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The Adventures of Abella and Her Magic Wand by Zane Carson Carruth [Book Review + Giveaway]


Today’s featured book The Adventures of Abella and Her Magic Wand by Zane Carson Carruth is about Abella and Darcie who are young fairies who finally receive their magic wand. The two fairis spend the day with their new wands discovering that magic can do wonderful but also mischievous things. Abella and Dacie learn a valuable lesson making decisions that turn out to be mistakes and how to look at those mistakes in a different way. 

Read more about the book and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
By Denali Lewis on October 7, 2019

Did Dinosaurs Have Dentists? by Patrick O’Donnell [Book Review + Giveaway]


Today’s featured book Did Dinosaurs Have Dentists? was written by Patrick O’Donnell and illustrated by Erik Mehlen. It gives a glimpse into the inquisitive mind of a young child on the way to the dentist. It would be a fun read for any child who is a bit anxious about the dentist, as well as any dinosaur-loving boys or girls.

Read more about the book and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
By Julie Bell on October 1, 2019

Little Hands Help! by Mike and Mackenzie Morrison [Book Review + Giveaway]



Today’s featured book Little Hands Help! By Mike and Mackenzie Morrison is about a family who has a child named Angela. Angela is starting to understand helping and its differences as you get older. She has gotten good at helping her family around the house with her chores and at school with her class but she realizes she wants to help her Mom and Dad do more of their ‘big hands’ chores.

Read more about the book and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
By Denali Lewis on September 17, 2019

Spanish at Home - Aprendemos en familia - Learn Spanish With Book Written By Three Bilingual Moms [Book Review + Giveaway]


Thinking of introducing your child to the Spanish language, but would prefer to stay in your own home?
 
Spanish at Home - Aprendemos en familia, written by three Moms with different cultural experiences and roots, but connected by the language and their life in the USA, is a great book to introduce the Spanish language to kids in a fun and creative way. This book is geared towards non-native adults with an intermediate level of Spanish, raising children between zero and six years old in an English speaking household.

Read our review of the book and enter for a chance to win a copy of your own.
By Birgit Sund on September 4, 2018

Does Your Child Have Difficulties Adjusting To School Or A New Environment?

Does your child have difficulties adjusting to school or being away from you? 

This is one of our favorite books: The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn that may help your child ease his or her fears. 

The book is "for any child who confronts a difficult situation, and for the child within each of us who sometimes needs reassurance." Perfect for first day of school or back-to-school.

By Birgit Sund on August 17, 2018

The World's First Tooth Fairy...Ever by Zane Carson Carruth [Book Review + Giveaway]


Today’s featured book, The World's First Tooth Fairy...Ever by Zane Carson Carruth, is for all parents struggling with the questions: Where did the tooth fairy come from? Why does she take our teeth? What does she do with them?

Find answers to these questions and enter for a chance to win a copy of The World's First Tooth Fairy...Ever.
By Birgit Sund on June 18, 2018

The Baby Unicorn Manifesto by Dain Heer and Katarina Wallentin [Book Review + Giveaway]


"What if children were told they are a gift from the moment they are born? That they can be and do absolutely anything they want? What if children were told daily how grateful we are for their existence? What could they create then? What would be possible then?"

Today's featured book The Baby Unicorn Manifesto by Dain Heer (Author), Katarina Wallentin (Author), Nathalie Beauvois (Illustrator) is a reminder of the unlimited potential we each carry into this world at birth. Read more about the book and enter for a chance to win your own copy.
By Birgit Sund on May 27, 2018

BigFoot Seek-And-Find Series by D.L. Miller [Book Review + Giveaway]


Did you know a giraffe has a black tongue so it doesn’t get sunburned when using it to grasp food in tall trees?

Or that Yellowstone’s Old Faithful geyser shoots 204°F hot water up 170 feet in the air?

How about this: The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, is 1,063 feet tall, weighs 11,100 tons and has 20,000 light bulbs that make the tower sparkle each night?

Or did you know that democracy and freedom of speech were established in Athens, Greece, In the 5th century BCE?


Well, we learned all of that and tons more in today's featured books The BigFoot Seek-And-Find Series by D.L. Miller. Find out more about those fun books and how you can enter to win a copy of either book.
By Birgit Sund on May 21, 2018

$1 Used Books, 1/2 Off New Books at The Book Spot

As some of you’ve already heard, family-owned book store The Book Spot in Round Rock is unfortunately going out of business. For the next 30 days The Book Spot is having a going-out-of-business sale and is asking book lovers in and around Austin to take some of their 150.000 books off their hands.

By Birgit Sund on September 5, 2016

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