Books

Kohls Cares for Kids Summer 2013 – The Pout, Pout Fish

by Alissa on May 10, 2013

Kohls Cares for Kids – Summer 2013

Kohl’s has announced their newest selection of books and stuffed animals for Kohls Cares for Kids. This season it’s The Pout Pout Fish – my kids will be so excited!

I love shopping from the Kohls Cares collection, because we get high-quality hardcover picture books and stuffed animals for a small fraction of the regular price – just $5 each. And better yet… we know our money is going to a good cause.

This time around, there’s also a reusable bag offered as part of the collection, too.

Previous Kohls Cares Merchandise on clearance

Every time they switch out their selection, they also clearance out the most recent books and animals. Right now catch a few items from the previous Kohls Cares collections at just $2.50 each.

Tagged as: books for kids, Children's books, kids books, Kohls Cares for Kids, Pout Pout Fish, The Pout Pout Fish

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Play-Doh Interactive Books by Silver Dolphin {review}

by Alissa on May 9, 2013

Disclosure: We received a copy of these books to facilitate our review. All thoughts and opinions are our own. And we take our Play-Doh (and our reading) very, very seriously.

Two things my kids can’t get enough of are Play-Doh and books.

So when I found out that the new line of Play-Doh books from Silver Dolphin have combined their two favorite hobbies? Well, that’s cause for some major excitement around here!

The board books—which teach first concepts like counting, colors and shapes—are easily wipeable, in case you’re, let’s say, trying to recreate those shapes with your own Play-Doh as you flip the pages.

And priced at just $6.95 each, they’re a perfect baby shower gift or 1st birthday gift!

About Play-Doh books by Silver Dolphin

Mama’s Little Ducklings (ages 3 and up; $6.95). This lift-the-flap book will have kids searching for Mama Duck’s little wayward duckling that is missing.

My First Words (ages 3 and up; $6.95). Colorful and lively PLAY-DOH illustrations teach youngsters more than 50 vocabulary words featured in categories like animals, clothing, and transportation. Kids will delight in seeing everyday items represented in the vivid colors and funky texture that can only be PLAY-DOH.

Three debut titles in the First Concept series. This series will teach children important early concepts like counting, shapes, and colors. Rhyming text and dynamic illustrations featuring colorful PLAY-DOH molds offer a delightful visual and learning experience. The first book in the series is Counting Bunnies (ages 3 and up; $6.95), a creative way to learn numbers, which will be followed by the two other titles publishing in April 2013 – Rainbow Butterflies, a creative way to learn colors, and Making Shapes with Monkeys, a creative way to learn shapes (both for ages 3 and up and priced at $6.95 each).

Disclosure: We received a copy of these books to facilitate our review. All thoughts and opinions are our own. And we take our Play-Doh (and our reading) very, very seriously.

Tagged as: board books, books, educational books, Play-Doh

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The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton {book reviews}

by Alissa on March 12, 2013

Book reviews

Secret Keeper

Short and sweet: In her novel, The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton dives into a family history that involves “mystery, thievery, murder and enduring love”.

Impressions: Sixteen-year-old Laurel, while taking a break from a family party high up in her family’s treehouse, witnesses a stranger approach her family’s farm, speak briefly with her mother… and a violent crime occur.

Decades later, Laurel attempts to find out exactly what happened that day—and why—before it’s too late and her mother Dorothy (nearly 90-years-old) is gone.

As readers, we get to see the events leading up to this day through Dorothy’s eyes as a young woman in pre-WWII England and through Laurel’s, in the present day, as she digs for answers.

Bottom line: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton is a page-turner that keeps you guessing from beginning to end. This is the first book I’ve read by Kate Morton and I will no doubt be checking out her other books soon!