Friday, June 24, 2011

Today I Ordered Books.

I love books.  I'm addicted to books.  For years I wanted to be a children's librarian.  I even volunteer helped the local children's librarian in my early teens.  It was a blast!  All during my growing up I would check out piles of kids books and read to my siblings.  When I became a teacher, I would do the same for my students.  Now I do the same for my kiddos and I have to really limit myself because I don't want to just GO to the library, I want to GIVE my kids a library!  So every once in a while I'll order a book or two.  Today I did just that.  I got myself some crafting books and the kids some books and I got a book for today's giveaway!  :)  Giveaway #3 of my Unnecessary Necessities or Things That I Love That I Want to Share With You.

(sorry about the blurry pic)

We have this book and enjoy it.  Instead of coming up with the words to describe it, I'm borrowing the review from Children's Book of the Month Club: "A new generation of sleepyheads will love sailing away to dreamland in a wooden shoe with Wynken, Blynken, and Nod with this whimsical picture book that breathes new life into the classic bedtime rhyme! It’s illustrator Giselle Potter’s quirky folk-art style paintings that are sure to make poet Eugene W. Field’s most famous lullaby (originally called “Dutch Lullaby”) such a joy to share with your little one. Your child’s imagination will soar as the tale of three wee fishermen on a journey through the stars unfolds, because each illustration—from the boys casting their nets to catch the herring that light up the night sky to the laughing old moon—is more magical and wonderful than the next."

If you'd like to win this new book of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, just

1. be a follower
2. have a blog
3. want the book for a child, friend, niece, nephew, grandkid or yourself
4. leave a comment

That's it!  Giveaway ends Tuesday night (because I'm getting this up so late).  Open internationally.  Hope you each have a wonderful weekend!

9 comments:

Myrnie said...

That books looks gorgeous! We try to get to the library every week, and the kids pick out STACKS of books (8-12 each.)

Charmaine Poulin said...

Yes please! Our kids love books too....and Jack is learning to read some words....hoping to improve that over the summer!

MommyMert said...

Oooh... I am in. :)

Dee @ Cocktails with Mom said...

Books are GOOD! The boys will have their fair share of reads this summer.

Ash said...

I definitely need to be better at reading books to the babe. This looks like a perfect one to get her sleepy at night :)

LaNesha Tabb said...

I follow your blog- is adorable! =)
mrs tabb
First Grade Awesomeness
We Are The Tabbs

An Apel a Day said...

Yes! I love books! My major in school was illustration! I follow too!

Our latest favorite are Nuffle Bunny and Jack in the Beanstalk.

Amy said...

Someday, I'd love to read this to my kids. We got a collection starting already! Just a small one.

I love that you want to give your kids a library. That is so. cool.!!!

Rachel said...

I can't believe I didn't see this before! I would definitely love a new book to read to my boys! We've been searching for new books for awhile now!