Published by Hachette Book Group (An imprint of Little Brown & Company)

Ages: 4-8

Pages: 10

Publishers Summary:
An adorable board book with finger puppets based on a book featured in the animated movie, Despicable Me, coming from Universal Studios in Summer 2010. With gentle, rhythmic verse, little ones will love to snuggle up with these soft, cozy kitties at bedtime.

“Sleepy Kittens is exactly what the summary says, an adorable board book for little ones. There are little finger puppets attached to the top of the book that give you (and your little one) the chance to interact with the book. It’s a short and sweet little bedtime book about a mother kitty trying to coax her little kitties to bed for the night. She does everything from brushing their fur, giving them a drink and singing them a lullaby. All things I’m sure many of us can relate to at some point. Both Littlebug and Turkeybird are already enjoying this sweet book and I’m positive the little kitties will be a big hit in their upcoming movie debut, Despicable Me.”

The1stdaughter Recommends: Ages 1 and up. The perfect bedtime story for any little one, especially those with an affinity for kitties.

A Despicable Me Giveaway!

As I’m sure many of you have heard, Universal Pictures newest release Despicable Me comes out tomorrow, July 9th 2010! Our family is absolutely dying to go see it because not only does the story look amazing, but Steve Carrell is the voice of the main character, Gru. One of the reasons for breaking from the norm to promote a bit of a movie release is because, of course, it involves books! The title above, Sleepy Kittens, is featured in the movie and there is also a new line of books based off the movie. Exciting news for my readers, you have the wonderful opportunity of possibly winning a prize pack that includes all of the books (official Despicable Me book site)! Take a look below for details, as well as more info about the books & movie!

Movie Synopsis: In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden deep beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, we discover Gru (Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me.

Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.

One of the world’s greatest super-villains has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Genre: 3-D CGI Feature
Cast: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews
Directed by: Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin
Written by: Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio
Produced by: Chris Meledandri, John Cohen, Janet Healy
Executive Producer: Nina Rappaport-Rowan

One (1) Winner will receive:

• Sleepy Kittens
• My Dad the Super Villain
• The World’s Greatest Villain
• Despicable Me: The Junior Novel
• Despicable Me T-shirt
• Despicable Me pencil

Details: One winner will be chosen at random after the contest closes. You MUST fill out the form below, comments will not count as entries. Only one entry per household. Must be a follower of There’s A Book. Giveaway is open to US/Canadian Residents only. The giveaway will run from July 08, 2010 until July 30, 2010 midnight EST.

This book and giveaway were provided by Big Honcho Media, in conjunction with Little, Brown and Company & Universal Studios, for review. Thank you!
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Wow! What a week! Can I just say that I am completely blown away by the response to Armchair BEA? What started as a simple Twitter conversation led to a week long event with over 170 participants, sponsors and an online party to boot! And all of it happened in a matter of just a couple of weeks. All I can say is that we had an incredible team of wonderful book bloggers who I absolutely LOVED working with! Florinda, Michelle, Emily and Tif are some of the best bloggers I’ve had the pleasure to work with and I can’t wait to do it all over again next year!

I also want to thank everyone who participated, the energy and enthusiasm of every blogger involved is what made this event such a success. If I haven’t stopped by your posts, don’t worry! I’m making the rounds slowly, but surely. And if you have one that you’d particularly like me to pop on over and read before the end of the week comes just give me a shout in the comments. Also, make sure to stop back by the site, subscribe and fill out the “Post-Event Survey” if you haven’t already. We’re already in the planning stages for next year to make it even better and we’d love your input as well as more volunteers.

Now, for what you all want to know…who won my fabulous Armchair BEA Giveaway! The signed paperback copy of The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch as well as the matching bookmark!

The winner is:

Gwen from Chew and Digest Books

Congratulations! You should have an email in your inbox very soon, just make sure to get back to me within 48 hours so that I don’t have to pick a different winner. )

For those of you who didn’t win, make sure to check out my Giveaways Page for more opportunities and stay tuned…I have more coming!

Again, thank you to everyone who made Armchair BEA such a success! I can’t wait for next year!

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After an incredible panel watching mobs of 9-12 year olds scream at authors like they were rock stars (which, actually they’re better than, see my earlier post) we headed to the author signing for the panel. Included were D.J. MacHale, author of the Pendragon and Morpehus Road Series;  Gordon Korman, author of some of the 39 Clues books, Neal Shusterman, author of Everlost & Everwild; and Pseudonymous Bosch an author who refused to have his picture taken without covering his face partially because his books are very very secret.

So, here it is, the very secret giveaway from There’s A Book…

A signed paperback copy of The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch as well as a matching bookmark! (I know, it’s the bookmark you’re really excited for right? LOL.)

Details: One winner will be chosen at random after the contest closes. You MUST fill out the form below, comments will not count as entries. Only one entry per household. Must be a follower of There’s A Book. Open to any US/Canada/International entries. The giveaway will run from May 26, 2010 until May 29, 2010 midnight EST.

That’s it! If I get more than 150 Entries I may throw in an additional secret giveaway to be revealed later!

Make sure to check out our Giveaway Page for more great giveaways as well.

This book was purchased for our home library.
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Thank you to everyone who entered! The giveaway winner will be announced shortly!

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Published by Easton Studio Press

Pages:120

Summary: The perfect combination for guaranteed sleep success.

Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook is the essential companion to the best selling book, Good Night, Sleep Tight, by The Sleep Lady, Kim West. The workbook includes a step-by-step guide for parents, is organized by age and by process, and is the key to sleep coaching success. The Workbook includes an essential to do list, sleep plans, tear out sleep logs, sleep manner sticker charts, daily reminders and tips and a certificate of completion for celebrating success – all the essentials needed to help you achieve sleep success!

“This is by far the hardest thing for a new parent to struggle with – sleep or a lack there of in our case. As a parent of two little one’s with complete polar opposite sleep styles I can honestly say that you will pretty much take all the help you can get in whatever form it comes in. The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook is definitely one of those resources I would have turned to in the beginning weeks of my Turkeybird’s life.You struggle to make the decisions about whether to let them cry or to rock them to sleep; when to drop the pacifier and when the night feedings should start to taper off. It truly never ends, but there is help in sight!

“Now that I’ve mentioned the Turkeybird I should probably say this, he was a terrible sleeper-absolutely awful, but looking back I can’t entirely fault him. In The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook Kim West talks about how important consistency is in a child’s life and that without it you can almost guarantee poor sleeping habits. Well, this is a large part of the Turkeybird’s past problems. After he was born (at just 2 months old) we packed him and a small amount of our belongings into the car and drove across country to spend the summer in a temporary house while my husband worked at a new internship. Our place for two and a half months was a one bedroom home next to a very busy construction site and noisy neighbors upstairs; not exactly ideal circumstances. I wish I had had this book to know that I could have picked up a sound machine to block the noise, blacked out the windows to make sleeping more comfortable, or even just relaxed a bit. Fortunately he’s gotten much better since this experience, although I’m not sure how we all lived through it.

“As for Littlebug, so much the opposite! She was a great sleeper from the start, but I often wonder how much that had to do with me being more relaxed? I was even more willing to allow her to cry a bit when she fell asleep, not much, but enough to get her to realize she could do it on her own. It’s been like night and day between the two.

“The more relaxed stand point was what I liked so much about this book. I haven’t read any of her other books, but this one in particular I think is great especially for busy new moms. It’s workbook format makes planning and establishing a sleep routine that works for you and your family simple and easy to live with. There’s nothing wonderful about being told you need to just let your baby ‘cry it out’ for what seems like hours, especially when it’s your first, and I never agreed with that viewpoint; I still don’t. But Kim West does an excellent job of making this work for your family, using techniques that help you on an individual level without taking up too much time to study the materials.

“I’m definitely considering giving this workbook to a handful of my girlfriends with new babies on the way. There are guidelines for every stage of development, but they are reasonable enough that there are ways to work with what you know works best for your baby and family. In the stacks of baby books everyone reads this goes to the top of my list of must reads in preparation for baby and toddler-hood. Because even at his older age our sweet Turkeybird still has a few bumps in the road from time to time. A great resource for every family with little ones.”

Kim’s Bio and also, where you can sign up for her popular free email newsletter: Snoozeweek
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Giveaway: The publisher has graciously offered one copy of The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook to giveaway to one reader of There’s A Book!

Details: One winner will be chosen at random after the contest closes. You MUST fill out the form below, comments will not count as entries. Only one entry per household. Must be a follower of There’s A Book. Must be a US/Canadian resident. The giveaway will run from May 25, 2010 until June 11, 2010 midnight EST.

This book was provided by TLC Book Tours in conjunction with the publisher for review as well as a giveaway.
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The Giveaway is now closed! Thank you to all who entered, the winners will be announced very soon! Make sure to come back soon for more great giveaways!

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This fabulous weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week. If you’re interested head over to Shelia’s site and get involved! It’s a blast and I may even stop by to see what you’re up to!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week:

This has been an incredibly relaxing week, what with the huge weight lifted last week, things seem to be looking better and better everyday. That’s not to say I haven’t been busy, definitely not! I’m getting ready for the upcoming Arm Chair BEA that myself and a few others organized to gather together those of us looking to enjoy BEA (Book Expo America) from the comfort of our own homes. If you haven’t signed up, you still have time! Head on over to the main site and I’ll be seeing you around this week!

Read/Reviewed (Just click on the title to see the Review!):
Tempted by PC Cast & Kristen Cast (Review coming very soon!)
Leaving Unknown by Kerry Reichs (Review for Chick Lit Reviews) – Loved it!
One More Sheep by Mij Kelly Illustrated by Russell Ayto
Potty Animals by Hope Vestergaard Illustrated by Valeria Petrone
Cat the Cat Who Is That? by Mo Willems

Interviewed:
When I Was Young – Patty from Yay! Reads

Wish List:
Big Scary Monster by Thomas Docherty

Giveaways:
One Copy of each A Place For Birds & A Place For Frogs by Melissa Stewart to two winners courtesy of Peachtree Publishers. (Ends 5/31/2010)

What’s up for the week to come:

Reading/Reviewing:
The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook by Kim West
The Adventures of Daniel Boom aka Loud Boy: Grow Up! by D.J. Steinberg
Burned by PC Cast & Kristen Cast
The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells (Review for Chick Lit Reviews)
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares (Review for Chick Lit Reviews)

The Turkeybird and Littlebug are Reading:
Go to Sleep, Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton
I Love You All Year Long by Steve Metzger and Claire Keay
Coppernickel, The Invention by Wouter van Reek
Pookster and the Unloose Tooth & Pookster and the Practically Perfect Pickle by Rhonda Funk

Giveaways Coming Up:
Go to Sleep, Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton
The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook by Kim West
The Adventures of Daniel Boom aka Loud Boy: Grow Up! by D.J. Steinberg

So, what are you reading this week? Have any suggestions I should add to my reading pile?

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