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Razzle-Dazzle Ruby is a cute story about a little girl who takes us on a pretend journey through a winter wonderland to find her her knight in shining armor.  The artwork on the pages of the book is whimsical and interactive; perfect for the budding imagination of the  preschooler/gradeschooler. This book would make an excellent [...]

My first born just started kindergarten the other day and I have been going through a whirlwind of emotions.  It’s a full day of school, five days per week and that’s a pretty big change for all of us. As of day two, she loves school.  She loves the bus ride to and from school, [...]

Enchanted Tales – Snow White has just been released in the iOS and Android markets by omBooks (Oceanhouse Media Digital Books).  This fairy tale is the first in a series to be released by Oceanhouse, one of our very favorite digital book publishers.  As you know, with two young daughters, anything “fairy tale” is tops [...]

“The hardest part of going to work is being apart from you.” I remember once upon a time when I went back to work and left my then 2-1/2 year old at a daycare.  She was my only child at the time and I can remember feeling an emptiness in my heart as I drove [...]

This giveaway opportunity fits in very nicely with my involvement in the Child Hunger Ends Here program. Secondly, I adore The Very Hungry Caterpillar and it’s message. *Congratulations to our winners, commenter #11, Sarah and #33, Linsey!  Thanks to all who entered! We have recently introduced the story to our toddler, as well as a [...]

Thank goodness there’s an app for the Dr. Seuss’ book, Fox in Socks.  It’s a tongue twister and of course, the story happens to be one of my preschooler’s favorites.  I don’t mind having someone else read it to her at all.  Have you read it? This is just another great family app offered by [...]

Shoe-la-la! is a brand new children’s book written by Karen Beaumont.  It’s a fun story all about dressing up and being glamorous and best of all…shopping for SHOES!  If your child enjoys the Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious children’s books, she’ll love this story.  I am looking forward to checking out more of Karen’s children’s books. [...]

I was contacted about the Franklin Anybook Reader this past fall and I didn’t have to think twice about trying it out.  As soon as I found out that this electronic reader records YOUR voice, reading YOUR books, I was sold.  I thought to myself, how cool would it be for families who have loved [...]

This past summer, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting world renowned pop artist, Romero Britto.  Romero made an appearance at Kidzapalooza (the family area at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago) to promote his artwork and recently released children’s book, “My Alphabet Playbook” published by Simon & Schuster. The kids hanging around the family stage [...]

Are you heading out to the theater tomorrow to see Shrek Forever After?  We’re going to wait for a nice, quiet afternoon matinee…during the week, so we can really enjoy the movie. Since we’re not going to opening night, in an effort to satiate our excitement over the last flick in the Shrek series, we’re [...]

National Geographic is a name that I’ve known and trusted since I was kid. We always turned to our National Geographic magazines for school projects. I have done much research and have cut out many animals from these publications.  It was always so cool to me to have access to information about other places, people [...]

I’ve played with a lot of toys over the past four years and can honestly tell you that my favorite brand is LeapFrog.  I really like the quality of their toys and I’m also very impressed by the technology they use in their products.  Not to mention they are an extremely generous company. We recently [...]

Earlier this summer, I was contacted by LeapFrog and asked if I would like to be one of their “Ambassadors of Summer Reading”.  Of course I was thrilled and jumped at the chance.  Ok, I didn’t exactly “jump”, as I was 8 months pregnant at the time.  I realize I’m a bit late on my [...]

Congratulations to our winners: #25 – Carol (Grand Prize), #38 – Yvonne, #98 – Gabriel, #64 – Deborah, #44 – Stephanie My 3-1/2 year old opened this book and immediately started chanting, “I spy with my little eye”.  She knew right away what the book was all about.  I’ve seen this book on store shelves [...]

If you are a parent to a youngster and a fan of fine music (like me), you definitely need to check out the following rowdy rock-n-roll-inspired alphabet books. The two books are called Never Mind Your P’s And Q’s: Here’s The Punk Alphabet and M Is For Metal! and both feature bright, bold illustrations and [...]