Giveaway: Really Woolly Bible Stories

Tommy Nelson is back and this time the focus is on the preschool set. Really Woolly Bible Stories by Bonnie Rickner Jensen, illustrated by Julie Sawyer Phillips is a cute little board book with sweet pictures.

The book presents favorite Bible stories with the "beloved" Really Wooly art style to help little children discover that God is faithful and true and that Jesus, The Good Shepherd, loves them.

You can sneak a peek at a digital version right here.

You can also win your own copy right now.






Here's how to enter:

• Simply leave any comment on this post. Do you have a favorite children's storybook Bible?  That's an automatic entry.
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• For a second entry, Check out the Really Woolly website and flip through the book. Come back and let me know what you thought.
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• For a third entry, follow @TommyNelson on Twitter and tweet this: Win a copy of Really Woolly Bible Stories from @TommyNelson and @MeganDunham right here: http://bit.ly/dYPpur - Come back and leave an extra comment letting me know you did that.
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• For a fourth entry, mention this contest on your facebook wall and include the link to this giveaway: http://bit.ly/dYPpur. Come back and leave another comment for that one too.
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• For a fifth entry, "like" Really Woolly Kids on Facebook and mention you entered this contest on their wall, including this link to the giveaway: http://bit.ly/dYPpur Come back and let me know you did that.
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• For a sixth entry, subscribe to this blog, St. Louis, Seminary Style. Come back and let me know that you did it! 
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• Go back to my landing page for this week's giveaways and reviews. Choose one of my "review only" posts to leave a comment on and then come back saying you did that. Presto! A 7th entry!

The winner will be selected by Random.org. This contest will close on Friday, January 28. The winner will be notified over the weekend and will need to respond within 48 hours or risk forfeiting the prize to the next in line.  IMPORTANT: You must make your email address available for me to contact you. If I can't contact you, I will choose another winner. It's happened before.

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Disclosure: I received a copy of Really Woolly Bible Stories for the purpose of review. It's a little on the young side for my family, but the reading level is appropriate for my youngest to tackle on her own and that's always a win-win! I keep a proper disclosure statement available right here.

Giveaway: Guinness World Records 2011

One of the books we gave the girls for Christmas this year was the Guinness World Records 2011. They have browsed friends' versions before, but we've never had one of our own. There's just something really cool about flipping open a book and filling your brain with interesting tidbits.

For instance, did you know that the most participants in a badminton rally was 96?  The rally was held on May 23, 2009 and was set by Aviva (Singapore), in Raffles City Mall, Singapore.

Now  you know.

And now you can find out more interesting info all on your own by winning your very own copy!



Here's how to enter:

• Simply leave any comment on this post. Do you have a Guinness World Records memory? Do tell.  That's an automatic entry.
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• For a second entry, tweet this: Win the 2011 Guinness World Records Book via @MeganDunham right here: http://bit.ly/dYPpur - Come back and leave an extra comment letting me know you did that.
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• For a third entry, mention this contest on your facebook wall and include the link to this giveaway: http://bit.ly/dYPpur. Come back and leave another comment for that one too.
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• For a forth entry, subscribe to this blog, St. Louis, Seminary Style. Come back and let me know that you did it! 
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• Go back to my landing page for this week's giveaways and reviews. Choose one of my "review only" posts to leave a comment on and then come back saying you did that. Presto! A 5th entry!

The winner will be selected by Random.org. This contest will close on Friday, January 28. The winner will be notified over the weekend and will need to respond within 48 hours or risk forfeiting the prize to the next in line.  IMPORTANT: You must make your email address available for me to contact you. If I can't contact you, I will choose another winner. It's happened before.

Congrats to:

I'm contacting you now!

Disclosure: I received my own copy of this book for the purpose of review. To find the tidbit I mentioned above I had to hunt the book down. My kids are keeping it in the car and now that I think about it it really is the perfect car book. I keep a proper disclosure statement available right here. 

Amazing Cows by Sandra Boynton

I have been a fan of author/illustrator Sandra Boynton for just about forever. Or at least since 1999 when I started hunting for new books for my first one-year old.

We have almost all of her books.  The first three that pop into my head as absolute favorites are:

Moo Baa La La La
Snuggle Puppy 
Barnyard Dance!

Seriously. What's not to love? These books will have a permanent place in our family collection because we love them *that* much.
So when I heard she recently released Amazing Cows: Udder Absurdity for Children, I was instantly interested.





This book is different in that it's aimed a little higher, with the intended age being 4-8. It's not a board book either, but a 9"x8" paperback with 96 pages. And it's filled with...you guessed it - udder absurdity for children.
I present you with an excerpt:
Cow Story (on page 12):

Once upon a time, there were 137 cows who lived very happily on a lovely farm in North Dakota or something. Their names were Ezekiel, Ted, Rose, Carumba, Andrew, Mitch, Cucumber, Sly, Simone, Clark, Milo, Gorgonzola, Bipsy, Debit, Louise, Jean-Pierre, Walter, Helicopter, Zorro, Big George, Vladimir, Dave, G. K. Chesterton, Mimi, Lightning, Victor, Larry, Cruise Control, Nell, Azalea, Cookie, Angel, Xavier, Sneaker, Orwell, Trouble, Stanley, Fred, Sofa, Lillian, Ezra, Scooter, Myron, Zippy, Chaos, Daffodil, Buzz, Brewster, Gabby, Dink, Mosquito, Emmy, Trixie, Jupiter, Jeremiah, Tyler, and Steve. The remaining eighty cows were all named Tino, which was not a good idea.

Perfect Boynton style. I hope she continues to produce books that will appeal to an older child (as well as young ones still too). This book is DEFINITELY a keeper. And at only $7.88 a copy, it's a steal! Get one for every child you know! You won't be sorry.

But you can win one right now. Here's how:

1. Simply leave any comment on this post. That's an automatic entry.
2. For an extra entry, check out Sandra Boynton's website and tell me what you like best about her. Her website fits her writing style to a T. I LOVE her!! Come back and let me know in the comments.
3. For a third entry, tweet this message on Twitter: Win Sandra Boynton's AWESOME new book Amazing Cows via @MeganDunham here: http://bit.ly/gnUZTq! Come back and leave a comment saying you did that.
4. For a fourth entry, post this message on your Facebook wall: You can enter to win one of Sandra Boynton's AWESOME new books, Amazing Cows! Click here: http://bit.ly/gnUZTq
The winner will be selected by Random.org. This contest will close on Wednesday, December 22. The winner will be notified pronto and will need to respond within 24 hours or risk forfeiting the prize to the next in line. This giveaway is limited to a US address only.
Congrats to:


Your winning streak continues! :)
Be sure to check out the rest of this week's reviews and giveaways!

Disclosure: I received my own copy of Amazing Cows and was also given a copy of her Mom's Family Calendar 2011. I could gush some more, but you get the point. I LOVE SANDRA BOYNTON AND WILL LOVE HER BOOKS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. See my proper disclosure statement here. That is all.