Why Ask Why?

To learn silly! That's why.

Well, recently I purchased the book Why? by Lila Prap from my online book store.



Yes, I'm my best customer- I can't help it. I love books and I get excited about the new products that we get in. It's great to test them out on my kids! Usborne Books merged with Kane/Miller publishing, so we have an even greater selection of books.

Why? has won many awards and has received a lot of great reviews. It is a very simple book that asks questions like Why does a zebra have stripes? or Why don't snakes have legs?

I think that children are attracted to this book because of its humorous pictures and answers. Factual answers are included, but along with some very silly answers. This would be a fun book to use with kids to encourage creative thinking. They can come up with nonsense answers to the questions presented as well. Another fun idea for older kids would be for them to choose a few animals to research and create their very own Why? book.

Guess What? I have good news! I'd like to share a copy with one of my readers! To enter a chance to win your very own copy of Why? just pop on over to my website and take a peek. Come back over here and leave a comment about a book that you found interesting over at my site!

For extra entries:

2 entries: write a post on your blog.
1 entry: tweet about the contest!
1 entry: Follow me or subscribe.
1 entry: Add me to your blog roll.
1 entry: post a link about contest on facebook.

Yeah- lots of chances there for you to win!

Contest ends on June 26th!

Good luck!! and Happy Reading!

Jen

Literature Links!

My new project is underway!! I am going to be putting more time into my Literature Links blog and wanted to be sure to share this resource with my Creative and Curious Kids followers. This is another resource for parents that will link creative thinking and learning ideas with literature. I'm going to try to post book reviews once a week. I will be using my new books for this site, so it will relate to books that I love through my business, but there will also be links to neat websites, craft ideas, and other resources. I'm only going to review books that I have personally read to my children or neices, nephews, etc. If you haven't been over there, please visit and let me know what you think. So far it only has 3 posts. Still a work in progress, but already packed with a lot of ideas! I posted a fun one today based on a book about a litle penguin titled- How Big is A Million? It includes fun websites, songs and poems, and craft fun all relating to penguins! Please stop over and comment.

Have a great day!!

Jen

Buried Treasure!

I had one of my first home shows last night where I had the opportunity to share all of the great books I've been bragging about the last couple of weeks. How much fun is it to share something so wonderful with other Mommies. I had a lot of fun meeting new people,too. Well, enough about me. While I was gone, my husband did a fun activity with the girls. (Actually from Usborne- free plug for me! Yeah!) It was a Pirate Kid Kit that came with a book about Pirates and an excavation kit. My 6 yr. old chose this as her prize for a Reading Incentive Program. The kit included buried treasure that the girls had to dig out of plaster. They had safety glasses and digging tools. My husband seemed to enjoy doing this activity with them, but said that it was messy. My response- it's not fun if it's not messy!!! I remember doing something similar but with dinosaur bones with Sunshine when she was three and she loved it. I couldn't believe that my hyper little one would actually sit still for the amount of time that she did to dig and dig to find miniature dino bones. She just loved it. After seeing that both of my girls were enthusiastic about their pirate adventure with Daddy, I decided to research if there was a way for me to make some of this stuff myself! Here's a neat website that I found that has recipe for making rocks to hold little treasures!

Dig and Play Treasure Rock

Fun, hands-on science!!




Happy Election Day!!

Jen

Usborne Kid Kit Winner!!

I'm happy to announce that Jennifer over at YES, I AM BLESSED is the winner of my Usborne Kid Kit Contest!

She chose the Princess Kid Kit! Congratulations, Jennifer!!


Have a great night!!

Jen

Hooray- It's Give-Away Day!!

What a great way to share my awesome Usborne books?? Give one away today!! Yes, this is my very first blogger contest!! Enter to win a Usborne Kid Kit!! So, what do you need to do, you ask??

1. Go check out my site, enter the bookstore and click on Kid Kits. Jen's Usborne Books at Home
2. Choose your favorite Kid Kit and comment about it back here on Creative and Curious Kids!!

If you'd like an extra entry, visit my Literature Links site and leave a comment there!! Let me know what you think about the new blog!

I've actually won a couple of blogger contests and have loved my prizes, so I'm so excited to share the love!! Hurry on over to my website-Contest ends: October 27th- so you have a week to get your entry in!!


Good Luck and have a Wonderful Monday!!

Jen

Love the duck, Love the books!!

Every since my girls were babies, they've loved Usborne books! I first discovered these books at a home show that a family member held years ago. Even though my girls are getting older, they still enjoy some of the books that I read to them as toddlers. They love looking for the little duck that is hidden in the pages of the books that are illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. Usborne creates great baby and toddler books, but they also have books that are appropriate for all age groups, especially their awesome collection of non-fiction books.

Some of my girl's favorite books from Usborne include the following:

Ted and Friends





Farmyard Tales Christmas





There's a Mouse about the House









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