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Father’s Day Gift Two Free eBooks: ManVentions & Dude You’re Gonna Be A Dad!

June 17, 2011 by Momstart 1 Comment

From Today until Sunday you can get two free eBooks for Dad for Father’s Day.

ManVentions by Bobby Mercer commemorates the astounding inventions of things like cold-activated beer bottles, video games, and the ride on lawnmower! Any guy will feel immense pride learning about all the vital inventions their fellow brethren have come up with.

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Dude, You’re Gonna Be A Dad! by John Pfeiffer is THE go-to guide for fathers-to-be.

Congratulations! You’ve planted your seed and to Grandma’s delight, the bouncing bundle of baby joy will arrive next fall. Think your work here is done? It’s only just begun.
As she’ll likely remind you 1000 times a day, pregnancy isn’t just her job…in fact, there are approximately 3,712 ways for a guy to look 100% stupid during his partners pregnancy. DUDE, You’re Gonna Be a Dad: How to Get (Both of You) Through the Next 9 Months by John Pfeiffer helps daft soon-to-be dads avoid them all. First tip: Focus on what you can be doing for her rather than what’s happening to her. It will be best for you both.

It’s a long road from that stick turning blue to the drive to the delivery room. And while her 152 baby books tell her exactly what she can expect, dad’s information outlets are considerably less. Like any good coach, author John Pfieffer has seen it all (and lived to talk about it). Form morning sickness to birthing lessons to countless rounds of nursery room paint color options, Pfeiffer teaches dads how to remain positive and responsive but assertive when the need arrives (no one wants a son named Percy, afterall).

John Pfeiffer is a married father of three. With a stepdaughter, a naturally conceived daughter, and a baby by way of a threesome (with an IVF specialist), Pfeiffer is especially qualified to take expectant dads all the way through pregnancy’s home stretch. He lives with his wife and kids in Atlanta, GA.

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Sony eReader
iTunes/Apple (preview)

Free Children’s Books with Nook Kids for Apple’s iPad

March 5, 2011 by Momstart 3 Comments

When I was reviewing the NOOK Color’s children’s book collection Zoe and Miles were just mesmerized with the books. So I wanted to keep you updated on the latest NOOK Kids news!

Did you know that Barnes & Noble has an iPad app for NOOK Kids? The app allows you and your kids to enjoy more than 12,000 chapter books along with nearly 300 digital picture books – the world’s largest and growing catalog of interactive books for kids.

The iPad app lets you bring your family’s entire bookshelf with you wherever you go and explore the dynamic books for kids on your iPad, from beloved classics to new favorites, featuring the original artwork in beautiful color and a fun, interactive kids’ reading experience. My kids really enjoy looking at interactive books on the iPad. Before this new app, Miles and Zoe would play with the Sesame Street book, The Monster at the end of this book. It’s quite a bit of fun being able to tickle Grover, and knock down a wall of bricks.

When you download NOOK Kids for iPad, you can now enjoy the following two FREE children’s book titles, both with Barnes & Noble’s exclusive Read to Me feature.

1. Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling

2. Fun Facts about Pets by award-winning children’s science author Seymour Simon

Check out this link to download the iPad app and learn more: http://bit.ly/hfZaq0. Or check out the press release here.

6 Free Vtech V.Reader Books

August 25, 2010 by Momstart 92 Comments

VTech is offering six free e-books worth 30.00 for you to download for the V.Reader. First you need to download the Learning Lodge Navigator.

Download

Run the setup file

Then Start the Program

(I wasn’t able to actually get the program to run, some kind of incompatibility with my computer and the beta, but they are currently trying to help me though it) I hope that some of you are able to run the program and from within the program you should be able to download the free books. Also, if you have questions ask me and I’ll ask them!

VTech’s Learning Lodge offers free downloadable books, games, customized themes and avatars. Additionally, Learning Lodge allows you to track your children’s achievement through a customized Progress Log which provides an overview of how your child is progressing through key learning curriculum, all of which are age-appropriate.

What would you like to see offered from VTech? Ideas, suggestions, regarding the v.reader?

Borders Summer Reading Challenge Giveaway

June 11, 2010 by Momstart 1,157 Comments

I have always had a love for reading and I think it had to do with my dad. He read to me every night before we said our prayers. Then as our family grew, he read to all of us. It was amazing that no matter how tired he was he always did this with us until we were old enough to read on our own. Then we went to bed and read on our own, I came to love reading so much that I always had a book in my hands, I love to read on the bus, in the bath tub and sometimes while I’m walking. My husband reads and walks too!

Now that we have kids of our own we’re trying to encourage that love of reading in them. We seem to have it easy so far, which makes me think that kids follow by example. At least our kids do, and I’m not naive I understand that it could change any day now.

Borders wants to encourage reading by giving away free books. Double Dog Dare Summer Reading Program at Borders is going on now. Read 10 books, fill out the Reading Participation Form and run in to borders and pick out a book from their list of free books.

To help you get your children reading we are providing tips every week. Last weeks tip was from Jon Scieszka, author of Robot Zot and Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka. This week you have me and HarperCollins.

Tips From Me:

Be an example to your children, read your own books in front of them.

Read out loud to your kids often, at least one book a day.

Tip From HarperCollins:

“Encourage your children to read books about people and who are different from them. In fact, Katherine Paterson, recently named National Ambassador for Children’s Literature by the Library Of Congress and author of many award-winning books for children, including Bridge to Terabithia says, “I began reading on my own very early because I knew the magic that books held, and when I came to the United States and was regarded as alien by my classmates, books provided me with friends who helped me to understand myself and to have compassion for other people. So I urge everyone to read for your life–for enjoyment and knowledge and as a member of a family and a citizen not only of your community but of the world.”

Enter to Win:

2 readers will each receive 100.00 Gift Card to spend at Borders

To Enter:

Tell me how you would encourage a child to read

Tweet or use Facebook (once a day only please)

Borders Summer Reading Challenge #Giveaway http://bit.ly/d6c0uv Enter to win 1 of 2 100.00 GC to Borders.

Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, your blog, and tell me where you advertised it or Use any of the share options below, digg, stumble (1 entry each)

The contest will run until July 1st 11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Borders and HarperCollins teamed to provided me a Borders gift card in exchange for my posts about the Double-Dog Dare Summer Reading Challenge. It does not affect the fact that I believe in reading to my kids.