3 books to give away. Few things better than reading to your little ones
June 30, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Women's Health
I’m a huge reader. My husband is a huge reader. My kids all turned out to be huge readers. Can you sense a theme here?
And, of course, the best way to raise readers is to expose them to books and read to them as much as you can. So, in the spirit of helping promote the love of books, I’ve been given 3 books from Random House to give away to Womb Within visitors.
The first book is Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting (Picture Book) by Barbara Park. The book has lovely colorful drawings by Viviana Garofoli and was written by Ms Park after being inspired by seeing an ultrasound of her unborn grandchild.
The second book is called My Baby and Me and it’s written by Lynn Reiser and accompanied by photos taken by Penny Gentieu. The photos are amazing and a few of them are downright fabulous. Really nicely done.
And last, but not least, I have Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, by Eugene W. Field, with illustrations by Giselle Potter.
If you would like to have one of these books, leave a comment below telling me which book you would like and why. One book per comment please. You can request to be in the draws for all three if you would like, but each has to be in a separate comment so I can divide them up according to who wants which book(s). In two weeks, on July 14th, I’ll randomize the comments according to book and award all three books to the winners. (by the way – comments like “just send it to me” don’t qualify!!)
Please be sure that I can contact you by leaving a legitimate email address and by keeping a look out for my email if you are the winner.
If you don’t win but would still like a copy of the books, the links above will bring you to Amazon.com.
Good luck!
Images: Amazon.com
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This would be great for my grandson, he is expecting a new baby brother or sister soon.
We have to pick?! Um, I’ll get back to you on that one. The first one looks like something my daughter would love.
My pick would be Wynken, Blynken & Nod. I love that it’s a bedtime poem and the illustrations are great.
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I’ve always loved Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, so I’ll vote for that.
just send it
I would save this for Christmas present; know the perfect person
Hard choice, but I think I like the first one. Sounds cute – my kids and I will surely love it.
I would like to win the book Ma,There’s Nothing To Do In Here-cute idea to have a book from the baby’s perspective!
I would like to win My Baby and Me-beautiful pictures!
I would like to win Wynken,Blynken and Nod. Any of these books would make nice baby shower gifts!
Wynken, Blynken & Nod. My friends have a new baby.
This book looks fantastic!! Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting
We’d love to win!
anne_c_taylor@hotmail.com
We’d love to win this book!! My Baby and Me THANKS!!
anne_c_taylor@hotmail.com
The cover art of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod is just beautiful! My grandbabies would love to have this book for me to read to them!
anne_c_taylor@hotmail.com
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod looks nice. My daughter is two and is really in to books so we are growing our library.
My Baby and me looks nice too. Like I said we are just trying to grow a library.
Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting looks like a cool picture book. Natalie could read that one on her own!!!
I’d love to win ‘Wynken,Blynken and Nod.Something new for me to read to my grandchildren.
I would love to win Wynken, Blynken & nod. It is a cute story.
nice prizes you got
Wynken, Blynken and Nod looks adorable. I think my baby girl would love it. Thanks for this fun giveaway!
I’d like to win Wynken, Blynken, and Nod because it looks like a great book to read to my child.
ma, there’s nothing to do in here sounds great
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod-always a favorite. THANKS
I would also pick Wynken, Blynken and Nod. A classic
I would choose Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, because I would love to read it to my grandchildren.
Ma, there’s nothing to do.
Ma, there is nothing to do in here. Thanks for the chance.
i think my nephew would like Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod seems like something I could read to the little guy.
Wynken, Blyken and Nod would be my pick!
As ever have my “how might this teach Charlie” hat on—-second book looks helpful for teaching emotions identification…….
I love Wynken, Blyken and Nod! That has always been one of my favorites, and it looks like it’s beautifully illustrated.
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Copy of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene W. Field it looks so sweet
My sister would love this for her baby-to-be!
I’d love to win Wynken, Blynken, and Nod because I really like that story.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod looks super cute! I’d love to win it for my baby on the way.
I’d love to win this for my grandkids!
I’d love to win “Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting (Picture Book)” to gift to my sister who’s expecting. Looks like fun! Thanks!
I’d love to win “My Baby and Me” for my best friend who’s expecting her 2nd child! Looks like a great book for her! Thank you for the chance!
I’d also love to win “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” for my nephew! Looks like a great bedtime read! Thank you!
Wynken Blynken Nod looks great! We just borrowed Ma, There’s Nothing to Do Here from the library and it was cute, so something new would be nice.
I would love to be entered for Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. I love this book, and think my kids would enjoy it also.
My Baby and Me looks like a really cute book! I would put this up for my 3 month old to enjoy when he gets a bit bigger.
I think I’ve seen Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting” . If so, it is an adorable book! I would love to have this in my collection.
We’d love to win Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting, our latest blessing was just born on Monday, this would be a cute reminder of our latest pregnancy.
I’d also like to enter for My Baby and Me, my 2 year old’s favourite books are those with real pictures of babies in them.
Please enter us for Wynken, Blynken, and Nod as well
, a classic poem!
“Wynken, Blynken adn Nod” would be my choice. I love to read to babies and children. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks, Cindi
i really love to read Wynken, Blynken, and Nod