This Week's Great Giveaways

Updated throughout the week, make sure to keep coming back to find out what wonderful giveaways are going on!

Head over to Along for the Ride for a chance to win a $250 shopping spree on their babywearing website. With a wonderful selection of slings and baby carriers, you don't want to miss out! Entries accepted through December 31.

5 Minutes for Mom is giving away a copy of Can I Have A Cell Phone for Hanukkah by Sharon Duke Estroff. This is my first Chanukah celebration; I know my Mum and Dad are already encouraging spending time together as a family rather than gift-giving. This book would probably help them out with ideas!

5 Minutes for Mom has a $200 gift certificate for True Jeans up for grabs. I know my mum is looking forward to the day that she fits back into her pre-pregnancy jeans.

The Opinionated Parent has a really neat Febe Bebe bib up for grabs. You can choose from 13 different patterns. Giveaway is open until December 17.

Monday's Book Review - In The Land of Fairies

Title: In the Land of Fairies (Komm mit ins Elfenland)
Author: Daniela Drescher
Country: Germany
Year: 2004
Rating: A

When my mum picked up this book the other day, a big sleepy grin came to my face! I remember this one from when I was in that warm, cozy place for so many months, the place the people around me keep calling a womb.

In The Land of Fairies was first published in Germany as Komm mit ins Elfenland. It was translated into English in 2004. The story is worth reading for the illustrations alone, which are breathtaking. In the story, we follow the fairies and animals of the forest through the changing of the seasons.

Short on words, the focus of the novel relies heavily on the illustrations. However, the small story line is just as enchanting. We see the forest from the fox's perspective in spring, 'The cautious fox hears every sound, By night and day, Creeping with care across the ground'; watch as fairies gently push the forest towards summer, 'Midsummer time, a magic night, So full of life, Now fairies dress the woods with light.'; and nature's preparations for winter, 'Among the tree-roots, down below, Nuts, berries, grain are safely kept beneath the snow.'

We love this book, along with her other stories In the Land of Merfolk, and In the Land of Elves. I get to hear the story almost every day, which is such a delight!