This morning, I enjoyed popping into Jamin's blog to see what they've been up to this week. I enjoy visiting several times a week and there's always something interesting going on. Today, I was excited to learn about a new blog (to me) called Melissa's Idea Garden. Jamin enjoys it with her daughter because the author often posts really cool stuff about animals. That made me interested in itself but what really caught me were the ebooks that Melissa has written about animals. I have chosen to be really big on Nature at this time, and it use it in a lot of my lessons with James. So to find out about some amazing books about animals really made my day and I just had to check them out. Of course, right now I can't afford them, but they sound awesome. I got really excited when I noticed the author had a contest running to win a copy of one of her books. So, of course, I had to enter that one. :D
I then went on to explore further and did find out some cool stuff about crows. Then I discovered that another blog was also running a contest for a collection of Melissa's ebooks at Laura's. Alas, that one ended yesterday. :( But I still hung around long enough to see various other links to contests that were going on but weren't particularly interesting to me. However, when I happened upon a link for a contest to win Herb the Vegetarian Dragon at Crunchy Domestic Goddess, I got very interested. I've been trying to find out more about this book for some time ever since I first saw mention to it on one of my forums but couldn't find out anything. So, of course I had to enter that one, too. I also enjoyed exploring the publishers site, Barefoot Books. They had a lot of awesome books and I already have a lengthy wish list. :D On top of that list, besides Herb the Vegetarian Dragon, is The Barefoot Book of Blessings. I love finding new sources of books for the kidlets, and it's even better when the books call to you. Then you'll be sure to enjoy reading the books to the kids just as much as they'll enjoy hearing them. I have absolutely fallen in love with Barefoot Books. The stories in themselves look wonderful, the illustrations are rich and vibrantly colored and some of the ideas are very innovative.
  
Have fun looking around a few good blogs. If you enter any contests, good luck!
   
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Jenny
Wildwood Cottage