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Holiday Gift Idea: Barefoot Books

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Barefoot Books:It’s exploring other cultures, our planet, ourselves. ImaginationInspirationDiversityEngagingCreativityMake BelieveChildren’s Book Publisher Barefoot Books started in 1993 has a lovely start up story, check it out here:I have come to know Lisa Pozin, owner of Giving Gifts and was very excited to hear that she has started an adventure as a Barefoot Books Ambassador. We received super fun, family oriented activity cards from Barefoot Books called Yoga Pretzels. The box contains 50 Fun Yoga Activities for Kids & Grownups. The cards are very colourful, child friendly and a great size for little hands! I love finding new ways to be … Continue reading →

Give Your Child a @ScholasticCDA Book This Holiday Season!

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Scholastic is sure to have a book for every child on your list this year! I know that they have so many wonderful Christmas books available this year, I just don’t know which ones to choose to give to my children! I started a family tradition when my daughter was born to give the kids a gift on Christmas Eve. It helps to take the edge off and it makes Christmas Eve full of tradition for our family. The gifts always include a book that we read to them at bedtime. I love snuggling up with my children and reading … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Good Woman by Jane Porter

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From the moment I received The Good Woman from Pearson Publishing and read the back cover, I was intrigued. The quintessential oldest child of a large Irish Catholic family, Meg Brennan is responsible, respectable and dependable. Very much the “good woman” she is hard-working, dedicated to her family, and a faithful wife. Taxiing her kids to and from activities, cooking meals and working a full time job, Meg always does what is expected. What more could a forty-ish woman with a successful husband, talented children, and a fulfilling career in the wine industry want out of life? Intimacy and excitement … Continue reading →

Some Good @ScholasticCDA Reads

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I absolutely LOVE reading childrens’ books! Getting lost in the story and illustrations of a good childrens’ book, if even for a few minutes, is something that I truly enjoy. Of course, snuggling up with my children and reading a book with them is even better. This is something that we should all try to do once a day with our kids. Reading books to our children, when they are young (and even not so young) is so important to helping to establish an interest in books, literacy skills as well as a good, strong bond with with our children. … Continue reading →

Todd Parr Books {GUEST POST}

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I firmly believe that reading to children is one of the most important things we can do for their development, so when my second son was born last July I was anxious to start reading to him as early as possible. I first picked up Todd Parr’s The Grandma Book about six months ago when my Mom was coming for a visit. I thought it would be a cute story for her to read to my then six-month-old. I had been reading other books to him up until that time but none seemed to hold his interest like this one … Continue reading →

Olympic Chapter Book: Olympia the Games Fairy

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My daughter is LOVING the Rainbow Magic chapter book series. She has collected quite a few of the books over the past year and reads them over and over again! I was pretty excited to find out that there is an Olympic themed one called Olympia the Games Fairy! This looks like a great read for young chapter book readers this summer! BUT IT HERE Pin It Check out Multi-Testing Mommy’s Current Giveaways Multi-Testing Mommy is an affiliate for Chapters.ca. Opinions expressed belong to Multi-Testing Mommy and are NOT influenced in any way. See MTM’s Disclosure for more details.

G!VEAWAY: Chicken Soup for the Soul – Say Hello to a Better Body!

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As you know, I have been on a “Getting Healthy” Adventure! A great book to read that includes both inspirational stories as well as medical advice for weight loss is the Chicken Soup for the Soul – Say Hello to a Better Body!. Would you like to win a copy for yourself? This just might be the motivation that you need in order to lose weight.Enter to win below… IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!Open to Canadian and US Residents. Giveaway ends July 31, 2012. a Rafflecopter giveaway Enter some more Chicken Soup for the Soul giveaways:Chicken Soup for the Soul – Say … Continue reading →

G!VEAWAY: Chicken Soup for the Soul – Say Goodbye to Stress

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Learn how to manage your problems “big and small”, every day! This Chicken Soup for the Soul book, as always, has inspirational stories with added medical advice for how to manage stress. Are you or is someone you know having difficult with stress lately?! This book would be a good read for you. Enter to win below… IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!Open to Canadian and US Residents. Giveaway ends July 31, 2012. a Rafflecopter giveaway Enter some more Chicken Soup for the Soul Giveaways:Chicken Soup for the Soul – Say Hello to a Better Body (CAN/US) 7/31Chicken Soup for the Soul – … Continue reading →

G!VEAWAY: Chicken Soup for the Soul – Here Comes the Bride Book

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Who doesn’t love an easy read?! Do you know anyone who is getting married this summer? If so, this book would make an excellent gift for the bride to be! IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!Two lucky winners will receive a copy of Here Comes the Bride – Chicken Soup for the Soul a Rafflecopter giveaway Enter some more Chicken Soup for the Soul Giveaways:Chicken Soup for the Soul – Say Hello to a Better Body (CAN/US) 7/31Chicken Soup for the Soul – Say Goodbye to Stress (CAN/US) 7/31 Check out Multi-Testing Mommy’s Current Giveaways Multi-Testing Mommy was provided with promotional materials free … Continue reading →

Some Fun Reads from @ScholasticCDA

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We love Scholastic in our house! We order Scholastic books through our local school just about every month! Do you remember doing this as a child? I can still remember the excitement that I felt when the Scholastic order would come in and there was a book waiting for me!Recently, we received two wonderful stories from Scholastic! As usual, as soon as they arrived, the kids raced to the couch to secure their favourite place to sit when they listen to a story. First, we read Some Dads by Nick Bland: This was the perfect book to share with our … Continue reading →