Little Readers Giveaway.

Scholastic sent me these First Readers recently. They are A5 sized books and are very much like the home readers the Kindergartens read. I like them because they are a good size for the kids to hold and are a good start in basic reading. These ones are written by award winning Australian Author/Illustrator Kerry Argent.

Here is the boy reading One Woolly Wombat which is an International Best Seller and a great Australian counting book. It presents the audience with the magic of dancing kangaroos, koalas sipping gumnut tea with lamingtons and goannas creating havoc in the kitchen and kookaburras writing with old-fashioned fountain pens. He would get a word wrong on some pages but he's a funny reader like that. He'll just add in words or make up words he thinks it would be. I'm forever telling him to read the words properly but he is a pretty good reader anyway.

I really love these little beauties. They are smaller books called Little Mates. There's a collection of them from A-Z and they're specifically designed with each letter of the alphabet for each book. For example, Easter Egg Express which uses lots of e words throughout the story. This is excellent because my youngest girl has some speech problems so we're using the Zippy Zoe book to concentrate on her getting the 'z' sound pr-nounced clearly. The more repitition she gets the better she will be saying those sounds.

See the example above of the 'e' words used in the sentences.

So, in honour of books and Easter I'm giving away three books! Hurray! The books are above: Two Kerry Argent books: At the beach and One Woolly Wombat and one Little Mates: Easter Egg Express.

You'll just need to enter a comment by Sunday 13th April so I can announce the winner that night and post the books out on Monday/Tuesday so they get to you in time for Easter.

I'm scrambling to find some time for those Easter dresses I promised. At least the kids will be on holidays next week and I'll be at home sewing them up in time for Easter Sunday! Fingers crossed they'll be done.

Hope you have a great weekend and for those who celebrate Palm Sunday I hope you have a wonderful time with loved ones and also at church, of course.

May SMS Giveaway!

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED! Ok so I'm a day late BUT I'm still in if you're in! I have decided to make a Kristen Doran Sling Bag for the Sew Mama Sew May Giveaway. The trick is that I haven't decided on the material to be used yet and it probably won't be posted until end of next week. All you need to do is leave a comment by the 1st June 2009 (My Birthday!) and I will draw out a winner that evening EST. If you'd like, let me know what kind of colours you might prefer such as cool colours, warm colours or if you're not fussy and would like to be surprised! Good luck!!! International people are welcome. From the Yummy Mummy! Haa haaaa.

Christmas Book Giveaway!

** Giveaway closed ** EDIT: I've linked this up to the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day !! Giveaway ends Friday December 13th! When I recieve this box from Scholastic it IS like Christmas Day over and over again! I get so much enjoyment knowing that I'll be recieving quality books that will change my life and my children's lives. I truly believe in their motto: Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life. So true. That's why I've decided to have a book giveaway because they have sent me quite a few and I have to, need to, share the book love. Above is My Merry Christmas by Rosie Smith and Bruce Whatley (sorry if it's blurry). It has lovely illustrations inside and tells a story about what the animals are getting up to during Christmas time. Here is the book Blossum Possum and the Christmas Quacker by Gina Newton and beautifully illustrated by Christina Booth. Blossum and her friends are desperately trying to wake up Koala Claus and it's a lovely jour

Invisible zipper foot - Birch

I thought I might shed some light on the invisible zipper foot. I bought a Birch model from Spotlight and it came in a little plastic bag with four blue shanks and a rolling foot. First I removed the standard foot from my Janome sewing machine (Sewist 521). I realised I still needed to remove the shank, which is the part that is screwed on, and holds the interchangeable feet. So with one hand holding the screwdriver and one hand holding my daughter, who just had to watch, it popped out disappeared somewhere. NO! I was about to kick myself but luckily I found it in the basket underneath my table. Phew. The Birch invisible zipper foot comes with one shank already in place so you know how it's suppose to fit. You have to select the correct shank that fits your machine and slide it onto the foot piece. I just tried each blue part on my machine and made sure it was wide enough to cover the metal leg bit and that I could fit the screw in it's side. Once you find the correct shank sl

Kristy ChanApril 9, 2014 at 8:43 PM
Kim are you heading to the Scholastic book sale at Olympic Park this week? I'm tossing up whether to brave the Easter Show crowds for it. But I guess lucky you that they send books to you!
UnknownApril 9, 2014 at 9:57 PM
What a fantastic giveaway - thanks for the chance :)
SaraApril 10, 2014 at 10:12 AM
Books for easter makes so much more sense than chocolate. We have a few of the little mate books and they do love them.
sconeApril 11, 2014 at 6:17 PM
I'm stuck for ideas for easter!! I work Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, so I'm thinking I might leave a note and a small something from the easter bunny/bilby saying he'll be back Sunday night and have all the excitement Monday morning!

Thanks for the chance!

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