As our favorite readers know, we often get some very cool products to giveaway. This week we have been contacted by the entertainment company of the brand new Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! A Little Help From My Friends DVD that arrives in stores February 3.
The new DVD features over 90 minutes of Wubbzy, Widget, and Walden.
“This new release follows the hugely successful launch of Anchor Bay ’s first Wubbzy DVD collection, “A Tale of Tails”, as well as the second season of “Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!” on Nick Jr. …”
The DVD features:
DVD extras on “A Little Help From My Friends” …read more

The estate of A.A. Milne has authorized a sequel to the original Winnie the Pooh books, and will publish “Return to the Hundred Acre Wood” on October 5. This is the first authorized sequal to the 1926 book, Winnie the Pooh and will be written by novelist David Benedictus and illustrated by Mark Burgess.
Benedictus and Burgess have captured the “spirit and quality of those original books,” stated Michael Brown, the trustee of the estate.
Look for the book in early October from Penguin Young Readers. As Jeffrey A Trachtenberg of the Wall Street Journal said today, even Eeyore might smile about …read more

You’ll find a series of giveaways here at One Book Two Book, running until Dec. 7.  Check out the rules and leave comments at the following links.  You can enter any or all of the giveaways.  These will make great Christmas gifts for youngsters, too.
Book Swim Giveaway
Readeez DVD Giveaway
Baby Can Read Giveaway
Wii Pop Star Guitar Giveaway
Fly Me To The Moon Giveaway
Giveaway – Celebrity Arthur Book from Speakaboos
Giveaway – Countdown to Bedtime Soundbooks
Giiveaway – ECO Baby Organic Playdough
Baby Potential Teacher Onesie Giveaway
Natural Pod Giveaway
RideMakerz Giveaway
Happy Green Bee Giveaway
Mead Writing Fundamentals Giveaway

Publications International’s new Countdown to Bedtime Soundbooks has turn the dreaded chore of getting ready for bed into fun. These hardcover books feature a LCD-screen timer mounted in the center of the book that counts down from 15 minutes, allowing kids to get ready for bed alongside their favorite characters. The story walks through four aspects of bedtime preparation, including going to the potty, washing hands, brushing teeth and putting on pajamas.
“Can you get ready for bed lickety-split like Elmo?”
A $15 Value Prize

Speakaboos, is a brand new site that brings classic children’s entertainment to the digital world. It also gives teachers and parents worksheets, study guides, and arts and crafts…for all of those educational literacy lessons.
And who reads those digital stories? Celebrities, of course!

The site debuted in beta, and already offers over 35 titles with audio provided by talented actors and musicians such as Kevin Bacon, Nick Cannon, Kelly Ripa, Kerry Washington, Marcia Gay Harden, Harry Shearer and Chazz Palminteri.

After the age of four, the window of opportunity for learning language begins to close.

We have the DVD starter kit for Your Baby Can to get your little one started reading so that window of opportunity doesn’t go unused.
Baby Can Read is an infant learning product designed by educator and researcher Dr. Robert Titzer. The program is designed to teach reading during the natural “window of opportunity,” which is from age 1-4, while most traditional educators don’t begin teaching reading until 5 or 6.

If you are a book lover like myself then you will certainly love renting them instead of buying them every time you want to read a book. Imagine being able to order a book online just like you do with your online movie rentals! No more trips to the library with cranky toddlers or screaming babies…just order on your computer.
BookSwim Corporation is the first rental library club lending you paperbacks and hardcovers Netflix-style directly to your house without the need to purchase! Whether it’s New Releases, Bestsellers, or Classics, we’ve got over 200,000 titles to choose from, with free shipping …read more

Developing writing skills is half the battle of literacy. And while it is equally important to develop writing skills as it is to develop reading skills, writing isn’t always sufficiently covered in school. In fact, as little as 10 minutes a day is spent on the subject and typically no instruction is provided past the third grade.
 
To help bridge the gap, one of the most trusted brands in school supplies, Mead, developed a new line of products designed to teach writing skills in fun and engaging ways through a multi-sensory approach.
 
The line of 15 products is designed …read more

HappyGreenBee is just as excited as I am to bring you this beautiful blanket for your little one.
Three gifts in one (and three chances to win today! Here, Here, and Here!)!! A full yard (36″ X 36″) of organic cotton knit into a soft and stretchy receiving blanket to cuddle your newborn or comfort your toddler. Add a free 4 oz. bottle of our eco-friendly laundry soap and a re-usable zipper tote (perfect fit for bottles and extra diapers) for moms and kids on the go! Very practical, very affordable, very green!!

Every once in a while I get invited to some fabulous events through either Chicago Moms Blog, the Chicago Examiner, or through Maria Bailey at BSM Media. I love these events, not only because I get to see some of my favorite marketing and media friends but because it also gives me an excuse to socialize with moms whom I have gotten to know well in the last two years.
RideMakerz, the same people who bring us Build-a-Bear,, have created a unique store for your little guys (and girls, of course!). RideMakerz is “about the joy and fun of …read more