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Terrific Picture Books for Kids

October 19, 2009 By

EarlyLight Books introduces four eye-popping children’s picture books, with titles that are sure to get your child’s attention! Just try telling a kid over the age of 3 that you want to read a book called “Bug Butts” to them and see if you don’t both start giggling :)

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EarlyLight Books sent us all four titles at no charge in return for a review, and Kaitlyn was a willing tester!  We read a lot of children’s books and these are amazing. The colors in the illustrations and photos just pop off the page. We had no idea that bugs used their butts in so many different ways, from defending themselves to communicating with other bugs.    We were fascinated by the different ways animals use their tongues and take baths, and the Green colors of Animal Colors are stunning.  Any of these books would make a wonderful addition to a child’s picture book library.

Visit EarlyLightBooks to download the Fall ’09 PDF catalog, and for ordering information. Each book is $14.95.  Thank you EarlyLightBooks for sending us the four books at no charge for this review!

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I’m Your Bus review and Back to School giveaway

August 12, 2009 By

This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to all the winners!

Grand Prize: Comment #41 from The Angel Forever

Runners Up: Comment #3 from Mommy Needs Therapy,  comment #80 from Grammy Janet’s Place, and comment #30 from Jennifer who subscribes by email.  Thank you to everyone who entered!

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We have a new favorite book in our house, the absolutely delightful  I’m Your Bus. I read it to Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn sits and pages through it while telling herself her version of the story, I’ve even made my boys listen to me read it. I love it, can you tell? Synopsis:

Get ready for a rip-roaring, rhyming ride that celebrates all things drivin’ with a special spotlight on a kid’s four-wheeled best buddy–his school bus! When you’re a kid, your school bus can be your very best friend. Morning, noon, and nighttime, too, that golden buddy is at your service. Ready to drive you and your friends to and from school!


Aimed at readers from Pre-K through 3rd grade, this book has a unique story and charming illustrations.  From morning pick up through mid-day field trips to afternoon drop off, I’m Your Bus shows school buses as a safe, friendly place to be. Reading this book with your child might help alleviate any concerns about riding the bus.  Here’s a peek at one of the pages:

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“Watch those backpacks coming through. Have fun today. Learn something new. Later we’ll come back for you. Hailey, Michael, Hannah, Russ, see you later. I’m Your Bus.

From morning pick up to midday field trips to afternoon drop off, I’m Your Bus shows school buses as safe, friendly and caring. Reading this book to your child might alleviate any concerns they have about riding the bus to school.

WIN IT: I’m pleased to announce that thanks to Scholastic, I have a fantastic giveaway for you to enter. There will be one Grand Prize Winner who will not only win the hardcover book I’m Your Bus, but will also win this awesome back-to-school prize pack with everything shown here:

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Value of the prize pack- $59.99

Three runners-up will each get the hardcover I’m Your Bus book, valued at $16.99.

How to Enter: For your main entry, leave a comment telling me the age of the child you’ll give this book to if you win and whether they ride a bus to school.  This information must be in your comment for it to count. Comments left with keywords instead of names will be deleted, no exceptions.

Bonus Entries: I’ll give you one extra entry in addition to your main entry for each of the following that you do or have done. Leave a separate comment for each:

  • Subscribe to MomReviews in a reader or by Email
  • Follow me on Twitter or let me know if you already do. Tweet (or ReTweet) the giveaway link. You can do this once per day, leave a separate comment for each tweet.
  • Mention this giveaway in a blog post and link to this post. Leave the URL in your comment in case Comment Luv misses it.
  • Visit Scholastic Parents, browse the site, then come back here and tell me one thing you found on the site (WORTH 3 ENTRIES, LEAVE 3 COMMENTS)

Rules: Open to U.S. 18+. Enter by September 2nd at 9:00 AM EST.  The winning names will be announced on this post as well as on Prizey, and the winners will be contacted by email for their mailing addresses.  The winners will have 72 hours to reply.  Prize fulfillment will be handled by the giveaway sponsor, neither MomReviews nor the PR firm handling fulfillment will be held responsible for the loss of any prizes.

Thanks for entering and good luck everybody!

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Super-Quick Giveaway: Win the book Purry Logic

December 11, 2008 By

Purry Logic bookIf you own cats, you’ll find yourself nodding your head along in agreement as you read Jane Seabrook’s “Purry Logic“.  Cats have their own agenda, spend the majority of their time sleeping, and can be very demanding. After all, it is really THEY who rule your house, no matter what you might think! Seabrook is the owner of four cats, one of whom hates the other three so much he wouldn’t pose for the group photo at the back of the book, and she collected the quotations that appear in the book along with her beautiful painted illustrations.

My favorite page in the book is the one that could have been written about our cat Blackdrop- “Do the absolute minimum. Always. Try to do even less”. Yep, that’s our cat. This sweet little book from Ten Speed Press would make a cute gift for a cat lover, and at $9.95 each, it’s a great deal, too.  Thanks to Family Review Network, I have a copy to give away, but I have to send in the winner’s name by this Sunday the 14th, so if you enter, you’ll need to be available on Sunday morning to get my email saying you won and asking for your address.  Since this needs to be so quick, I’m also going to give out more entries than usual for spreading the word about the giveaway.

WIN IT: For one entry, visit the Purry Logic website, then come back here and tell me if any of the cats pictured on the site look like yours! Each of those represent a painting you can buy, too. Make sure to leave your real first name or blog alias (absolutely no keywords, those comments will be deleted) and a VALID email address. I’ll choose the winner this Sunday at 9:00 AM ET and email them for their mailing info.

EXTRA ENTRIES: FIVE ENTRIES for Twittering, Stumbling, or posting the URL to this giveaway on your blog. You can do all of them if you’d like but I’ll only give out five entries each, the rest are just good karma for helping me :)

Thanks everybody and good luck!

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