Posts Tagged ‘easter’

 Can you believe that in about two more weeks that Spring will be upon us? Spring is one of my favorite seasons and my children are getting pretty excited about the season too. I don’t know about you but ways I like to welcome the season in is by doing crafts, decorating the home, and reading seasonal appropriate books to my children. And speaking of reading, I’m thrilled to be spreading the news about two brand new puzzle books that are perfect for children ages 2-4 years old in welcoming the Spring and Easter season from Abrams Appleseed books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.

My Birdie and My Bunny Puzzle Book by author and illustrator Jessie Ford were a hit with my children, ages a little over 1 and nearly four years old. Each book is in hard cover format and the thickness of the pages ensure that these books will last for a very long time. The illustrations have the look of trendy stationary and design making these boards book quite stylish! I for one as a graphic designer welcomed the different textures and the spring color palette which gives each book a very sophisticated feel.

These books are great for early learning concepts with the single pull-out puzzle pieces on each page spread of the book. Your child or you can remove each piece as you read through the story and at the end the puzzle can be completed. In the My Birdie book, children will learn how to count up to the number four as well as learn different colors. And in the My Bunny book, senses are covered such as smelling, tasting, listening, and so on.

I highly recommend My Birdie and My Bunny Puzzle Books to share this Spring season. I think these would make wonderful additions to any child’s easter basket too. You can purchase these books right now on Amazon.comfor $6.95.

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Peepsqueak is a cute story that teaches and reminds us the importance of never giving up on your hopes and dreams no matter how big or small that they may be. This story is written by Leslie Ann Clark an artist and designer whom has worked on books, magazines, greeting cards, puzzles, fabric designs, and more. This is her first book and I’m sure it won’t be her last.

Peepsqueak went over well with both of my children ages three year old and a little over 1. The colorful full page illustrations of the farm and surrounding areas were fun for the kids to look at. And my daughter even pointed out that there was a little gray mouse that made an appearance on almost every page in which the little chick was on.

The story isn’t too long or to short. I would say it’s just right. This book would be great for a beginning readers too, in my opinion. I like how certain words in the text stand out and go along well with the story being told. For example with Peepsqueak falls down the text gradually goes in down toward the bottom of the page and when he’s going up, the text rises up to the top of the page. Also certain phrases that are repeated in the story stand out with color and size.

This would be a cute book to give either a young boy or girl during the Spring season. I know both my kids enjoyed the simpleness to it and I’m sure others will too.

You can see a book trailer for Peepsqueak  and download a maze based on Peepsqueak! [PDF] for the kids too!

Buy it: Peepsqueak! can be purchased at Amazon.com for $9.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping as well as other well known book stores.

Disclosure: I received the above mentioned products in exchange for my opinion of them. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

We had a really busy but very enjoyable Easter this year. The festivities started on Saturday and we couldn’t have gotten weather any better! It was sunny and warm with no chance of rain whatsoever! My daughter Melody attended her first church Easter Egg Hunt this year! Last year she was a bit young and I ended up just hiding eggs in the living room. This year she acutally got to run free in an open field with other children and gather as many eggs as she could. She seemed to enjoy herself and was really happy that she found a special egg in which she swapped for a prize which was a really cute flower toy! I enjoyed seeing her so happy and was glad to meet and talk with friends while we were there!

We also went for a walk to the park this weekend. It was Owen’s first time ever at the park, I even let him squirm around and my Go Baby Go mat! He was really enjoying looking all around and getting some sunshine too.  Melody and her Daddy were playing with bubbles in which was my daughter’s first time! She’s not quite graceful enough to actually blow them yet. Though it’s pretty amusing to watch her try, I admit. She instead prefers to either shake the bubble wand or to run with her bigger bug shaped bubble wand.

On Easter day we attended church, had a nice lunch at Burgerville ( couldn’t pass up the BOGO Fresh Strawberry Milkshakes), and then later dyed and decorated eggs at home. I had dyed eggs as a kid but never on my own! I vouch that egg dying will probably become an Easter tradition in our household because we all enjoyed it so much! I still have an extra Easter egg dying kit that I might bring out during my daughter’s birthday next month. It’s a pretty neat tie-dye egg set which will make for some pretty psychedelic eggs!

Overall we had a nice Easter holiday weekend! Very memorable and I got some great photos to add to my scrapbook and photo book collection (We might have gone a little over board with the Bunny Ears but I love them!). Next year I’m sure I’ll get to share with my daughter the main reason that we celebrate Easter in which we acknowledge the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Her Grandma Becky gave us a board book that talks about it but just about to turn 3 I believe she doesn’t quite grasp the whole concept yet.

So, how was your Easter?