When I first had my son I had a barrage of people imparting their motherly wisdom on me. As do most new mothers. “He must learn how to self sooth, let him cry.” “If you don’t put shoes on him right away, he will have weak ankles.” “You must throw everything you have at him for the first five years…that’s when they learn the most!” If I’m being totally honest, the first two I completely ignored, but the bit about “learning” I paid attention to. I didn’t want my kid to grow up behind the pack, struggling in school all because I failed
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Give Your Child A Free Kindle Book Day (Or 15 of Them!) 15 Free Kindle Books From Established Children’s & YA Authors Plus One Bonus E-Book in Multiple Formats! (April 19th ONLY) Visit the Amazon Listmania list at http://www.amazon.com/lm/R1UOP8U7FVOU4P/ref=cm_lm_pthnk_view?ie=UTF8&lm_bb= for another way to browse the 15 Kindle Books. The Event Fill up your Kindle and get your children reading this summer with these 15 books, free on Kindle only on April 19 during the Give Your Child A Free Kindle Book (or 15 of Them!) Promotion. The list includes picture books, middle grade novels, and young
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Need something new to read with your kiddos? Why not try this on for size. Down the Mysterly River is the children’s book debut of Bill Willingham, the creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series Fables. Complete with illustrations by Fables artist Mark Buckingham, it is a spirited, highly original tale of adventure, suspense, and everlasting friendship. Down The Mysterly River by Bill Willingham Max “the Wolf” is a top notch Boy Scout, an expert at orienteering and a master of being prepared. So it is a little odd that he suddenly finds himself,
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Morning Everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve done a children’s time so I thought, “what they hey, why not now?!” And what better way to celebrate the beauty of children’s literacy than with the very talented Orson Scott Card. Now.. before you run to the computer and click BUY (because HELLO it’s Orson!) Let me explain what this book is all about, because it IS NOT a normal Orson book. 1st of all… this is his very first collaboration with his daughter Emily Card. Cool right? But not only that…it’s MANGA! That’s right, this is NOT the pages and
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So, this morning when I was perusing IMDB (which for the record I do ALL OF THE TIME) I saw new film stills from the Dr. Seuss film adaptation of “The Lorax” and thought, “Wow…my kids are going to just eat this up!” Which got me to thinking. Most of you have kids too. So, in a moment I would like to refer to as “pure freaking genius” (and the fact that I don’t have my book review for today written yet) I decided to share. I mean really…who the hell doesn’t like Dr. Seuss?! So here it is…a look
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Hey Parents!!! Need something for your kid to read? Why not try out “Skateboard Sam” by Samuel Chowdhry! It’s fun (says my 7 yr old) cute! (says my 3 year old) and more importantly teaches kids to get outside and have FUN! It’s a great Saturday afternoon read (only 10 pages long) and the illustrations are Fantastic! Even more exciting…you can download it for your Kindle! Just think how nice it would be to have a back-up plan when your stuck somewhere less than kid friendly. Happy Reading my Kindle-ites and remember: Reading is contagious…Pass it on! (5/5) Skateboard
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I haven’t done one of these in a while and figured it is long overdue… so… in honor of Tiny Tot Tuesday and the return of the school year, here is a cute one for the little people in your life. Happy Reading my fellow Kindle-ites and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on! What’s Wrong With My Hair? Click Image for Complete Details Product Description Lionel is going to a party today, so he must do something about his bad hair. He finds a barber who has lots of crazy suggestions for hairstyles, from dandelion hair to octopus hair!
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Evening everyone!!! Tomorrow I will have a review for you, but today I thought I would bring you a Tiny-Tot-Tuesday. I found this book in a grocery store yesterday (on sale for $6.00 …woohoo!) and thought WOW, what a crazy interesting book. You have the story, but it is laid out in such a unique way that it makes the book itself into a journey. Every time you flip the page there are secret letters in these tiny little envelopes for you to pull out and read, maps to explore, hidden treasures to find. It is not for the tiniest
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Happy Tuesday everyone!!! It has been a while since I have done a Tiny Tot Tuesday, and I have been feeling a little guilty, so even though I have not 1 but 2 reviews ready and waiting, I’m going to give you an idea for your little ones instead. (I don’t want the to feel neglected.) Here is a cute series for the little princesses in your life. Ivy & Bean Click Image for complete Details From School Library Journal Grade 1-4–Seven-year-old Bean likes stomping in puddles, climbing fences into neighbors’ backyards, and playing tricks on her older sister,
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Afternoon! I got a little off of my schedule being sick and I apologize, so before I post today’s Tiny Tot Tuesday – here is the review rundown for the next few days. Wednesday – “The Judge, ” Thursday – “Leap”, Friday – “Whisper” Saturday – “Paper Towns” (whew…that’s a lot of books.) anyways, here’s a cute one for your little ones. Happy reading and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on. Hippos Go Berserk Click Image For Complete Details Amazon.com Review How dull, to be one hippo all alone… until the one calls two other hippos on the phone. Soon
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