Building a gingerbread house can be a fun project for you and your kids. It’s a great fall and winter family activity, especially around the holidays. You can even get together with some friends and have a gingerbread house making party Build one giant gingerbread house, or several smaller ones to take home.
“How To Build a Gingerbread House” is a great guide to help you along the way. The book contains step-by-step instructions, easy recipes and over 200 color photographs to help you complete your gingerbread house project from start to finish.

The best part is, all you need to get …read more

One of my favorite books I got for my son when he was younger was a personalized story that had the main character named after him, and had the names of his friends and other things to personalize it for him throughout the book. So I definitely have a soft spot for personalized books.
We still have my son’s personalized story, it’s one of a few of his storybooks I’m definitely holding on to for a keepsake. I See Me! creates that kind of high-quality personalized book, a book you can share with your child. They’ll be delighted when they’re included …read more

I have several Halloween books that I really enjoy. I was in visiting one of our special needs classes the other day and I was reading some stories to the kids. It reminded me of some Halloween titles that I haven’t thought of for a while, so I thought I’d share the list with you.

1. The Berenstain Bears Halloween was one of my son’s favorites when he was younger. I remember reading it over and over to him around this time of year a few years ago. Brother and Sister Bear put on their Halloween costumes to go trick or …read more

I was a huge Winnie The Pooh fan growing up. I still have one of my Pooh dolls, of course his original outfit is long gone, and he’s been well loved but he’s still holding together. I was excited to see there’s a new Winnie The Pooh book coming out October 5th from Dutton Children’s Books.

The book titled “Return to the Hundred Acre Wood,” will be the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner in more than 80 years. This is the first glimpse readers will have of the new book, which was announced …read more

There’s been tons of buzz lately about the new breastfeeding doll, Bebe Gloton. Now there is also a new breast feeding book coming out for kids. The book is called “Mommy Breastfeeds My Baby Brother,” and it’s written by Mark Repkin.

The book helps children deal with the emotions of another child coming into the household and the feelings of jealousy that come up when the new baby is getting all of mom’s attention. It explains how Jenna, a new big sister adjusts to her new baby brother, and how the family finds harmony with the new baby.
The book sounds like …read more

Let your kids get out there and learn about the bug world this summer. Let them check them out and identify the bugs in your back yard with the Bug Fandex. The Bug Fandex is a handy bug field guide, that fans apart to reveal 47 different kinds of bugs with full color beautiful photos.If your child is fascinated with creepy crawlies they can learn all the details. They can learn about the bugs life cycle, their favorite food, their habitat, scientific name and more. It would be a great birthday gift for a budding scientist, or a fun guide …read more

We have a few summer decluttering projects in the works over the next couple weeks at our house. Today’s project was to sort through all my son’s books. He still had books on his shelves from when he was an infant. I think it’s harder for me to let go of some of his books than it is for me.
I gave him two large plastic totes one for books he wanted to keep, and one for books he wants to get rid of.
When we were done we had two full totes of books. The books he wants to get rid …read more

Just a reminder that the contest to win a Wow Wow Wubbzy prize package ends tomorrow night (October 6, 2008) at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.  Don’t miss out on your chance to win:

A Tale of Tails DVD
A Tale of Tails book
It’s Wubbzy book
Wubbzy Beanie
Wubbzy Kooky Kollectible Toys

Follow the link to enter to win a Wow Wow Wubbzy prize package (only comments left on the original contest post will be entered into the random drawing).
Good luck!
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Does your child love Wubbzy from Nick Jr?  If so, then I have a great giveaway for you!  This week on PlayLibrary, I’m holding a contest where one winner will get:

A Tale of Tails DVD
A Tale of Tails book
It’s Wubbzy book
Wubbzy Beanie
Wubbzy Kooky Kollectible Toys

Check out the pictures of the prizes and the rules to enter the contest below:
A Tale of Tails DVD

I’m having a contest on my children’s books blog, One Book Two Book.  The winner will receive a Mark-My-Time digital book mark.  It’s a great product to help parents monitor their child’s reading!
It’s easy to enter – just leave a comment on the blog contest post.  The contest ends on May 17th.
Good luck!
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