My little girl loves to read. She adores reading. She’s 4! Sourcebooks Jabberwocky published Dream Big Little Pig by Kristi Yamaguchi and sent us a copy to review. Zoe made me sit down with her and read it to her. It was time to make dinner, but I sat down and read it to her first. Then I got up to make dinner. After dinner, I read it to her again, then she took the book from me and started reading it to me.
In Dream Big Little Pig we meet Poppy the pig. Now Poppy has great dreams of being a famous pig. She wants to be a star and her mom dad, grandparents and best friend all tell her to dream big and believe in yourself. Poppy finds that her natural talent is not singing or dancing. She’s not graceful enough to be a top super model, but she does have determination to make it big.
It was on a day out having fun with her family that she realized she wanted to try ice skating. This was something she could learn and work at. She practiced and practiced and everyone was impressed that a pig could skate at all. So everyone she knew was watching her and that made her feel like a star.
Dream Big Little Pig empowers little girls to believe in themselves. Author Yamaguchi’s sage advice, “When things get in the way, keep trying, ” is gold like her. With my own daughter, I have to constantly remind her that yes she can do things. So now whenever she has doubts, I’m going to get out this book and remind her that yes she can! She just has to try and sometimes work very hard, but she should never stop dreaming and believing. Dream Big Little Pig appeals to girls ages 4 to 8.
We received a copy of Dream Big Little Pig to review.
I’m giving away one copy of her new book: Jellybeans and the big book Bonanza. 
Snow takes the Checker is a cute book about Snow. It’ part of a series of stories about Snow the Racehorse and her family of racers. In Snow takes the Checker, you will follow Snow as she gets ready for the big animal race coming up. Her partner if you can believe it is a turtle and together they take the race. It’s a quick read and easy for my daughter to sit through as I read it. The fun whimsical pictures appeal to children like my own and that’s why she keeps asking me to read it to her. 
, is a book going in the past when two adults find Quickly in an old box belonging to their mother. My husband and I work very hard to create memories for our children to cherish. I even write a series every now and then called Cooking with Kids. This is where my husband and I cook with our children. Just like in Quickly, I remember lots of times where my dad cooked waffles (pancakes in the book) but it was a time where all of us came together and sat as a family to eat. Spending time with family is quite important and building memories is easy. Just read Quickly: The Magic Spatula.
