March Specials

This March is an amazing month to join Usborne! It is Usborne's 24th Anniversary so they are offering the New Consultant Mini Kit for an unbelievable $24! I have NEVER seen it so inexpensive. Seriously, you can't even buy all of those books for less than $24! If you have been thinking about joining now is definitely the time! This deal ends at 10:00 am CST on March 28.

New January 2013 Titles

Here is a fun review of several new January 2013 titles! Personally, I'm most excited about the Busy Farm and Busy Town pop-up books. So cute!
Books in this review:
Wipe-Clean Dot-to-Dot
Wipe-Clean Doodles
Optical Illusions Tin
Doodle Tin
Phoenix Files Series
Amy Wild Series
Storms and Hurricanes
Bees and Wasps
Conspiracy Series
Busy Farm
Busy Town
The Children Who Loved Books
Noisy Noah's Ark
Noisy Orchestra
Astronomy and Space Sticker Book
Sticker Dressing Explorers
Optical Illusions Activity Book

*Thanks to Michele over at ThisCrazyBookLady for this review!

That's Not My Hamster...

This delightful series of board books is aimed at very young children (9 months or older). The bright pictures with their patches of different textures, are designed to develop sensory awareness and language development. Babies and toddlers will love turning the pages and touching the feely patches. These books also expose young children to a wide variety of adjectives, aiding their speech development.

That's Not My Hamster...

This book is also available as part of the That's Not My Animal Starter Collection

Other books in this series include That's Not My: Baby (Boy), Baby (Girl), Bear, Bunny, Car, Dinosaur, Dolly, Donkey, Dragon, Elephant, Fairy, Frog, Kitten, Lion, Monkey, Monster, Panda, Penguin, Pirate, Plane, Pony, Princess, Puppy, Reindeer, Santa, Snowman, Teddy, Tiger, Tractor, Train, Truck

*Thanks to Michele over at ThisCrazyBookLady for this review!

Tanks

This book takes you inside the world's best tanks, from the metal monsters of the First World War to today's high-tech robots. Read true adventures of tank combat and find out how weapons and crew protection have evolved to make the tank a deadly fighting machine. Since this book is internet-referenced you will find links to web sites where you can:

• Watch video clips of tanks in training
• Find out where you can go to explore inside a tank
• See a list of tanks used in the Second World War
• Read about the exploits of famous tank commanders

Tanks

This book is also available as part of the Discovery Adventures Collection

Books in this collection:  Fighter Planes, Helicopters, Motorcycles, Race Cars, Submarines, Warships

Volcanoes

This fascinating book will spark your child's interest in volcanoes around the world, both above ground and under the sea. You will read about amazing eruptions from Pompeii to the United States, learn about lava rivers, ash clouds, steaming springs, and much more. This book contains simple text designed for a new reader to master. It is also internet-referenced, meaning your child can go online via safe and approved websites to build their own volcano, explore a hot spring at the bottom of the sea, see a slide show of volcanic eruptions, and watch a movie about how volcanoes form.

Volcanoes

This book is also available in a Kid Kit, as part of the Beginner's Adventure Collection, or as part of the Beginner's Library Collection

Books in this collection: Bats, Cowboys, Dinosaurs, Elephants, Living In Space, Penguins, Pirates, Planet Earth, Reptiles, Solar System, Sun Moon and Stars, Weather, Your Body

A Squirrel's Tale...

This book is a favorite of many toddlers and preschoolers! This lively and engaging story takes the reader through Mr. Squirrel's search for the nuts he hid for the winter. It comes with a little cardboard squirrel that your child can slip through slots in the pages. This is great for pre-reading skills in the following ways:

• Holding the squirrel develops the same fine motor skills necessary for a child to learn to hold a pencil
• Following the dotted line teaches pre-writing skills
• The squirrel's track always goes from left to right, teaching a child that we read from left to right
• The child learns to turn one page at a time. If he turns multiple pages at once the squirrel gets lost!

This fun story will have your child begging you to sit and read with him over and over again!

A Squirrel's Tale

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