Written by Jeanne McNaney and illustrated by David Cochard, Miracle in Sumatra: The Story of Gutsy Gus is one of the most original picture books that I’ve read. Gabriella, the guardian angel of the Sumatra forest, transforms a young girl named Maya into an orangutan to help Gus the orangutan rescue his parents and [...]
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This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations, LiEr! Given the household popularity of my shirt sleeves to leggings repurposing venture, I was very excited to receive a pair of proper Leg Huggers in the mail from Agoo Apparel to review. Emma immediately commented on how much fancier they were than my hack version, and asked if Lily [...]
I couldn’t believe my luck this week when I arrived at the library to find a beautiful collection of board books on sale for 25 cents each. I got eight gently used books for $2, and here are my favorites from that shopping spree: Goodnight Moon is such a classic that I’m a little [...] My mother gave us Jan Brett’s Christmas Treasury the Christmas Johnny was born. It is one of Emma’s all-time favorite books, all year round. Emma will happily sit through all seven stories: The Mitten, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, Trouble with Trolls, The Twelve Days of Christmas, The Hat, Christmas Trolls, and The Night Before [...]
This giveaway is now closed – Congratulations, Julie!
The Barefoot Books company was founded by two mothers who wanted books that would feed their children’s imagination while instilling in them a respect for diversity and love of their planet. Brandy sells Barefoot Books, and she has generously offered two books for me [...]
Thank you to everyone who commented on yesterday’s post! I enjoyed reading about what works in your homes, and I’ll be saving many of your tips for future use in our home – especially since what works in our house one day does not always work the next. Team Mom recently sent us one of [...] The One2One Network recently sent us an episode of Busytown Mysteries, a new Richard Scarry stories based Cookie Jar TV show. I didn’t grow up reading many Richard Scarry books, but I did recognize the characters. Emma and Johnny both loved the two 11-minute mysteries we were sent to review. Johnny found the second [...]
Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karen Katz was a freebie with the Halloween costume I bought online for Emma in 2007. I wasn’t a huge fan of the costume (it was scratchy – good reason not to buy a child’s costume online, particularly for a sensory-sensitive child), but the book has been [...] This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to winner MikeC! Mike and Emma have been listening to Five For Fighting’s “Superman” and “100 Years” as part of Emma’s bedtime routine in recent weeks, so I was excited when One2One offered me the chance to review and host a giveaway for their newest album, Slice. I was sent [...]
Peter Holowitz’s Scribbleville tells the story of what happens when a straight-line man moves into Scribbleville, a town where everyone and everything is scribbled. The straight-line man doesn’t seem to notice that he is different, but the townspeople certainly do. Only one woman befriends the new stranger, explaining, "on the outside he’s odd, but [...] |
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