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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Wynken, Blinken, and Nod. I read this book as a kid and would love for my kids to have it! cookiecutter72 AT hotmail DOT com
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
My children are too old for these books, but I remember reading Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, to my kids (so much so that they destroyed it). Now, I have a niece and would love to share the book with her.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod because my daughter had to memorize this in kindergarten and it would be great for her to read to her baby.
wynken,blynken and nod to read to my grandson.
I think the first one… but I’m not sure. They are all good. I would like them all.
I would also pick Wynken, Blynken and Nod. A classic
I would love wynken, blyken, and nod. this is a classic story that i grew up with
Wynken, Blyken, and Nod-great book
Wynken,Blynken and Nod!!!!!
“Ma, There’s Nothing to Do Here!” seems like it would make a great shower gift for my sister who’s expecting her first child.
would love Wynken, Blynken and Nod for my grandbaby to be – will be here very very soon!!!
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, I can read this to the boys
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod because i remember them from my youth.
I would like my baby and me, very sweet
My Baby and Me
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, by Eugene W. Field, I think my girls would love the pictures
Love the wyken, blyken and nod books. Very beautiful illustrations!
wynken, blyken, and nod.
i like to win!
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,
If I had to pick just one it would be a copy of My Baby and Me as I just had a baby myself.
I’d love to win Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. That is a nursery rhyme I’ve often told my kids but it would be so fun to show them pictures as we recite it.
I’d like to win Wynken, Blynken & Nod because it would be a good bedtime story for my daughter.
I would like to win My Baby and Me because my daughter likes books about babies.
I would like to win Ma, There’s Nothing to Do Here for my niece who is always saying how bored she is.
I would love to win ‘Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here!’. It’d be great for my baby boy who’s due this coming October because it has lots of pictures. Even the title sounds like a fun read already! Thanks for giving us the chance to win this!
Wynken, Blynken and Nod would be great. Thanks for this great giveaway.
My Baby and Me. Please and thank you.
I know my daughter would love Wynken, Blynken, and Nod! Thanks for the contest!
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I would love to win Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. It’s such a great nursery rhyme!
Ma! There’s Nothing to do in Here! Sounds hilarious. It also sounds right up our alley. When I was pregnant with my son, I woke up from a nap with my daughter’s tea set on my belly, and her tilting a tea cup into my belly button. She was having a tea party with her baby brother, of course (he wasn’t bored! lol) I would love to read this to my son with this little one on the way. Thanks for this give away, please pay no mind to those people that don’t bother taking the time to comment in a polite way.
I would love a copy of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod to read to my son at bedtime. I swear if I have to read Goodnight Moon one more time I might snap….okay not really, but I can “read” it in my sleep now I bet
Time for a new family favorite.
Wynken,Blynken and Nod has always been a favorite of mine…I recently bought one as a gift.Thank-you for the chance to win one.
Aww we would love to have a copy of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod!
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Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting looks adoarable we’d love to have it!!
Love the “There’s nothing to do here” simply beasue of lack of audio/video entertainment/ many thanks of course there is something everywhere to get this done. Many thanks
I would pick, “My Baby and Me,” because my daughter loves to look at pictures of other kids. Thank you!
“Wynken, Blynken and Nod” would be great to read with my nieces.
Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! looks great!
I used to read wynken,blynken and nod myself as a child and would love to be able to read to my toddler.
I like the Baby and Me, love the photos on the cover!
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod for my kids and me!
I am not a huge reader but my kids are!! There’s nothing to do here! Sounds perfect!! Boy, do I hear that alot!! Thanks for the chance!!
Hard choice. I’d like the first one though.
Would have to chose the My baby and Me, our Daughter is expecting her first baby and us our first grandchild, so this book looks great. Honestly I like them all!
I would like Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. It looks really cute!
My elder daughter just had this book read in the school and we have put a hold at library. Would love to have a copy..
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
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I would love to win the “Mommy theres nothing to do in here” book… it just seems like such a cute idea and would be fun to read!
THE FIRST BOOK WOULD BE GREAT TO GIVE TO MY NIECE WHO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTING IN NOVEMBER.ALTHOUGH ALL THREE BOOKS LOOK GOOD FOR HER.
I would like to win Wynken, Blynken, and Nod for my granddaughter. Shw would enjoy this timeless classic poem.