over the summer. I can DEFINITELY us some more storage for my books. I like to label them by reading level and genre!

  2. This is an AMAZING giveaway! I would use these to organize my classroom library to be more manageable and accessible for my preschoolers!

  3. I need organization help! I have stuff everywhere in mismatch containers and spread out everywhere. These would be perfect for organizing students books, centers, my library well just anything.
    Good luck everyone else and thank you for the opportunity to win something so amazing.
    Sheri
    Early Years with Sheri

  4. Love this giveaway!! I have been wanting to purchase book boxes for my students. I teach reading and writing to third graders only. Currently students use bags for their books that they choose to read during silent reading time for the week. I would love for each student to have a box to store their books. Such a neat and organized way to do so! Thank you!

  5. I would love to use these as individual book boxes for my students. With limited space in my classroom, I think this would really help keep my kids excited about reading and organized!

  6. I'm a second year teacher in third grade and would LOVE these bins! I would like each student to have their own individual book bin and could use the extra for my own organization- centers, guided reading groups, daily plans, etc. πŸ™‚ Thank you for the exciting opportunity!! I'm obsessed with bins!

  7. Great Giveaway! With budget cuts and increasing enrollment these would get put to good use! Thanks for the code also!

  8. I'm moving to a new school and they are starting Workshop which I've taught at my previous school for years. I would LOVE to have these book buckets! My kiddos love having their own books in their own space and it helps make them responsible for taking care/cleaning up their books. I love the fun color ones. Thanks for the codes too!!

  9. I love book boxes/bins! I use them for EVERYTHING – for keeping my books in my library to putting small group stuff in them as well. They are a great resource! Thanks for doing this!

    Blessings,
    Becky from
    CookingUpSuccess

  10. I would love these baskets to organize my very unorganized library! I know my kids don't mind the mismatched baskets, but I do! lol Anyway, here's hoping! πŸ™‚ jimandamykuti[at]gmail.com

  11. I would use these boxes to help me further sort and organize my massive classroom library. I need boxes for author studies, themes and for books that can be used crossed curricula such as math and science themed books. Fingers crossed

  12. I would love to use these for student book boxes:) These are awesome!

  13. This is an awesome giveaway! I am moving back to 3rd this year after being in other grades for the past 10 years. You are one of my new people to follow! I would use these boxes for our reading book baggies and maybe their different notebooks.

  14. I would love these bins! I would use the bins in a number of ways. Unfortunately my classroom doesn't have any cubbies for my students, so I would use the bins for my students to store their journals and leveled readers. It would definitely help decrease the clutter which drives me insane.

  15. I would use them for students to keep their independent books in them to use during independent reading time.

  16. I would love the fun colors! I would use them for my students books they get to read during independent reading.

  17. These book boxes are beautiful! I can envision them in my classroom already. Thanks for hosting this great giveaway!

  18. I would use them for my students independent reading books and for activities during stations in my literacy block. They would love the fun colors!!!

  19. I've always admired how other teachers use book bins for students and organization, and I've wanted to have them in my classroom for a very long time. I would love to have a set so that each student has his/her own box for just right books, as well as for my own organization of lesson plans, groups, and work stations. Thank you for the opportunity to win these.

  20. These book bins would be perfect for my 2nd grade sweeties! Thank you for this amazing giveaway! πŸ™‚

  21. Awesome giveaway! I would love to have these in my classroom so my 3rd graders could store their books and reading binder. Thank you for the opportunity to win.

  22. I would love to win these! This year will be my first year teaching and I would love to be able to use these to organize my library! I have a ton of books! πŸ™‚

  23. These would be used for their just right and fun books to be used during read to self when we do Daily 5.

  24. I love the colors and they sure would look great in a classroom library!
    Deb at Fabulously First

  25. I would use these as additional organization in my classroom library

  26. I would use these to help organize my classroom library!

  27. I am moving to a new school this year and I had to leave all my old book boxes behind because I got them with school money. I have no idea what I will be using next year, but these would be perfect!
    Adrienne

  28. These look great! I am moving from 1st to 3rd and re-doing almost everything! I would use them to hold themed book collections in the classroom library.
    ~Melissa
    Teacher Treasure Hunter
    P.S. I'm glad to find another 3rd grade teacher to follow on Twitter. I'm building my PLN there and trying to revive #3rdchat We'd love for you to join!

  29. With reading the Daily 5, I definitely need book bins for my students for their individual books! These are great.

  30. I would love these bins to reorganize my classroom library and to use for their individual "book bags" for independent reading. These are durable and great looking!

  31. This is a great giveaway! I recently found out that I will be teaching 2 classes of 4th grade literacy. I would use these as individual book boxes for these classes. Students would put their just right books and literacy items in the bin for easy access and organization. I have heard great things about these and have contemplated ordering them.

  32. I would absolutely love to win these book bins! I need them badly! I teach the Daily 5 in my kindergarten classroom and these would be perfect to use as my student's book bins for their personal books brought from home. I would also use them to organize my classroom library and sort the books by my student's favorite authors. I love the primary and fun colors! Thank you and good luck to everyone!

  33. I would love to win these amazing bins. I would use the fun colors to update my library!

  34. I love these book bins! Love the fun colors and would love to have them to use for my students individual book boxes, thanks so much for the raffle opportunity!

  35. So versatile! I would use them to differentiate between grade levels as I teach K-57th computer and technology!

  36. I would LOVE to win these book bins! They would be great to organize my classroom library and to use for my students books they bring in from home to use during Daily 5. What a huge blessing this would be to any teacher. Best wishes to all! πŸ™‚

  37. I would love to win! I teach first grade and they are beginning readers. I have my library leveled but would love for each child to have their own box with books at their individual level. Pick me!!

  38. It's always so exciting to see new ways to use srorage containers. I have multiple reading groups. I will store daily materials for each group, in a separate bin! Fingers crossed! THANKS!

  39. It's always so exciting to see new ways to use srorage containers. I have multiple reading groups. I will store daily materials for each group, in a separate bin! Fingers crossed! THANKS!

  40. I am a brand new 3rd grade teacher that has been teaching Kindergarten for 18 years. I do not have any 3rd grade books of my own for my library/reading station. I would love to have these book bins to start my collection and build up my collection of 3rd grade books, and then be able to organize them by genre and/or level. So excited!

  41. I'm a new teacher and I do not have any book bins for my classroom library. I have been drooling over these bins for the past few weeks debating on whether or not to make the investment when I saw your raffle. This would be the answer to my PRAYERS and such a huge help for my first grade classroom.

  42. I love these boxes and the colors! I would LOVE to have them in my classroom!

  43. I am totally redoing my library and these look like just what I need. Thanks for the discount code.

  44. I am totally redoing my library and these look like just what I need. Thanks for the discount code.

  45. I will be starting my first year of teaching in September and will be teaching 2nd grade! I'm so excited to begin this new journey but unfortunately haven't yet seen my classroom to know what I need and won't be able to see it until August. I know from experience that book boxes and organizational bins are a must! Starting the year off with bins like these would definitely take away some stress!

  46. These would be great! I would use them for book boxes for my students to put the books they go and buy to read during self-selected reading time.

  47. I would use these beautiful colored book bins to replace my dull blue bins.

  48. How would you use these book boxes?

    I would use these to differentiate student work and reading in a semi private way! Love their bright colors also!

  49. These book bins would be such a help for our read to self part of our reading block. My little kinder-bears don't have desks and our table top boxes are full with text-work-books and color boxes. With the great colors, I can color-code for many purposes. Thanks for offering this contest.

  50. I would use these to help organize my classroom library! I love the bright colors!

  51. I would use these to help organize my classroom library! I love the bright colors!

  52. I use book boxes to hold my students interactive notebooks and their consumable textbooks. I need another set though for my second class. πŸ™‚

    Adventures Teaching Fourth

  53. I would love these for my students to put their independent reading books, response notebook and folder in. Our desks are very small with very little storage. I am returning to the classroom after an 8 year break and am scrambling to get things in order for the beginning of the year! Thanks for the giveaway!

  54. I would love to use them in my classroom for my nonfiction texts. I teach third grade math, science, and social studies so I want to have a library that is helpful to their learning. I would also use them to hold their interactive notebooks. Love your blog! Great to find another third grade blogger! ~Amanda

  55. Oh how I would love these bins! As a new teacher I used hand me downs that didn't match my decor last year. These would be great!

  56. I would love to use these bins for my classroom library. I will be a first year teacher and I am beyond excited to get my classroom library books organized. – Yesenia

  57. These would be great for the kids to use during reading workshop — I love the color variety. πŸ™‚

  58. I love these boxes and I already have some. I need more for more books and for my math centers.

  59. This is an amazing giveaway!! I am in my 2nd year of teaching and I am trying to rearrange my books so that my first graders can have a more organized library. These book bins would be amazing for helping to organize!! They would be some helpful for the independent reading and group time!!!

  60. I'd love to win these! I'm a Reading Specialist. They'd be perfect for housing the books I give to my students each day to take home. Thanks!

  61. I am a kindergarten teacher and would love these for my kids to hold their guided reading books and their DEAR books! This would be a dream come true!

  62. These would be fabulous for students book boxes for their self reading.

  63. I would love to use these in my classroom to organize book baskets for my students. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win!

  64. I'm moving to a new classroom at a new school and could really use some of these to help organize my classroom library or use as daily 5 book bins. Really could find a lot of different uses for them. Loved the set I had at my old school.

  65. Love these bins! I would use them to house daily materials as well as each student would have his/her own box to use to store their familiar books as a browsing box

  66. I am a new teacher, so I would use these book bins for individual student bins, or for my classroom library that I am working on building.

  67. I would use these in my new 3rd grade classroom. I previously taught 2 classes of 4th grades but I will have ONE class this year. I would LOVE to have these bins for my students to store their independent reading books in. Thanks for the giveaway! πŸ™‚

    -Courtney
    Classroom Snapshots

  68. I plan on having a "Math ToolKit" for my students this year. A folder with things they will use, like 120 chart, fraction chart, etc… These would fit nicely in those boxes! THANKS!

    Hodges Herald

  69. I posted my idea also on your FB page. But I would use these as Chrome Book storage for each of my tables/teams.

    Denise

  70. Whoops I had to fix my comment! This is great! Thank you for the opportunity to win! πŸ™‚

    I would love to let each student use a book box during our Daily 5 time. They would also be a great way to set up centers around my room!

    annabanana1986.blogspot.com/

  71. I would use these to replace my too-small box boxes I have now! πŸ™‚ I love these book bins so much!! πŸ™‚

    Lindsay
    Just Keep Teaching

  72. Revamping my library! I currently have books at home in storage bins, because I don't have any room for them in my classroom! I need more bins and more shelves!
    Lindsey
    Miss Johnston's Journey
    L. Paull Designs for All

  73. These bins would be a great way to organize books, literacy stations, and so much more!
    Crystal Wyatt
    wyattswiseowlteachercreations.blogspot.com/

  74. What a great giveaway!!! I would love to reorganize my library with these awesome book bins!!

  75. I love the look of those boxes. I think I would use them as individual student book boxes with the students pictures on the front.

  76. This is an amazing giveaway! And the coupon code is really nice too – it makes the set of 20 the same price as the Target dollar spot book bins. I love the primary colors too!
    Natalie Lynn
    Collaborating in Kinder

  77. I would use these colorful bins for independent reading time. Although I teach PreK and we're not "readers" yet, it would give each student their own personal library. Another way would be to set up my bins by weekly theme so that it would be set to go at the beginning of the year. Love these! Jo Tiny Toes

  78. Love these bins! I currently use some ugly cardboard magazine boxes that are beginning to fall apart. My 5th graders use keep their independent reading books and reading workshop notebooks in their bins.

  79. I am an intervention teacher and would definitely use them for individual book bins. Plus the primary colors would look just fabulous with my room decor! These are a great price too!

  80. Love the colors of these bins! They would be great for individual reading tubs or just to organize my books!
    MissGilbert01[at]gmail.com
    Sunshine, Sand and Scissors

  81. Great idea for a giveaway!!! I would use these for my levelled readers – my cardboard ones just aren't doing it anymore!
    Andrea
    Maternelle avec Mme Andrea

  82. I desperately need book boxes for my new classroom this year! Lol. I'll be purchasing them myself unless I get these awesome free ones! Thanks for helping somebody out!

  83. I would use them as book boxes for my leveled readers! They are so cute and colorful!!

  84. I am new teacher and I would use these for student book boxes or to organize my first classroom library. Such a great giveaway idea!

  85. I am new teacher and I would use these for student book boxes or to organize my first classroom library. Such a great giveaway idea!

  86. I just moved into a new classroom that finally has the space for bins such as these! I would use them to organize my classroom library! πŸ™‚

    -Sarah
    A Rocky Top Teacher

  87. What an awesome opportunity to get book boxes. I would LOVE these to organize my Time for Kids/Scholastic News for each student. Having 75 students makes me have the need to be very organized! πŸ™‚ Thanks again,
    Theresa
    Pinkadots Elementary

  88. I will be student teaching in the fall – I would love to have these awesome bins to present as a first-day/new-year gift to the teacher I will be teaching with! She is always eager to put new ideas in action in her room, and would love to have a willing volunteer (ME!) organize her books into these fabulous bins!!!

  89. These look like they would be perfect for sorting the nonfiction books in our classroom library! Thank you for hosting this awesome giveaway!

  90. I would use the book bins to reorganize my classroom library since it keeps growing and changing as my class grows and changes.

  91. Great giveaway! Book bins are the last thing I need to buy for this school year. I'm sure I will buy a million things, but I NEED book bins! πŸ™‚ Thanks for the chance to win!

    Stacia

  92. I'd live to reorganize my library. These would be perfect!

  93. It would help me rearrange my books I have here at home ready to take to a classroom when I get a job!

  94. Oh my goodness, I could really use these! I could use some of them for the library and some of them for student book boxes. I could even use some at my small group table to help keep books organized! I would love to get them into my classroom and find the perfect use!!

    Fervent First Grade Frenzy

  95. My grade partner just bought these and I fell in love with them!! I could use the bins for my classroom library as well as for my students' guided reading book bins. Thank you for the opportunity of a chance to win them!!

  96. Thank you so much for doing this! I'd love a set to organize & brighten up my library.

  97. Thank you for this amazing giveaway! I am moving to second grade from kinder this year and want to use the Daily 5 in my literacy block, so I would use the books bins for each student as well as the remainder of them being available to organize my library! I hope I win!!!

  98. I would love to replace our old beat up book boxes with these lovely new ones! I would also use some to organize my reading group work.

    Kayla
    The Chalkboard Garden

  99. Awesome giveaway! I would use these book boxes for students to keep their choice books in and I would also use them to sort my library books.

  100. I have been dreaming of these bins for a few year! Would love to win πŸ˜€

  101. These would be great for book boxes. I usually buy the ones from Ikea. I have a superhero theme so the primary colors would be fabulous! What a cute blog! Someday I want to try third grade. It is one grade that I think would be a great transition from second.

    Thanks!
    Christa
    sweetlifeofsecondgrade

  102. These bins would be used for our Reading Center Time!!! The primary colors would be a great addition to my classroom and the individual bins would let my kiddos "own" their own books for a bit!!!

  103. (Sorry if this is repeated… My comment just disappeared). I would love a set to help organize students that we switch for part of our day as well as help organize my class library!!! Thanks for a chance to win some!!!

  104. This is a great giveaway! I've been planning on reorganizing my non AR books and these bins would be perfect!

  105. I would love to use them to organize my guided readers and they would be great for student book boxes!

    Kay @ Sommer’s Lion Pride

  106. These are adorable! Thinking I could give some to my mom to use in her classroom as her mailboxes instead of cereal boxes she has used for years!!!! She updated to something similar but not as nice and not all matching. And keep a few for myself to use in my classroom library! These look awesome!

  107. Great giveaway! I would use these in my classroom library or as students' personal book boxes. These would help with organization! Thanks so much!

    Brigid

    Bits of First Grade

  108. Love these book boxes! I will use them to store individual student books, and composition notebooks. I like the idea of having them at tables for unfinished work too!

  109. Thanks for posting about these, and even more thanks for giving two sets away. I've been searching for affordable but sturdy book boxes for a while now. What a great addition to the classroom!

  110. My library is in desperate need of an overhaul! These would help to ease the burden. Thank you for the opportunity πŸ™‚

  111. I have a total mix match of book boxes right now.. Nothing matches the next one.. Would love to have these to organize my classroom library (probably over 1,000 books)! The kids would love the look of the brand new boxes and keep the library neat and tidy too (wink wink)!

  112. Such a great giveaway. So glad I found your blog. I will definitely use these boxes for organizing my library. πŸ™‚ SO exciting!

  113. This is an awesome give way. I would use them for my students book bin during daily 5 read to self.
    Suzzanne Horton

  114. These are great! I usually do the cardboard boxes from Ikea for student book boxes, but they are always hashed by christmas! These would work so much better! Thanks for the great giveaway!

  115. I would use these for student "I PICK" books, center folders and poetry notebooks. Thanks for this opportunity!

    First Grade Frame of Mind

  116. I'm a Gifted and Talented specialist and I would use these to help the kids organize their independent projects.

  117. OMG I love these book bins. The fun colors – LOVE!! I would organize my classroom library so much better with these

  118. I would use them to help organize my massive classroom library–hundreds of books. Thanks!

  119. I would love to use these boxes to organize my math game collection. Each box labeled with standard and all tools needed to play that game.

  120. I would love these bins for my classroom library. The colors are bright, and they would be a big help toward organization as well. Awesome giveaway!!

  121. Yes:) These would be fabulous!!!! I am moving classrooms and will now have more room to organize my classroom library. Therefore, I would use these bins to sort through my mounds of books and make them more accessible:)

  122. I teach in an urban setting and spend so much of my own money on supplies that I always have to skip over this expense. I would use these in many ways from Daily 5, literacy centers, small group organization, individual book boxes or in the classroom library. Thank you for the opportunity!

  123. I would use these to organize my classroom library – one for each level and the rest for topics we study. I love the colors and how sturdy they look. Would LOVE to win these!

  124. I would use these for individual student organization for IEP info and then the rest for special books/materials needed. Would love them! lovetoteach2691[at]gmail.com

  125. I would love to get these for my classroom! These would be great for daily 5 book boxes for my 27 kiddos. I would use the extras to organize materials for guided reading and math groups and for their table groups.

  126. I love these book bins! I want to start Daily 5 with my kindergarten class next year and can see using these as personal book boxes. I also would love to have a cute library. I could replace the falling apart $1 store wash basins that I am storing books in now. They would also look great on my shelf with cute labels to hold unit materials. Thanks for the giveaway πŸ™‚

  127. This would be incredible to have in my first grade classroom. I live how these bins are sturdy and colorful. I know these would make an excellent resource for the daily 5.

  128. Facebooked Your site and commented πŸ™‚ Would use these boxes for classroom (since I have 20 kids, i would assign one bin as their own and one per kid as mine. One for keeping kids books in and half of bins as classroom library). And we all would be SO happy. πŸ™‚ Greetings.

  129. I'm switching from desks to tables this year and my plan is to have bins for the students to store their supplies in. I figure I'll need a few bins per table (for writing, math, etc) so this would definitely help me organize it! πŸ™‚

    Kristin
    kristinbrehm[at]gmail.com

  130. I am switching to tables as well with my younger kids and my coach mentioned having a book basket for each student to hold their library books and such but the cardboard ones I tried didn't survive the year so this would be a fabulous thing to have and use year after year.

  131. This is my first year teaching first grade. I want to use these bins as student book boxes. I have used cardboard boxes in the past, but they always fall apart and look very well loved by the end of the year. I'm looking forward to having these sturdy, cute boxes for my students to use!

  132. I had the cardboard boxes last year and they totally fell apart. I need these so bad and have searched everywhere for them and they are on back order. Thank you so much for giving these away! I hope I win! πŸ™‚

  133. I would use these are individual student book boxes. I would love a place for my students to keep the books they are currently reading safe! And the fun colors are the exact colors that I have my room decorated in! Love them!!

  134. I would love to have these book bins for my classroom library and small reading groups.

  135. I keep getting emails with everyone's ideas about how they can use the box. How can I get that to stop?

  136. I would love to win these book boxes to support students' individual reading levels!

  137. What an awesome giveaway!! I would use these as book buckets for my students to hold their books and reading journals.

  138. I would love to win these! I would use them for my students' book boxes…last year I used gallon sized bags πŸ™ I had taught 2 ELA classes and could not afford to by 36 on my own!

  139. BOOK BOXES!!! my kiddos would LOVE THEM! Wendy 1stgradefireworks[at]gmail.com

  140. I would use them for Daily 5 individual book bins and they go perfect with my color theme!!!
    Cheers,
    Terri

  141. I am a brand new teacher, teaching FIRST GRADERS πŸ™‚ I would love these to help me organize my library. I don't have a large library yet, but anything to help would be so appreciated!

  142. I would use them as book/writing boxes for my students. Some would be used to sort small group materials for math and reading at my small group table.

  143. I would use these to level my classroom library. I am moving from 3rd to 1st grade so I need to make my classroom library as easy to use as possible. I would also use these as individual student books boxes for their independent reading time.

  144. I would LOVE to win these! I moved from 2nd to 3rd this year and I've added probably 200 books to my classroom library with no book bins for them! Thanks for the chance πŸ™‚

  145. Please enter Mary Hiebing in this bin drawing. She is a struggling new teacher (don't we all struggle?) and NEEDS this so bad. Thank you for the opportunity to help a wonderful teacher!

  146. Please enter Mary Hiebing in this bin drawing. She is a struggling new teacher (don't we all struggle?) and NEEDS this so bad. Thank you for the opportunity to help a wonderful teacher!

  147. I would love to win these for my classroom. I am about to start my third year of teaching and have spent the last two years spending hundreds of dollars on books. The last two years I haven't had the proper bins to store my books and sadly some were destroyed. I would love to protect my investment and sort my books for my incoming class. I work in a title one school and have 87 students that will be using my library daily. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks!

  148. I would love to have these to organize my classroom library. As a first year teacher, I'm definitely low on supplies! Thanks for the chance! πŸ™‚

  149. My third grade team is departmentalizing next year and I'm going to be teaching all the math and writing. I would love to use the boxes to help me organize all of those writer's notebooks! πŸ™‚

    Thanks so much for the awesome giveaway. I'm so glad I caught it!
    Katie Smith
    I Want to be a Super Teacher