build your kids to be readers with usborne books :: $50 giveaway

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Children are always on the go.  Getting them to stop and take in what around them is less then easy.  Trying to find things to get into, getting creative and using their imagination are where we should lead them.   How else are they supposed to learn right?  The best way to do that is with the wonderful fun and knowledge we can get out of books.
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A company that I just recently heard about called Usborne Books, is slowly making a little library on our shelf.  I got into contact with Laurie that is a consultant for Usborne Books and she sent us three books, one for each of my kids.  I have to tell you the books that she picked out where SPOT ON for my kids.  It was unbelievable how she got the perfect books picked out for my kids.
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A little about Usborne:
Usborne and Kane Miller books are the most exciting, engaging, and educational books on the market today. They are high quality, innovative, lavishly-illustrated and best of all they are the books kids love to read. Choose from almost 2000 bright colorful and fun titles covering a wide variety of subjects.

The selection that Usborne books has is amazing.  There are so many types of books, and by that I mean this:

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The different types of learning you can get from these books is amazing.  The one she picked out for my older daughter is a Shine-A-Light book. You explore a tree up close and you will find a small world filled with great surprises! From worms wriggling among the roots, to birds nesting high in the branches, the hidden wonders of this amazing habitat are revealed when the page is held up to a light.  My daughter LOVES to shine the light to see what she finds.  We have been reading this book almost every night.

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My youngest daughter got the perfect book for her. It is the 123 Counting book.  Even though she isn’t ready for counting, the black and white and shapes and colors alone are perfect for her 3.5 month old eyes.  I love how it expands for her to see everything.

Now, on to the car book my son got. It’s called Mean Machines Modified Cars.  He can find out anything he wants about the cars in the book.  Which modified car has a top speed? Which engine has a nitrous oxide injector? Which car has a plasma TV in the truck? It’s all inside! Just last night he was telling me which car was the fastest.  He was so excited.  For him, I have to find books that are exciting and going to catch his eye and keep his attention. This one did it.

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We all know that reading to our kids is important, but did you know that it’s also important to make sure you have lots of different types of reading materials around your home?  According to the Educational Testing Service, “the more types of reading materials there are in the home, the higher students are in reading proficiency” (http://www.nea.org/grants/facts-about-childrens-literacy.html).  As a mom and a librarian, I am always in search of different kinds of books that will engage and inspire children, and Usborne Books & More offers just that: fiction and non-fiction, lift-the-flap and touch-and-feel, sticker books and wipe-clean books, coloring and activity books, books for babies all the way to tweens and teens.  And Usborne does more than just offer wonderful books — as an educational consultant, I can throw home and Facebook parties as well as organize book fairs, book drives, and fundraisers for your favorite school or organization.  If any of these things interest you, I’d love to hear from you! You can visit my website here. I also have a facebook group you can check out here.

Now, that you have heard about Usborne books, would these be something your kids would like? I am pretty sure, with their huge selection of books, your kids would find some they love.  We will definitely be looking to getting more of these fantastic books.  This time I’ll let the kids pick it out.  Usborne books are a great way to build your kids into readers.  Let’s give them the tools to do it!

What type of books do your kids like?  Tell me which ones at Usborne books they would like…

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57 thoughts on “build your kids to be readers with usborne books :: $50 giveaway”

  3. I’d love to have Shine-A-Light: Secrets of Winter, I’m a Dirty Dinosaur and Find the Duck

  5. I for sure want Lift the Flap Times Tables and also maybe See Inside How thing s Work

  6. I would get Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the Penny Dreadful Complete Collection.

  7. The “My first book about our world” looks like something both of my kids would enjoy. My son would like the Action Dogs series and we would start with “Ocean of Peril” Thanks

  9. My kids would enjoy Fingerprint Activities, Big Book of Colors and Magic Painting Book

  13. I think we would enjoy “Illustrated rhyming stories” and “Baby animal stories”.

  14. So many great titles to choose from! My kids would love The Big Book of Monsters, Castles, Titanic and Look Inside Mummies and Pyramids

  15. I think my daughter would enjoy Noodle Pie and my son would like 10 Ten-Minute Stories.

  16. I would get Look Inside a Castle, A Year in My Life and 1001 Pirate Things to spot sticker book.

  20. I think my grandson would enjoy Always Jack, Being Jack and Battle of The Heroes to start with.

  21. I would get Baby’s Very First Fingertrail Playbook and Battle of the Heroes – The Impossible Quest (Book 5) . Thanks.
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  23. Lift and Look Construction Sites
    Baby’s Very First Fingertrail Playbook Garden
    Baby’s Very First Touchy-Feely Colors Play Book

  24. I would love to get Ants, Goldilocks & the Three Bears & 10 Ten-Minute Stories!

  26. Oh they have such adorable books! Storytime before bed is one of my favorite times of the day! We LOVE reading our stories. I would love to get their Shark in the Park, Sharks – IL (Discovery), Big Book of Things to Spot, and Cow Takes a Bow and Other Tales!

  28. My son would love to read the Baby Animals Flap Book, and Classic Stories for Little Children
    Thank You for the chance

  29. 100 Paper Planes to Fold & Fly.
    A Tale of Two Beasts.
    100 Things to Do on a Trip.
    Find the Duck.

  33. I think our little guy would like the Shine-A-Light on the Construction Site and Shine-A-Light on the Train books

  34. I’d love the Baby’s very first noisy book: Farm for my 12 month old, and my 4 year old would love Fingerprint activities: Animals!

  35. I think my daughter would love the Penny Dreadful collection. I also wouldn’t mind some adult coloring books like India.

  37. We would enjoy How the whale Got His Throat,See Indide How Things Work,Deadly Animals, and Poisonous Animals, just to name a few!

  40. I love Usborne books! I would love to get my kids the 10-Ten Minute Stories, Big Pig on a Dig, and Cow Takes a Bow.

  43. My boys would enjoy the Astronomy and Space books as well as the books about Bees.

  46. I would get my grandsons the books “I’m a Hungry Dinosaur” and “Big Book of Big Machines”.

  47. There are so many great books, but I love all the Shine-a-Light series and the ones about dinosaurs – I’m a Dirty Dinosaur, etc.

  48. My now college aged kids learned to read as toddlers with the Amphibian book. I would buy the same title and the other animal books, kids just love them.

  49. They have so many great books. Here is just some of them:
    A Surprise for Princess Ellie (Pony-Crazed Princess) ,
    Illustrated Classics Action Stories for Young Readers ,
    Dinosaur Adventure Excavation Kid Kit – Stegosaurus (Box),
    Illustrated Dictionary of Math etc

  50. I think my 8 year old would like Spooky House, A Tale of Two Beasts, and Crocodile Attack!

  52. With spring around the corner, and fixing up our garden is something we plan to do, I would get My First Book About How Things Grow book! Any of the lift and flap books would be great! I would also get Baby’s Very First Black and White Library, as a gift for my pregnant friend! Thanks!

  53. I’d love to get the following books: 123 Counting, Baby’s Very First Playbook Farm Words, Baby’s Very First Touchy-Feely Colors Play Book, and Busy Trucks on the Go

  54. I love the early reader books, could always use more of those for my son. The Times Tables books would be great for my daughter. Seems like she’s been trying to memorize those forever. We need a new way.

  55. I have many Usborne books and love them all. Id love to add 10 Minute bedtime stories next!

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