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Raising a Father – Book Review

November 19, 2010 By

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Raising a Father. All opinions are 100% mine.

My father was a great Dad, but his job required him to be away from home a lot. I’ll admit that as a kid, I often felt bad that he wasn’t at my band concerts or choir performances because he was out of town for his job. Now that I’m married and see how hard my husband works to provide for us, I understand my Dad a lot better. Still, sometimes I wish he had been home more and had spent more time with me.

In his book Raising a Father, Arjun Sen tells the story of how he left his corporate job to start a home-based business so he could spend more time with his daughter who was ten at the time. I’ve only seen his website and watched the short video announcing the book so I don’t know exactly what happened, but something happened on September 12, 2001 that showed Mr. Sen the error of his ways. I do know that a work friend told him “Arjun, in order to achieve bigger glories, one must make smaller sacrifices in life.”

Mr. Sen didn’t want his relationship with his daughter to become one of those sacrifices, so he quit his job, started a business he could do from home, and even made his daughter the manager. Raising a Father tells the story of how Raka Sen taught her dad to become a better father and a better person. This book would make a wonderful Holiday gift for any father of a daughter! Raising a Father: Memoirs Of A Dad, Challenged By His Daughter To Live For Today’s Special Moments. is available on Amazon.com for a very reasonable $9.63.

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Giveaway #3- IBW Interactive Books

July 8, 2009 By

This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner, Tamara! Check your email!

Way back in November of last year, I received a sample of books from Interactive Book-Webscene, or IBW. The IBW Reading System combines print books with an online component to enrich the stories. At the end of each section of the print books is a link to a webpage that may be an animation, music, video, or game that corresponds to what your child has just read. Very cool for today’s web-savvy kids!

The books I received are The Busy Preschooler’s Guide To Learning, and two titles from the Ghost Hunter series. The Preschooler’s Guide is so cool, it introduces each letter of the alphabet with a clever poem that describes a word that starts with that letter, then gives a webscene link. On the facing page is an activity or craft that reinforces the learning. In all this book teaches 105 skills needed for Kindergarten including colors and shapes, numbers, time, and writing the alphabet. The webscenes present online animations and learning activities in both English and Spanish.

For older readers, IBW has several book series. KA Readers, are designed to be read successfully by beginning readers who have participated in a phonics-based reading program. Clever rhymes and animations get kids hooked on reading for fun, and online assessments help parents assess how their reader is doing. The Earth Academy 7 series is for early elementary, and the Ghost Hunter series is for older readers. We received two of the Ghost Hunter titles, one of which has completely vanished from the house (oooh, a book about GHOSTS and it VANISHED, spooky! lol), the other is “The Ghost Hunter and the Ghost of Gettysburg”. It’s about a girl named Cori who moves to Gettysburg, and helps ghosts who are trapped move on to the afterlife with the help of her best friend Marta, who communicates with Cori using email and a webcam.

IBW Books

BUY IT: Visit IBW-Books.com to purchase any of their books (warning, auto-play music). And for a unique money-making opportunity,check out IBW Booksellers to learn how you can earn money selling these great educational books yourself!

WIN IT:IBW has generously offered one lucky winner their choice of prizes in this giveaway:

The Busy Preschooler’s Guide to Learning – fun activities built around the 26 letters of the alphabet, with step-by-step help to guide parents in how to use everyday situations to teach 105 skills their kids need before they walk in the kindergarten door. (Retail value $60.)

OR:

THREE (3) KA Readers – beginning readers that use a new kind of                    storytelling where kids see an animation unfold at the close of every  chapter! Dr. Seuss-like rhyming hooks kids on the fun of words. Online  activities help parents assess a child’s reading and comprehension.    (Retail value $60.)

HOW TO ENTER: For your main entry, visit the IBW Books or IBW Booksellers website, then come back here and tell me one thing you learned about the books. When filling in the comment fields, you must use your real first name or blog name (no keywords! I’m serious, I’ll delete your entry!) and make sure your email address is correct.

ENTER BY: Wednesday July 22nd at 11:59 PM EST. Winner to be announced Wednesday, July 29th. Open to U.S. only.

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Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox

September 5, 2008 By

When Ryan was in the 1st grade, I volunteered to help with the school’s Scholastic Book Fair. While I was setting up book displays, I spotted a book that looked like a locked journal, with the odd name “Artemis Fowl”. I picked it up and started leafing through it. A 12 year old boy who was a criminal mastermind discovers that fairies and elves are real, and that they have gold. And he wants it. And he invents cool gadgets and is wicked funny. Hmmm.

In exchange for my volunteer services, I was allowed to take two books, so I kept “Artemis Fowl” and read it. That night. And the next day I went right back to that section of books and picked up “The Arctic Incident: Artemis Fowl Book 2″. I was completely hooked. On books meant for kids in elementary school! These books might be considered “Juvenile” or “Young Adult” fiction, but they are so clever, you forget you are reading about elves and dwarves and just get swept right up in the plots. The 6th book in the series, “The Time Incident: Artemis Fowl Book 6“, finds Artemis traveling back in time to look for a cure to his mother’s mysterious illness, with the help of his friend Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaisance) Unit and his dwarf friend Mitch Diggums. Wait until you see what Mitch’s talent is.

Based on vocabulary and situations, I would say these books are appropriate for advanced fourth grade readers through, well, any age. Check your library or by all means, buy the books in paperback or hard cover from major booksellers-I’d even venture to say that if you liked Harry Potter, you’ll like Artemis Fowl!

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